Gerard Baker wonders what the U.S. Air Force will do with a huge, new bomb. He suspects it might be used to penetrate and destroy a nuclear facility buried deep under the ground inside Iran. I suspect he is right.

Caroline Glick also sees numerous signs of an impending strike against Iran, which she believes is the only thing that will prevent World War III and the destruction of Israel.

An opponent of such a strike, Michael Hirsh, also sees the signs. As for me, I am still opposed to such a strike, as I believe we should not open up another undeclared, limited war without the political will to carry it through to its conclusion.

New Hampshire's Secretary of State now sees little chance of a December primary.

The drought in the American Southeast is creating friction between states that rely on the same water supply.

Here is an article from the Washington Post describing an American unit fighting in Iraq that gives the impression we cannot possibly win the war. Here is a piece from a noted neo-con who says we are winning in Iraq and should not give up. So, why shouldn't you give more credence to the piece that is about real American soldiers fighting in a real Baghdad neighborhood over the piece written by a theorist in Washington who never, to my knowledge, wore the uniform or felt the sting of battle? Because, like all wars, the stories of individual soldiers or units only reveals the action in a limited part of the battle. Depending upon what area you choose to focus on, a battle can be seen as being won or lost, as being decisive or futile. You really need to see the big picture to gain an impression of how you are doing. The soldiers described in the Post article are really seeing something true and significant in their small slice of Iraq (ethnic cleansing, corruption, infiltration by Shiite militias of Iraqi police and Army units, etc.). But that does not mean that good things aren't happening elsewhere in the country, or that those things are not significant, or that the fact that some bad things are happening means we should just give up and go home. In any event, I still believe we all should make up our own minds, but do so after trying to gather all the different facts and opinions that are available to us. We get another shot at deciding this possible in about a year when we elect the next President of the United States. I hope the contenders are clear as to what it is they will do when they get a chance to be "the decider".