In an interview last night with Fox's Bill O'Reilly, Gov. Mitt Romney made some good points. He spoke on the global nature of the war we are engaged in and warned that too many in the world don't fully understand the threat posed by the "extreme, violent jihadists." The governor criticized those who advocate rapid withdrawal from Iraq, but he also took a shot at the Bush administration: "I don't think we had as effective a plan in place as we need to have or enough boots on the ground to secure the country but that's over now." But the issue of whether we have "enough boots on the ground" today isn't "over." Iraq is a major front in the war against the "extreme, violent jihadists," which is why the National Review's Rich Lowry and the Standard's William Kristol continue to press for a surge in American forces -- see here and here -- to ensure that we prevail in a security environment that has steadily deteriorated. Gov. Romney should join them.