Yeah, I'm All About Benen Again

It's embarrassing to fawn so openly, but the guy makes so much sense you can't escape it. Steve Benen on the deadliest quarter in Iraq, and on NYT reports that low-tech, al-Qaeda linked terrorism appears to be spreading beyond Iraq:

Insurgents are treating Iraq as some kind of Terrorism School, and are applying the lessons they've learned after graduation.

Here's a crazy idea: we could withdraw from Iraq, deny terrorists a "cause celebre" for jihadists, and stop making it harder to combat terrorism.

You got it, Steve. Let met get you a microphone.