and all of us on the board will choose collectively to recognise them or not. After we choose you will be forced to accept any regimes whether you like them or consider them legitimate or not. That is called peer review. On governmental scales it works the same way. Do you accept the legitimacy of England and France? The current owners of the UK were chosen by a mad dog who sliced off the head of his wife because he couldnt shoot male sperm. That is legitimate? Or is it legitimate because of historical cohesiveness? Geopolitics is not for the narrow minded. It is often holding ones nose to acheive long term goals. The problem is American cant think past 6 yesrs of the election cycle.
thanx,
bill