Al Dykes wrote:

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Li,Chanchun wrote:

"uncle arnie" wrote in
Can't understand how this simple lesson is not learned.

In a geo-strategic oil producing location such as Uzbekistan it is
absolutely vital to the interests of the U.S.
The alternative is a stranglehold by Communist China and its ally Russia.




Right. We back a despot who gets overthown by an Islamists mob who
hats us becuase we backed the guy that opressed them. That's what
happened in Iran. The Islamists started with the Muslim Brotherhood
in Egypt (see google) for similar reasons, without our help. The MB
tought OBL who to hate.


No. Iran's problems started with the colonial predecessor, the British who
overthrew the gov't that looked like it was heading toward democracy and
installed the shah. The US took up the banner.

You forgot to say that the CIA trained bin Laden.

The expedient definition of a gov't worth supporting, and the contrasting
claim to bring freedom and democracy to others with very similar gov'ts by
overthrow, invasion or destabilization looks pretty two-faced. And it
creates grave risks for us all even if it appears to work in the short
term.