fbluhm wrote:
When our government is entertaining the idea of going to war, there is a great deal of information the average citizen is not aware of; information that is highly classified. Therefore, voting on should we go to war or not, would not be a good thing, considering that there is much needed information that the average person will not be privy to - info that one would need to cast his or her correct vote.
I think that is paternalistic view. More often government agenda are dishonest to reveal to the people.