"The assumption here is that peace between nations can somehow be resolved by just communication among private citizens and individual friendships" This only w

"The assumption here is that peace between nations can somehow be resolved by just communication among private citizens and individual friendships" This only works when private citizens are allowed to influence government: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_peace_theory http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_peace_theory That's why 2 democracies have never gone to war.