The "Friedman Unit" is a colloquial term used to describe a time measurement of six months in the context of U.S. military and political discussions, particularly those related to the Iraq War. The term is named after the New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman, who used it to illustrate the tendency of political and military leaders to predict that a significant turning point would occur in Iraq within six months, only to see those predictions repeatedly postponed.
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