History repeating itself.

Hobbes

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If you aren't sure who the guy in the picture is, its Islam Karimov who likes to boil people alive to get what he wants.

Wonder how Bush justifies helping these people out now?

Frank Grimes

Hobbes wrote:

Wonder how Bush justifies helping these people out now?

The Uzbek government lets them base troops in the country, therefore Uzbekiztan = "friend" = blind eye turned.
Another "ally" in the region, Kyrgyzstan, just held an apparently controversial election. I don't remember anyone standing up for these protestors a la Lebanon. I'm sure that has nothing to do with the troops there either.

AmenToThat

Frank Grimes wrote:

The Uzbek government lets them base troops in the country, therefore Uzbekiztan = "friend" = blind eye turned.
Another "ally" in the region, Kyrgztan, just held an apparently controversial election. I don't remember anyone standing up for these protestors a la Lebanon. I'm sure that has nothing to do with the troops there either.

Im afraid Im not very well informed on these countries and was just wondering if this is the regime featured in the 'torture' documentary on C4 that was passing useless information to Britain and the US which it extracted from detainees?

Frank Grimes

AmenToThat wrote:

Im afraid Im not very well informed on these countries and was just wondering if this is the regime featured in the 'torture' documentary on C4 that was passing useless information to Britain and the US which it extracted from detainees?

I haven't watched those docs yet, so I'm not sure.
AFAIK the US was/is shipping people off to Eygpt and Jordan for torture, sorry, interrogation.

Nuttzz

Hobbes wrote:

Before:
[Wonder how Bush justifies helping these people out now?

Karimov is fighting against Islamist rebels trying to overthrow his government

my enemy's enemy is my friend type attitude I'd say..... whats the oil situation like in Uzbekistan????

monument

They have some...

Russia conquered Uzbekistan in the late 19th century. Stiff resistance to the Red Army after World War I was eventually suppressed and a socialist republic set up in 1924. During the Soviet era, intensive production of "white gold" (cotton) and grain led to overuse of agrochemicals and the depletion of water supplies, which have left the land poisoned and the Aral Sea and certain rivers half dry. Independent since 1991, the country seeks to gradually lessen its dependence on agriculture while developing its mineral and petroleum reserves. Current concerns include terrorism by Islamic militants, economic stagnation, and the curtailment of human rights and democratization.

Natural resources: natural gas, petroleum, coal, gold, uranium, silver, copper, lead and zinc, tungsten, molybdenum

http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/uz.html