As someone who is a bit of a political news/blog junkie, I have been following the recent flare up in the blogosphere between the "pro-war" left and the "anti-war" left. At first I didn't think much of it.  But then I came across this Kevin drum post.  Right from the beginning, this article rubs me the wrong way:

If anti-war liberals were right about the war from the start, how come they don't get more respect? Here's the nickel version of the answer from liberal hawks: It's because they don't deserve it. Sure, the war has gone badly, but not for the reasons the doves warned of.

Ignoring the obvious absurdity of being told that the "anti-war" crowd doesn't deserve credit for being right, for whatever reasons, by the people who were wrong about the war from the get-go I wanted to address something else that bothers me about the pro-war turned anti-war liberals.

This is my first diary.....it's the letter I sent to Sen. Durbin this morning.  I have posted it in the comments section of a thread but I figured I could make it a diary if anyone wants to read it.

I live in Illinois, in the Chicago Metro area.  When I saw the coverage of Durbin apologizing it made me sick to my stomach.  Two days ago I had written a letter of support for his comments.  Sadly I now had to retract it.  I had also written a letter to the Sun-Times editors in  support of Durbin that pointed out examples of GOP hypocracy on the issue, and I think they were going to print it (they called me to confirm I had written it and mentioned that they wanted to print it) but it never ran.  I suspect his apology made them think twice about the relevance of someone supporting something that someone has aplogized for(although I can not be sure)

Below the fold is the text of the letter for anyone interested