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* New York Times columnist Tom Friedman in 2003: "The next six months in Iraq -- which will determine the prospects for democracy-building there -- are the most important six months in U.S. foreign policy in a long, long time."
* Friedman in 2004: "Iraq will be won or lost in the next few months."
* Friedman in 2005: "I think the next six months really are going to determine whether this country is going to collapse into three parts or more or whether it's going to come together."
* Friedman in 2006: "I think that we're going to know after six to nine months whether this project has any chance of succeeding."