-- 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