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Originally Posted by cyrnel
An exit strategy is great, but a timeline is naive.
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I think it's a matter of where you draw the line. If the Bush administration were to say that they fully expect us to still be there 50 years from now, would the ensuing revolt be naive? What about 30 years, 20, 15, 10 years . . . .? On the other hand, it's probably naive to think we should be out by the end of next year. Where the line is that divides naivete from pragmatism is a matter of opinion, but I think everybody if pushed is going to draw the line somewhere. Our resources are not infinite.
I get the feeling that the administration thinks it's naive to expect us to be out earlier than 10 years from now. I think that is completely unacceptable to the vast majority of Americans, of both parties, and both are saying that the year 2006 is going to be the defining, make-or-break year, and that year is mentioned in the amendment as a year during which there should be a significant transition to complete Iraqi sovereignty.