Time Tables for War?

[J Wolfsberger]

So, TROUFION, in answer to your questions:

...when has a fixed timetable or timeline for withdraw been effective?

Pretty much never.

What has been the aftermath of such evolutions?

The wrong side usually wins.

In the current context, and granting the the Ba'athists, al Qui'ida, et. al. an I.Q. above room temperature, they bide their time, stockpile arms, and wait until the last helicopter departs the roof of the U.S. embassy.