[Pecos]

I once read that in the past two thousand years, there may, repeat MAY have been a total of 20 years without war somewhere in the world. My person guess is that the 20 year figure is only that large because the historians didn’t know about a particular genocide in progress in some lesser-known corner of the globe. It is simply a part of life for every generation. Sometimes it happens to your country, sometimes to someone else’s country. The only end for it will be the Second Coming.

[rktman]

No matter what, the human condition will eventually reveal some sociopath that wants to be in charge.

[JoeFromSidney]

I once read that in the past two thousand years, there may, repeat MAY have been a total of 20 years without war somewhere in the world.

We deduce the possibility of peace because there are intervals between wars.