Inherent stability of democracies???

Much of our foreign policy depends on the assumption that democracies will not attack each other since the costs a population bears are too great (both economic cost and death). History supports this assumption. However, a democracy with a population base of religious idealists would elect a government of religious idealists. Religious idealists are by nature not prone to compromise or rationality. They hold their values and beliefs to be supreme to any other value or belief system. This democracy would not hesitate to attack other democracies that did not believe as they believe. So the true test of a stable government is not what type of government they have but the tolerance of the people. An intolerant people will lead to an intolerant government - not a stable and peaceful government regardless of the type of government.