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If I said to you that the U.S. military plans to transfer control of Iraqi Army logistics to the Iraq Defense Ministry by January 1, 2008, you would probably think that was a schedule.

Boy, would you be wrong! Here’s Reuters to provide the information that makes it all clear:

Another report released by the inspector general’s office raised questions about U.S. goals for transferring control of Iraqi Army logistics to the Iraq Defense Ministry by January 1, 2008.

The report said the U.S. military did not have enough personnel to train Iraqi Army logistics units and had not developed a plan to address the shortfall.

This is a goal, but we obviously have no intention of actually achieving it. And there will be no consequences for failure to achieve. So transferring control by January 1, 2008 is obviously not a schedule but a benchmark.