Some reads for today...

1. Matthew Hoh, a former captain in the Iraq and a current State Department foreign officer, becomes the first American official to resign in protest of the war in Afghanistan.
2. Roger Cohen thinks the British decision on troop levels in Afghanistan is a good indication of where US policy is headed.
3. Are the Republicans crying crocodile tears over White House treatment of Fox News and other opposition voices?  Former Clinton adviser Mark Penn contends that  at worst the Democrats are simply stealing a page from Republican playbook .
4. The New York Times editorial staff advocates another stimulus lest "the worst recession in modern memory...become the weakest recovery in modern memory. 
5. Stuart Rothenberg expects the 2010 midterms to get nasty as imperiled incumbents like Harry Reid and Chris Dodd turn to scorched earth tactics to win re-election.