Today seems to be one of those days where I spend more time admiring what other people wrote instead of coming up with something of my own to say. Bad me. But still, this paragraph of Digby’s is too good to pass up:
But when it came to the war there is one blindingly obvious fact that nobody seems to think is significant: the Vietnam War split the Democrats because it was run by Democrats. The Pentagon papers didn’t indict a bunch of Republicans, after all. It was Lieberman-Lamont writ very, very large and with much bigger consequences.
The fact is that most Democrats, not being natural authoritarians, don’t put up with this crap from their leaders, of either party. They hold them accountable. Now I realize that for some twisted illogical reason that means they are seen as unserious and irresponsible in American politics, but it doesn’t change the fact that it’s the right thing to do. When your country is engaged in dangerous wars based on lies and obscure reasoning, it is immoral to say nothing simply because you are afraid it will make you look bad.
Read the rest. To the people who stop by this corner of the Internet, it’s preaching to the choir, but a well-written sermon is worth it.