It's Called a Friedman, Frank Rich

Frank Rich, NYTimes: Virtual Leadership (From Those Wonderful Folks Who Gave You ‘Axis of Evil’) (TimesSelect wall, or here, or here)

Last week, the American ambassador, Zalmay Khalilzad, allowed that there would be “adjustments” to the plan and that the next six months (why is it always six months?) would be critical.

Guess Frank didn't want to piss off his colleague, Six Months Friedman.