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https://victorhanson.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Hanson-Logo-1.png595200How democracies go to war. by Victor Davis Hanson National Review Magazine We associate democracies with peace, and thus think that it is hard to convince thousands of free citizens to support a war.