-- James A. Donald: > > The Taliban were illegitimate, not on legal grounds, but > > because they were evil.
J.A. Terranson > Using this line of "reasoning", Shrub is ripe for that > overdue case of high velocity lead poisoning. Doubtless he is, but to suggest that he is comparably evil to the taliban casts doubt on your sanity. James A. Donald: > > Thirdly a government that systematically depopulates large > > areas of the territory it supposedly rules is not as > > legitimate as warlords with genuine local roots and > > traditional authority, who for the most part came to power > > through religious or military leadership in a spontaneous > > revolution against tyranny. J.A. Terranson > And if the local warlords are also participating in a vast > depopulation, then what? But the "Warlords" are not. Under the Taliban, huge numbers of people fled Afghanistan, under the Northern alliance, they returned. --digsig James A. Donald 6YeGpsZR+nOTh/cGwvITnSR3TdzclVpR0+pr3YYQdkG qMEkoNR+blkRZmztAFF4sDeSBoKW6Qe4JhwStmV 4j0SHTtKdNY/S/nI2Tmj5ngKX5y1hL7JFg7xma9t5