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This gets into nuanced territory where words fail. When the US sells arms to a rebel group, does that mean the US recognizes that the rebels are a sovereign sta
by lonelappde 7y ago
This gets into nuanced territory where words fail. When the US sells arms to a rebel group, does that mean the US recognizes that the rebels are a sovereign state, or a a sovereign non-state military entity, or what?
At the end of the day, legal structures are convenient fictions with no mother nature or computer compiler to check the logic for consistency or completeness.
- goblin89 7y ago> At the end of the day, legal structures are convenient fictions Exactly. Most countries have relations with Taiwan, and they only keep their stances ambiguous to not lose business with PRC. Fun example is Nauru, which accepted $130 million from PRC to abandon relations with ROC, and then a couple years later promptly did a 180-degree turn and stood with ROC again.