You could START by reading more carefully. My tagline says that democracy STARTS with reason and intelligence. That's true, it does. Sometimes, often actually, others force one to pick up arms (i.e. Hitler). But democracy never STARTS with the use of force. That's the province of tyrants. The neocons might have considered that before they invaded a country to try and force democracy on them. Regarding voting for Kerry, I can't imagine anyone from either party screwing things up as badly as the guy that's in the White House now. I used to find comfort in the fact that this guy didn't actually win in 2000 because at least then I could say that most Americans aren't so blind that they would give a silver-spoon raised, failed businessman who was nowhere to be found when a real war was being fought (Vietnam) a residency in the oval office. Well, 2004 proved me wrong. Apparently there are enough gullible people in this country to hire this guy for another four years after he did such a lousy job the first time around. Rewarding incompetence, the NEW American way.