LOL. But did you folks who are quick to defend business as usual even go to Dennis Kucinich's website and read his ideas? We're spending $300B a year for defense, and throw in another $50B to $100B this year and next killing folks and defending against folks who are trying to kill us. What if we spent a mere 1% of that budget to fund a Department of Peace and what if from that departments efforts the next Afganistan War was averted? Impossible? Not really. Every thing exists because of an idea. In this ever shrinking tribalized world a shift in the way people deal with conflict is overdue. I'd just ask that those who continue this thread, read Kucinich's proposal first. Thanks. Peace.