The buzz going round this weekend is about Kerry and defense (TPM, Atrios).

I'd like to see the issue pushed further. Let's start with the very notion that this is a "war" situation at all. It's only called a war because we've let Bush/Rove define it as such so that Bush/Carlyle can repeat more profits and extend more control over the global polity. The antecedents for the current drama all go back to British imperial map-drawing. Islamic fundamental rage has been brewing for decades, and it keeps on brewing. There is really nothing new, other than they had the temerity to strike decisively on US soil.

Instead, let's declare a true war, a war on oil. Let's work to transform our means of production away from carbon burning and focus on generating the fuel of now, electricity. Return to us our own energy production and release the ties to foreign deserts. Now that would be a real security to fight for.