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To: david who wrote (94139)4/17/2003 2:48:46 AM
From: kumar  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 281500
 
I believe I said a while back : expect 3 years or so, to get a representative government with constitutional, security and judicial institutions getting going.

True "Jeffersonian democracy" : I expect 1 generation.

The Brits realised these challenges, and planned their withdrawal over decades. The US has never had a colony/empire, and therefore IMO lacks some expertise in this respect.