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“That will become clear in the next few months as we see just what kind of minority the Sunnis in Iraq intend to be. If they come around, a decent outcome in Iraq is still possible, and we should stay to help build it. If they won't, then we are wasting our time. We should arm the Shiites and Kurds and leave the Sunnis of Iraq to reap the wind.”

Thomas Friedman

New York Times (28 May 2005) "The Endgame in Iraq".
"The next … months" in Iraq

“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.”

Thomas Friedman

New York Times (30 November 2003) "The Chant Not Heard".
"The next … months" in Iraq

“Improv time is over. This is crunch time. Iraq will be won or lost in the next few months. But it won't be won with high rhetoric. It will be won on the ground in a war over the last mile.”

Thomas Friedman

New York Times (28 November 2004) "The Last Mile".
"The next … months" in Iraq

“I think we're in the end game there, in the next three to six months, Bob. We've got for the first time an Iraqi government elected on the basis of an Iraqi constitution. Either they're going to produce the kind of inclusive consensual government that we aspire to in the near term, in which case America will stick with it, or they're not, in which case I think the bottom's going to fall out.”

Thomas Friedman

Unidentified CBS program (31 January 2006), quoted in American Armageddon (2008) by Craig Unger.
"The next … months" in Iraq

“Improv time is over. This is crunch time. Iraq will be won or lost in the next few months.”

Thomas Friedman

But it won't be won with high rhetoric. It will be won on the ground in a war over the last mile.

New York Times (28 November 2004) "The Last Mile".
"The next … months" in Iraq