Powerline's Big Trunk

posted an excellent analysis of why Kerry was wrong in 1971 and why the anti-war crowd is still horribly, tragically wrong.

I think part of their problem is that they view evil in egocentric terms: Whoever disagrees with my rationalizations is evil. Whoever is an immediate threat to my personal comfort is evil. George Bush has plunged us into a situation with uncertain outcomes, and he disagrees with Noam Chomsky, and therefore must be evil. What's Saddam Hussein ever done to me or my family? He must be benign.

I find this attitude and the protean arguments that support it contemptible and ignorant.