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2005-05-17 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia

StrategyPage: Bad Guys Winning In Uzbekistan

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Posted by ed 2005-05-17 09:18|| || Front Page|| [4 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Then give the pro-democracy movement guns to even the odds.

Posted by mmurray821 2005-05-17 09:51|| 2005-05-17 09:51|| Front Page Top

#2 This is a tough spot. A lot of SOCOM support ops were run out of Uzbek territory, and they gave a lot of leeway to coalition forces there.

But the HMFIC is an ass, and has turned his "security" people loose on the population. Sure there are Islamic radicals there, but the internal police (like the old Soviet MVD) are pretty indiscriminate when it comes to who they beat or shoot. This has been all about retaining power.

The thing that has to happen here is for the US to manage to get a democracy and a stable one - and not let radical forces (Islam) and reactionaries (the mafioso strong-man types) get the upper hand - nor allow them to continue to disrupt the new government (cf: Iraq).

As I said, tough spot.

Posted by OldSpook 2005-05-17 10:34|| 2005-05-17 10:34|| Front Page Top

#3 The question then seems to be: how much aid can we manage? And do we know anybody who would be a good replacement?

Posted by mojo">mojo 2005-05-17 15:11|| 2005-05-17 15:11|| Front Page Top

#4 Bush the Elder would have backed the strong man. Personally, I like the change.

Posted by Super Hose 2005-05-17 21:20|| 2005-05-17 21:20|| Front Page Top

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