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Politics : Politics for Pros- moderated
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To: Ilaine who wrote (18898)12/6/2003 2:54:01 PM
From: gamesmistress   of 793801
 
I think being a democracy (or a republic, which is what the USA is) helps slow down any impetus towards war. It's easier for a king, or tsar, or emperor to decide to go to war than a president or any other head of state who needs the support of a Congress or Commons. In British history, for example, kings were often frustrated in their warlike aims when Parliament refused to foot the bill. And enemies and allies were certainly never written in stone in European history, though it often took countries a while to wake up and realize that the balance of power had shifted.
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