Is there a timeline or listing of the various Iraq "milestones" where the "next 6 months" were going

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

to be critical to the outcome? :eyes:

Obviously the "surge" is just the latest, and one of the last, for the Bush presidency.

Is there a site, or a DU thread, that lays this out chronologically?

Perhaps leafing through all of Tom Friedman's columns in the NYT over the last few years would be the easiest way to establish this...


Off the top of my head, there was

-End of Major Combat Operations/Mission Accomplished

-The First Free Elections in Iraq (gotta love those purple fingers)

-Drafting of an Iraqi Constitution (I really think this one's gonna get it this time, folks!)

-Training of the Iraq Army/As They Stand Up We Stand Down

-Pacification/Repacification of Fallujah/Najaf/Ramadi #1-15

etc. etc.

[Eric J in MN]

1. FAIR has a list of Thomas Friedman's 6 month projections.

http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=2884

This also may help:
Wikipedia Friedman Unit

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

3. Thanks for this, Eric. It might be useful for all those "you gotta give the surge a chance" folks.

There's been a million chances. It's a disaster, time to go.

[Hissyspit]

2. EarlG did that great column listing all the references to things getting worse or better.

Can't remember it exactly. You might do a search for it.