Or as the educated people might call it, a time table:

Iraq’s prime minister said Monday his country is now proposing an interim deal with the United States on the presence of American troops instead of a more formal agreement — and wants to include a timetable for a U.S. withdrawal.

Some type of agreement is needed to keep U.S. troops in Iraq after a U.N. mandate expires at year’s end. But many Iraqi lawmakers had criticized the government’s attempt to negotiate a formal status of forces agreement, worried that U.S. demands would threaten the country’s sovereignty.

So will the Republicans bash Iraq’s government as terrorist appeasers? Or will we ignore this request, thus negating any sovereignty of the nation? It should be interesting to hear the talking points this generates.