[canalabamian]

...because there was no country called the confederate states.

There you go again. I suppose Taiwan doesn't exist either...from a legal standpoint (sarcasm).

[Non-Sequitur]

There you go again. I suppose Taiwan doesn't exist either...from a legal standpoint (sarcasm).

There are those who recognize Taiwan as a separate entity. Nobody recognized the confederate states as such...from a legal standpoint.