OMAR HAS THOUGHTS ON SECURITY IN BAGHDAD, while Mickey Kaus wonders why we’re not seeing more from the Bush Administration:

The obvious suspicion is that election-year politics precludes any dramatically increased deployment. But would it really hurt the GOPs in the November election if we sent an additional division to make the Baghdad plan work? Isn’t Bush unpopular in part because of his growing reputation for too-little-too-late adapatation to changing circumstances (Katrina, Iraq, ineffective tooth-pulling concessions on immigration, Social Security, etc.)? Voters might appreciate some decisive action instead of what seems to be an insufficiently alarmed drift. … Would Harry Truman have waited until after the midterms?

Truman’s probably a poor role model when it comes to war-related political competency, though . . . .