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To: InvisibleChurch; LS

Care to make a call?


46 posted on 01/01/2006 11:02:45 AM PST by investigateworld (Abortion stops a beating heart)
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To: investigateworld
The obvious answer is yes, the War of 1812. Then you have Germany, in 1914, governed by a Reichstag, although not to the same degree the Weimar Republic was. Also in WW I, Italy fought for the Central powers at the beginning of the war . . . against France. I'd have to check the actual status of France under Napoleon, but I don't think it was technically the "empire" until 1803, meaning England declared war on France sometime while it was still under the Directory (i.e., a Republic).

Japan also was ostensibly governed by the Diet, with the Emperor Hirohito merely a figurehead politically, but whether Japan actually declared war on China, or just invaded, I don't know.

54 posted on 01/01/2006 11:31:03 AM PST by LS
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To: investigateworld

well, no, because I don't know hence the question ... it's been interesting to read what definitions of "democracy" are


78 posted on 01/01/2006 12:54:53 PM PST by InvisibleChurch (The search for someone to blame is always successful. - Robert Half)
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