Sorry to make fun of such a grim subject, but sometimes ya' gotta
laugh to keep from crying. See:
http://www.dkosopedia.com/wiki/Friedman_Unit
"One Friedman Unit, also known as 'one Friedman' or 'one F.U.',
equals six months in the future."
Examples:
"The next six months in Iraq... are the most important six months in
U.S. foreign policy in a long, long time" - Thomas Friedman, November 2003
"The next six to seven months are critical." - Hillary Rodham
Clinton, December 2003
"The important thing is to realize we are about to enter into a very
critical six months" - Tony Blair, January 2004
"I think we're in the end game now.... I think we're in a six-month
window here where it's going to become very clear" - Thomas Friedman,
September 2005
etc, etc., ad nauseam
