But after the Declaration of Independence was put in place, it took years for us to win that war. By most accounts, six or seven years. I believe it was about seven years before it was deemed officially won. We defeated the world's last standing superpower at the time. Now, this was a conflict, as if between David and Goliath. Now, the original conflict between literally David and Goliath was not a conflict in which the smart money would have been on David. (06:20–06:26)
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