Joe Klein Klassics (a Kompendium)

Inspired by Atrios, I thought I'd take the time to round up every Friedman unit (or equivalent) that belongs to Joe Klein. I've limited myself to his regular print column in Time, so there are probably more out there than this, but I think the point is well enough illustrated. Updates as I continue to find items.

June, 2007:
It is, indeed, a moment of truth in Iraq. "This is a decisive phase," a member of Petraeus' staff told me and began to laugh. "That's one of our favorite jokes. It's always a decisive phase. But this time, I guess you'd have to say, it actually is."

June, 2006:
If Baghdad isn't stabilized, the war is lost. "I know it's the cliche of the war," an Army counterinsurgency specialist told me last week. "But we'll know in the next six months—and this time, it'll be the last next six months we get."

October, 2005
Iraq's fate--well, the U.S.'s fate in Iraq--will be decided in the next six months. There are few optimists left in the Congress, intelligence community or U.S. military. But the Bush Administration harbors a gossamer strand of hope that the Dec. 15 election will finally produce a strong Iraqi government, a real coalition of Shi'ites, Sunnis and Kurds.