“No, I don't. Absolutely not. The withdrawal date should be much sooner than that. Like a lot of people, I don't think we should have rushed in in the first place.”

— August Thummel, nurse's assistant, Topeka

“Yeah, I really don't think they should be over there in the first place. We don't seem to be accomplishing anything over there besides getting people killed. It's been time for them to come home for a long time.”

— Cheri Holliday, Washburn University senior, Topeka

“Personally I don't want to see a deadline because I don't want to see us pull our troops out before the job is done. I think ultimately we will see a negative impact at home if that happens.”

— Bill Wempe, police officer, Topeka

“Why withdraw them in 2008? Why not now? I think the timetable is too lenient and deadline is too far away.”

— Shimantini Shome, Kansas University Ph.D. student, Lawrence