A quote from the great Edmund Burke that reminds me of our current crop of anti-war-that-hasn't-quite-started-yet protesters:
I am not of the opinion of those gentlemen who are against disturbing the public repose; I like a clamour whenever there is an abuse. The fire-bell at midnight disturbs your sleep, but it keeps you from being burned in your bed. The hue and cry alarms the county, but it preserves all the property of the province. All these clamours aim at redress. But a clamour made merely for the purpose of rendering the people discontented with their situation, without an endeavour to give them a practical remedy, is indeed one of the worst acts of sedition.
Brilliance. Burke is a stream of thought that can only raise the hand on the tips of your hair, the spine down the chill, really.
