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Politics : Politics for Pros- moderated

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To: LindyBill who wrote (35220)3/17/2004 10:56:16 PM
From: frankw1900   of 793931
 
Even if the Islamic world set such goals and committed the material resources and individual efforts required, they could not expect to pull abreast of the West for generations, even if the West stood still. More realistically, it would take centuries, as it took the West centuries to catch up to them.


More like two generations if they decided to be modern.
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