Schwarzenegger calls for Iraq pullout timeline

“Aligning himself with congressional Democrats in the debate on the Iraq war, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger reiterated Sunday that the U.S. needs to set clear timelines for bringing troops home, lest Iraq devolve into a quagmire with no end in sight. Republican Schwarzenegger, speaking on CBS’ ‘Face the Nation,’ said Americans won’t support a war that becomes an open-ended commitment — a point, he said, that needs to be made to the Iraqis. ‘We should let the Iraqis know that we are here until this time. And then we’re going to draw back,’ Schwarzenegger said. ‘We’re going to draw our troops out of Iraq. I think a timeline is absolutely important because I think that the people in America don’t want to see another Korean War, another Vietnam War, where it’s an open-ended thing’. “