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First of all, what is democracy? By definition it is the will of the people. If the people do not want a democracy, then using war will go against the very belief of democracy itself. A democratic society is one in which the people use the concept of the majority rules to elect new leaders, and forgo actions within the specified region. War, on the other hand, does not under any circumstances use that same concept. It forces, or tries to force, the people to agree, when actually, they agree to disagree.

The Iraq War is a perfect example of how war ruins any chances of unification of the nation. We are intervening and setting up a faulty democracy in Iraq. It is not only hurting our economy, but also ruining the unification of the United States and within Iraq amongst the Iraqis.
A common argument that may counter mine is the fact that revolutions in the past have shown the particular country to come out in a greater sense of unification and prosperity. To that I say that this is not a question of revolutionary wars, but a question of the justification of a foreign country invading and placing a faulty democratic system on a country. That in no way is in any ways a justifiable cause. It has been proven to have violence arise and shatter a country as it is currently doing. Furthermore, this does not justify it in any way; it is not about the success but the moral justification of the war itself.
If not war then what? A more effective way to settle disputes is civil disobedience, which is a passive peaceful way to disobey. Ghandi himself used this to liberate India peacefully. If I may recall, there was no war involved in his use of civil disobedience. Unlike war, it has very good effects with virtually no bloodshed and economic loss. Although this may not work in all case, there are still alternatives to the morally unjust ways of war. So tell me, is this war going to be effective if we continue to push for their democracy if at the end, there is nothing left to become democratic?
Furthermore, if a country does not want democracy, it is ineffective to fight for that cause. As in any democracy, majority rules; and if they do not want it, forcing it upon them is a complete waste of morality, troops, and money; all in which seem to be in a lack of abundance currently. Democracy is never a justified reason to go to war because democracy is created so there will not be war.

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