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Old 07-19-2007, 12:19 AM   #15
Jeboduuza
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Originally Posted by Clodfobble View Post
don't remember whether the idea was his or another scholar's, but he told us that statistically, considering all the civil wars in the world that we have records of, it usually takes a country about 200 years to completely recover from a civil war.
The United States is not a "usual" country, for whatever that's worth. I think we have fully recovered if not become far greater than statistically what we should be.
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