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well, yah, they were democratically elected like the govt of israel, but that doesnt make em good people. countries "recognize" all kinds of bad leaders around the world but we dont have to deal with em.

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That seems like a pretty poor reason not to aknowledge them as a government.

I thought George Bush was a pretty shit person, but I wouldn't ignore the fact that America elected him.  

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i wouldn't acknowledge them either, their morals are completely unethical.

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I really can't understand that reasoning. It's like, so we support countries having democracy so long as they democratically elect someone we like, otherwise we're just not going to recognise it!???

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Quote: from emo sux69 at 10:18 am on Jan. 4, 2009

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i wouldn't acknowledge them either, their morals are completely unethical.

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I really can't understand that reasoning. It's like, so we support countries having democracy so long as they democratically elect someone we like, otherwise we're just not going to recognise it!???  

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I think it is a perfectly legitimate tactic for governments to not recognize another one.  

In these kinds of highly charged philosophical issues I find it helpful to look at a similar situation, but with different players.  For example, would the US recognise a government which democratically elected Al Quada as its governement?

Twenty years ago, when the IRA was violent, would Great Britan have recognised them as the legitimate government of Ireland, had they been democratically elected?

Good question; tough answer.

(BTW, I don't believe the Bush issue is at all the same.  I, too dislike Bush,  but he was not identified as a terrorist prior to being elected.)