2007-03-21 20:57:52 · 7 answers · asked by thesunshineking 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Other - Politics & Government
It would be logical to think that democracies do not fight each other, but it would be naive at best to say it is true.
The British had a democracy, but the United States fought them in 1812, and would have again in 1848 if the Mexicans had not distracted us. The Filipinos had a democratically elected leadership when the American government ruthlessly suppressed their independence movement.
While war was never declared on Chile in 1973 the United States did engineer the coup that overthrew the democratically elected government. The CIA supported murder of president Allende and thousands of Chileans was an act of undeclared war.
For that matter, Cuba and Venezuela have both elected leaders in free and supervised votes, and the US continues to do everything they can to subvert those governments.
Mind you, other democratically elected governments behave the same way. I just used American examples.
2007-03-21 21:33:01 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
not only is this total propaganda, but when the US attacks other democracies (during the Cold War, this was done mainly by proxy) they spin unfavoured state into some kind of Marxist totalitarian monster. Cases in point include the democratically elected Sandanista, Allende and Sukarno governments, (in Nicaragua, Chile and Indonesia respectively) though there are many, many more examples (even Chavez today!).
By the way, how many times have you heard that Israel is the 'only democracy in the Middle East?' A load of crap. Palestine is also a democracy (as well as Egypt and others) and they are always at war.
2007-03-22 00:34:48 · answer #2 · answered by cheryl m 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
David, are you saying Cuba and Venezuela have democracies? Cuba has a dictatorship. Russia had a dictatorship, with elections. Even Herr Hitler was elected, but only once as a democracy, and later as a dictator.
I don't know if democracies would fight each other or not in situations other than civil wars and wars for Independence. I'm sure that if a democracy was to invade another country, for any reason there would be a war. (Sadam had a democracy according to him).
2007-03-21 21:49:16 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
no...Israel is a democracy who has fought against several of it's neighbors who had democratically elected governments. Also, The UK waged a war in the early 80's against Argentina. All of the European countries involved in WWII were democracies of one form or another.
The theory is a fallacy, and total propaganda
2007-03-21 21:46:45 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
pretty much yes.
Democracies will fight authoritarian governments but history doesn't show us any examples of democracies going against democracies.
2007-03-21 21:05:32 · answer #5 · answered by Jon H 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Democratic countries do not fight and they support each other to fight other countries with a different ideology.
2007-03-21 21:07:57 · answer #6 · answered by FRAGINAL, JTM 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
very true it's opposite to totalitartan and to agression.
2007-03-21 21:03:00 · answer #7 · answered by WO LEE 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋