The saber-rattling in the Middle East just got louder. Now it appears to be Israel's turn to threaten the use of bunker busters on Iran.

Just a few weeks ago, cooler heads seemed to be prevailing with the release of the Iraq Study Group's devastating report. But the Empire does seem to be striking back, with putatively civilized people talking such loose talk. And now Compound W is talking about "surging" in Iraq.

Actually, though, if a surge were part of an exit strategy, one might buy it in context. It doesn't, however, appear to be so, as the US is building large, billion-dollar bases in Iraq, the US's next Germany, perhaps?

-Robert Capozzi