Heh.  NYT foreign affairs columnist Tom Friedman has six-month-itis when it comes to Iraq:

New York Times, 11/30/03:

"The next six months in Iraq—which will determine the prospects for democracy-building there—are the most important six months in U.S. foreign policy in a long, long time."

CBS‘s Face the Nation, 10/3/04:

"What we’re gonna find out, Bob, in the next six to nine months is whether we have liberated a country or uncorked a civil war."

NBC‘s Meet the Press, 9/25/05:

"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 and this is all going to pre-empt I think the next congressional election—that’s my own feeling— let alone the presidential one."

CBS‘s Face the Nation, 12/18/05:

"We’ve teed up this situation for Iraqis, and I think the next six months really are going to determine whether this country is going to collapse into three parts or more or whether it’s going to come together."

NBC‘s Today, 3/2/06:

"I think we are in the end game. The next six to nine months are going to tell whether we can produce a decent outcome in Iraq."

MSNBC‘s Hardball, 5/11/06:

"Well, I think that we’re going to find out, Chris, in the next year to six months—probably sooner—whether a decent outcome is possible there, and I think we’re going to have to just let this play out."

Hat tip to FAIR, who has documented fourteen example of this.