Well, DougR, I respect what you have said but I think you are taking things out of context. No, one can look at a Department of Peace in this context. "Ahh, You all is going to have to play nice." This isn't about the existing conflict but the next. This one will play its self out and bin Laden will either be captured or killed, but how this failed foriegn policy is played out doesn't really have anything to do with the concept of PEACE. Our next big challenge will be in the post bin Laden era. This is where I want a Department of Peace. This is where I want a few of the bucks that were headed to the Department of War diverted to trying to get high profile right wing Islamic folks participate in retreats with moderate Islamic folks and other folks who represent a level of tolerance. Sell, "Live and let live" to the Jerry Falwells and Osoma bin Ladens of the world and the Department of Peace is on track to make history, rather than repeat it....