Conventional wisdom holds that setting a timetable for getting American troops out of Iraq would be a mistake.

God doesn't work on our timetable. He has a plan that He will execute perfectly and for the highest, greatest good of all, and for His ultimate glory.

Conventional wisdom holds that setting a timetable for getting American troops out of Iraq would be a mistake.

Very few conflicts in the history of the world have been satisfactorily concluded according to a published timetable because you lose all flexibility in dealing with your opponents.