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PoindexterOglethorpe

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6. I don't know as much about the two Irelands as I should.

Reply to OnDoutside (Reply #4)

Sun Aug 18, 2019, 03:33 AM

Aug 2019

I recall in 1989, right after the collapse of the Berlin Wall, the pundits all saying that the two Germanies would remain divided for many years to come because of the many differences between them, not the least of which was the far greater dependence in the East on various social welfare benefits.

And of course we all remember how incredibly long it was before the two Germanies united. A bit under a year, right?

With enough will, there could be a united Ireland in a very short time.

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