[shots]

[ QUOTE ]
We had hoped that he would seize the moment to tell the nation how he will define victory, and to give Americans a specific sense of how he intends to reach that goal

[/ QUOTE ]

He laid out very specific things along within a solid timetable which explained very clearly what he intends to do to achieve victory. Defining victory in some kind of simplistic way as the NY times seems to want is impossible. It's a complicated situation and the point were we can pull out will be decided through the consideration of many factors.