Back to the battle...

...but it will be mostly PM blogging today. While you're waiting for more of my astonishing insights, you might pop over to the New York Times, where John Burns notices that this war is starting to seem a lot like another war (many of us who were in that other noticed that awhile back, of course).

Or take some time to think about the 123 American lives lost this month in Iraq, bringing the total to just shy of the highest fatality total for any of the 21 months of Bush and Rummy's Bogus Adventure. If you've got a lot of time on your hands, give a silent moment or two to each of the 1244 fallen, and then think about where you can make some noise on their behalf that matters.

I'll be back later with some more noise of my own.