Paul Krugman defending Kerry’s 1971 testimony: “Mr. Kerry also spoke of the moral cost of an ill-conceived war – of the atrocities soldiers find themselves committing when they can’t tell friend from foe. Two words: Abu Ghraib.” Abu Ghraib had nothing to do with an inability to distinguish between friend and foe. It was a scandal with its roots in the wrongdoing of a few sadists, coupled with insufficent oversight further up the chain of command. Krugman never fails to reach new heights of absurdity.