Quote Originally Posted by Tellos Athenaios View Post
Oh I don't disagree there. But the line of reasoning which you use to arrive at the conclusion is still wrong, and crucially you don't know what you'll get until you have it. That is to say, if the Taliban successfully blow up the guy (along with how many innocents) with an IED then you're not actually going to get much out of it after all; which is something to keep in mind. The Taliban or for that matter the Afghans don't necessarily feel equally bound to honour any obligations Karzai might have incurred.
If the fact that not everyone follows government regulations is a sufficient reason to de-legitimize a government, then there are no legitimate governments in the world. No government has a 100% compliance rate.