I think Tom would say a fair amount of heat came out of his last appearance on Hugh Hewitt's show, but not much light: + Hugh continued to belabor his debate with Tom in More On Iran. This is a perfect example of what Tom talked about in his long post on the Hugh appearance. Looks like Hugh's jumped into the same category for Tom as NPR's Chris Lydon. Too bad. Other coverage or links: + Dumb Looks Still Free + NonParty Politics + ShrinkWrapped + majelix + Razorwire + The Hotline stream'. + A Second Hand Conjecture + Critt linked Why the killings to follow will all be blamed on Bush (Tom's first post after calling in with Hugh). + et alli. linked The soft partition of Iraq is not a function of American strategy; it is oblivious to American strategy. + Hydro-Logic linked last week's column and Two for [last] week's column. + Hidden Unities likes Tom's posture toward China, but is worrying about the military-industrial complex. + Kindred Winecoff linked today's column and 'Locking in China at Today's Prices' + NW Bloggers mentioned Tom's visit to Ft Lewis. + beowulf1723 linked Back to square one in the Middle East. + Erabulus linked the TED video. + So did ZenPundit. + From DC to Jerusalem linked Why the US and China are destined to be Allies... + Justin Talks mentioned Tom in 'Mil Theory Goes Main. + 893 Studio calls PNM and BFA 'crazy awesome'. + Myk's Sandbox linked Chinese contribution to UN Peacekeeping Operations. + The Societal Cynic says PNM is a 'great read'.