"Democracies don't war, Democracies are peaceful" The there is us...

Ioo

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Mon Dec-19-05 11:05 AM
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"Democracies don't war, Democracies are peaceful" The there is us...

So has he lessened ours? or is he just feeding us a line of BS?

I am sick this is such BS

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kentuck

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Mon Dec-19-05 11:09 AM
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1. Yes. We are a democracy?

Then why are we at war?

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GreenPartyVoter

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Mon Dec-19-05 11:11 AM
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2. We're a democratic consitutional Republic, not a direct democracy. Maybe

that's the loophole that keeps letting them take us to war? :shrug:

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dmkinsey

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Mon Dec-19-05 11:16 AM
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3. 1.The United States is a democracy

2. Democracies are peaceful.
3. The United States is not peaceful.
Therefore Not #1

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