"An elite team of officers that advises US commander Gen. David Petraeus has concluded that the US has six months to turn around the situation in Iraq, or else face a Vietnam-style collapse that could force the military into a "hasty retreat."-from a March 1, 2007 report in the Christian Science Monitor.
"I don't want to put an exact time on it, but a minimum of six to nine months."-Lt. Gen. Raymond Odierno, commander of Multinational Corps Iraq, on how long it will take before we can tell if the new security plan, a.k.a. the surge, is successful.
In other words, the U.S. has a maximum of six months to accomplish something that will take a minimum of six to nine months.
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