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Politics : DON'T START THE WAR -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Hawkmoon who wrote (19170)	3/12/2003 4:25:28 AM
From: zonder	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 25898

So countries recognize each other with considerations for what they believe to be right, as well as their own benefits. And you point is...? But I guess you're going to tell us that it requires a majority of nations voting in the UN (or otherwise) to officially recognize a political/economic entity as a "state"?? No. I am telling you what a 10-year old could, namely, that for a place to be called a "country", other countries have to recognize it as such. Or are you trying to argue for every single village who wants sovereignty to be called a "country" if they have definable borders and an elected government? Coming back to where this whole topic started - I think you were arguing that Iraq's government is not "legitimate", so it is OK to invade them (or something). Would you like to restate that so we may talk on it if that is your wish? I would appreciate it if you could find some definition of an "illegitimate government" to support your argument. Unless, of course, there is no such definition and you are just trying to rewrite the concept of legitimacy of states by yourself...