That's how democracies should fight, even in the age of polling.

A democracy must sometimes fight with one arm tied behind her back.

No democracy, and certainly not ours, should ever fight a war with mercenaries.

It is often remarked that democracies do not fight wars against each other.

Even to most democratic peace proponents, Weart's categorical assertion that democracies have never fought would appear dated.

Most research is regarding the dyadic peace, that democracies do not fight one another.

With only trivial exceptions, democracies have never fought one another since the early 19th century.

Sometimes, a democracy must fight with one hand tied behind its back.

It is on these issues that the western democracies must fight back.

In some important part the great adventure endures - a democracy, flawed but real, is fighting the religious fundamentalism that other nations have embraced.