Phony Deadlines

MoDo on Bush's love of phony deadlines - from Daily Dissent:

"W. says he can't set a deadline to bring the troops home. But he started the war on an artificial deadline; he declared a Mission Accomplished end to major hostilities on an artificial deadline; he was inflexible on deadlines for handing over Iraqi sovereignty and holding elections. And he tried to force the Iraqis to produce a constitution on his deadline when the squabbling politicians of the ethnic and religious factions hadn't even reached consensus on little things like Do we want one country?

It isn't only the left that is invoking Vietnam. You know you're in trouble when Henry Kissinger gives you advice on how to exit a war."

Deadlines are most useful when you have to get a status report to your boss every week, but done on time isn't the same as done right. Everyone knows that.