Yes, the war is at least regional and probably global. I think Norman Podhoretz was the first to say it’s a world war (I lagged, in part because it has been so difficult to convince anyone that it’s certainly regional, and can’t be won in Iraq alone, or even in Iraq and Afghanistan alone), and at the moment, in addition to Gingrich, the person who is saying it most eloquently and most convincingly is Santorum. Which is yet another reason for pessimism about the future of American foreign policy, since the media don’t report on Santorum’s ideas, and Pennsylvania voters seem bound and determined to elect a truly moronic senator (I guess having an eccentric like Specter wasn’t enough for them).