"Surely to leave an individual in this kind of limbo, which he was not left in previous to 2003, is not a practice which would commenditselfto the civilised world, " he said.
But those that pushed the domino theory were ultimately unable to prevent the erosion of public support for the Vietnam war and it may be that the time is already past for the theory's echo to steady those who doubt that any project conceived in the West will commenditselfto a majority of Afghans.
The General Assembly convened in September, but it was not until last week that it could bring itselftocommend the secretary-general for his reforms, and then only for the ones mainly reorganisation of the secretariat to make it a bit more efficient that can be carried out, and in most cases have been carried out, without reference to the assembly.