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Erm... What is there in the military, other than commissioned and non-commissioned officers? Warrant officers?
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quote:Originally posted by BlueElectron: If he did joined the Taliban military or request sanctuary from the Taliban government (while they were still the offical governement of Afganistan)
I think the problem is that the Taliban was NEVER the official gov't of Afghanistan in the eyes of the United States, since we never recognized the Taliban as a ruling body.
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Man, no offense, why would a governement need U.S.'s recognition to be "official"?
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So, if I were to assume that U.N. recognized Taliban as the official ruling body of Afganistan.
Then what? Does U.S. still maintain it's view that Taliban ain't official?
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quote:Originally posted by BlueElectron: So, if I were to assume that U.N. recognized Taliban as the official ruling body of Afganistan.
Then what? Does U.S. still maintain it's view that Taliban ain't official?
My guess... probably. The UN isn't a world government (unfortunately or fortunately depending on your view), so what it thinks doesn't really have an effect on any individual nation's actions or policies. I think.
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By saying that, do you mean that U.S. can over-powered U.N.'s dicision as it wish?
Now, if that's true, then what the hell is the point of having U.N. around
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Principal Skinner- "Do you kids wanna be like the real U.N., or do you just wanna squabble and waste time?"
From the episode "Das Bus"
In other words, ask someone else, the only relevant knowledge about the UN I have is from the Simpsons.
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Even if the US never "officially recognized" the Taliban as the Afghan government, they were still the ones in control of the country. I mean, if I could convince some leader somewhere to recognize me as the legitimate government of the US, would it count for jack shit?
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Jesus, remind me never to ask a question at this Straight Dope place if this is the response it gets. If merely asking about the process nets you a torrent of abuse and accusations of treachery, then, for what he's done, this American Taliban guy is well and truly fucked. What a twat this Cecil is, even allowing for the fact he has to go through life AS a Cecil.
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