Some, like John Murtha and Nancy Pelosi, the minority leader in the House of Representatives, want a short timetable, while others, like Senator Joseph Biden, resists a firm timetable but predicts a withdrawal of 50,000 US troops in 2006, with many of the remaining 100,000 to follow in 2007. Those of us who believe that invading Iraq was a mistake, and that Bush is guilty of hubris in his failure to plan adequately for the aftermath, face a dilemma: if America withdraws too precipitously, it may compound these mistakes.
同时，民主党成员之间的意见也不一致。约翰•默撒和众议院少数派领袖南希·珀罗希（Nancy Pelosi）等人要求在短期内完成撤军，而以参议院议员约瑟夫•拜登（Joseph Biden）为代表的人则反对固定的时间表，预期美国将在2006年撤军5万，继而在2007年撤出剩余的10万军队。我们当中坚持侵略伊拉克是错误的，并且坚持布什应该对缺乏战后规划负责的人现在面临着一个两难的境地：如果美国撤军过于仓促，可能又会错上加错。