>>(IOW, any other variation on the subject of "war is good for human development" is equally ridiculous, Graham being a Green or not)
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>I don't think the point was war being good for human development but rather that internal conflict is often the sign of a dynamic society.

Well, "500 years of democracy and peace" doesn't say "and no internal conflict". Although, they probably had a lot of internal conflict until they finally agreed on feminine suffrage... in many families.