Little grounds exist for supposing that democracies are inherently less warlike in general than are other forms of government. As one observer responded to this proposition, with respect to the United States, "ask a Mexican, a Spaniard, a Filipino, or a Japanese!" (quoted in Waltz, 2001, p. 121). An Iraqi might soon be added to this list.
However, a much stronger argument can be made that democracies are strongly disinclined to go to war against other democracies. Putting it an
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