VIETNEXT? My pal Kevin suggested (in the Comments section of this blog) I check out Sidney Blumenthal's disquieting piece in the Guardian, titled "Far Graver than Vietnam." Oy vey. Yuck. Horrifying and sad. Then I read blogger Belmont Club, suggesting that the casualty trends are not as bad as they seem at first blush, that insurgents are not gathering steam but simply making last stands in a few isolated areas. (And check out the amazing Comments posters on that site!)

Meanwhile I still don't know what to think. Apparently smart, honest people disagree. And feel horrible about the war, no matter which side they're sitting on.