LAST THROESRemember when we all called the supposedly temporary “surge” an “escalation” by another name? Guess what – it was an escalationhttp://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/25/washington/25cnd-troop.htmlThe Defense Department is projecting that when the U.S. troop buildup in Iraq ends in July, there will be about 8,000 more troops on the ground than when it began in January 2007 . . .Another Iraq