...he was on Meet the Press last on June 11. Here's what he said then:
MR. RUSSERT: The U.S. ambassador to Iraq, Khalilzad, had this to say to Der Spiegel magazine in Germany. "The next six months will be critical in terms of reining in the danger of civil war. If the government fails to achieve this, it will have lost its opportunity."
GEN. McCAFFREY: Yeah, well, thank God we've got that ambassador on the ground. He's going to be a huge part of our ability to coach this new emerging legitimate Iraqi government to achieve some...
MR. RUSSERT: But General, he seems to be saying that by the end of this year...
GEN. McCAFFREY: Yeah. I think so.
MR. RUSSERT: ...if we have not gotten control of this civil war, the Iraqi government will have lost its opportunity.
GEN. McCAFFREY: Yeah. I think between now and Christmas is the crucial time.
The endless cycle of Friedmans cannot be broken.