JUST POSTED ON TAP ONLINE: SHADES OF CAMBODIA. As Harold puts it today, "Since the administration had revealed in advance almost everything that the president said last night, the real news in George Bush's speech was his elliptical threat to expand the war to Iraq's neighbors." Might we be seeing something akin to Nixon's invasion of Cambodia? Read the whole thing.
Meanwhile, for arguments against the "surge" plan to deploy more U.S. forces to Iraq, make sure you've read the recent pieces by Spencer, here, and CAP's Lawrence Korb and Max Bergmann, here.
--The Editors