captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions lehrer: good evening. you know, there are no great choices in this situation. there rarely are when you re in war, but i think of the alternates available to us, the options available to us, i think this is the best way forward and the way forward that offers the greatest probability of success. lehrer: judy woodruff has the lineup for the rest of our afghan coverage, which will be most of the newshour this wednesday. woodruff: wohl get reaction from around the country to the president s speech and the troop surge. spencer michaels talks to ordinary americans. it just seems like another bush strategy, and something that s just going to go on. i think he took a brave step, and i think it was a necessary step. woodruff: and jeffrey brown interviews editorial page editors. the other news of the day will be at the end of the program tonight. major funding for the newshour with jim lehrer is provided by: what the