everything else has been.

Don't you like this one in particular? Bush has been against time tables (and has been getting beat up for it). November elections are only a few months out. Now his military (not him) are proposing the same time tables (and some how it gets leaked to the press?).

Bush can claim he's allowing his military to direct the withdrawls.
Bush can claim that there is a schedule for withdrawl of troops.

All this before the November elections? Yeah. But that's okay....after November, those plans my change a little.