There have been a shitload of unholy wars down through the years. That doesn't make them all comparable and equivalent, and to believe that it does is going to result in foggy thinking that will work against what we are trying to accomplish.

I find it rather telling that the anti-Bush camp has no real solutions to these problems. I also find it more than a bit ironic that the largely Democratic anti-Bush camp believes anything substantial will change if Kerry is elected instead of Bush in regards to Iraq. Some things will change marginally under Kerry, to be sure, but I don't think it will be the US geopolitical agenda in the Middle East and Central Asia.

Read this DOE brief, and you will understand this isn't about Kerry or Bush in the upcoming election. It is about making real change in the ways we are allowing our democracies to be taken over by corporate interests, by making real changes in the ways we live our personal lives when it comes to our political rulership and our consumption patterns.

US Dept of Energy Caspian Sea Region brief