“Of course there should be private timetables between the US and Iraqi government. It’s part of having a plan and strategy. The problem comes when you get asshats demanding publicly announced timetables.”
True but McCainiacs want to miss that point. See its all because the dems before the surge wanted a timetable for withdrawal if milestones WEREN’T met. IE if Iraq doesnt do this or that by such and such a time then we will withdraw. That is the kind of timetable that is flat out wrong. It is the kind of timetable McCain is trying to hang on Romney. Now Romney in that interview didn’t say anything like that. The goal is to leave Iraq in a stable condition where the government and the army can maintain it. That is the milestone. We would like that to be sometime in the next year or two. Thats the timetable and its a good one. But it can be changed if the milestone isnt met. That is what Romney was talking about. It was low for McCain to suggest otherwise.
What did Romney “see” in terms of the surge in Iraq? That’s the problem. Romney doesn’t have firm convictions.. they are all election year pandering.. and he wants to win, and doesn’t really care what he believes.. that’s why he was able to so easily change on abortion. It doesn’t matter to him the substance of an issue.