Steven Den Beste has an excellent post today, in which he tries to explain the almost inexplicable failure of the anti-war left to affect the implementation of their preferred policies in any way.
Money quote:
“I think that there may have been some sort of deep feeling that if only those demonstrating against the war could somehow adequately communicate how strongly they opposed the war, that this would be enough to convince the rest of us to give up the entire enterprise. If the validity of a point of view is entirely a function of the sincerity with which it is held, then if enough people are emphatic enough about their sincerity, they should prevail for that reason alone.”