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I think Froomkin has the right take on this, and it's what I've long suspected. Bush is going to throw a few more troops in there, and promise the same old thing is really really really really really going to work this time.

As Washington journalists debate whether to call President Bush's plan to send 20,000 more American troops into Iraq a "surge" or an "escalation," they are letting the White House get away with a much more momentous semantic scam.

The White House would have you believe that Bush tonight will be announcing a new strategy. But from all indications, all Bush will be talking about -- yet again -- is changing tactics.

And, a couple of Friedmans from now, we can have yet another one last chance...