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'Kyrgyzstan Is On the Brink of Collapse'
Spiegel ^ | 06/17/2010

Posted on 06/17/2010 11:28:57 AM PDT by nickcarraway

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1 posted on 06/17/2010 11:28:57 AM PDT by nickcarraway
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Muslims killing Muslims. Turkey jockying for political position with ethnic turks vs. the Russians

the more things change, the more they stay the same.


2 posted on 06/17/2010 11:33:33 AM PDT by PGR88
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Sunni Muslims killing other Sunni Muslims. Not enough Christians or Jews there, I guess.


3 posted on 06/17/2010 11:34:47 AM PDT by AuH2ORepublican (If a politician won't protect innocent babies, what makes you think that he'll protect your rights?)
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Maybe the Russians should stop in and provide stability?


4 posted on 06/17/2010 11:39:37 AM PDT by Paladin2
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Uzbeks are in Kyrgystan. Chechens are in Afghanistan. Who the hell is in Uzbekistan?


5 posted on 06/17/2010 11:40:29 AM PDT by HospiceNurse
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Who the hell is in Uzbekistan?

Who is on First.

6 posted on 06/17/2010 11:41:13 AM PDT by dfwgator
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The Article linked stated that the Russian don’t want to get involved due to possibility of another Afghanistan-type war.


7 posted on 06/17/2010 11:42:30 AM PDT by Roger_Wildcat
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My wife’s family.


8 posted on 06/17/2010 11:42:58 AM PDT by Roger_Wildcat
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Uzbeks are only about 15%. Kyrgyz are the majority.


9 posted on 06/17/2010 11:46:57 AM PDT by nickcarraway
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BUMP.


10 posted on 06/17/2010 11:54:33 AM PDT by EternalVigilance (Want to know what RINOs really think? Watch Charlie Crist.)
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11 posted on 06/17/2010 11:59:16 AM PDT by EternalVigilance (Want to know what RINOs really think? Watch Charlie Crist.)
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Had to look it up.


12 posted on 06/17/2010 12:01:48 PM PDT by thefactor (yes, as a matter of fact, i DID only read the excerpt)
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I hope this doesn't affect our soldiers getting to and from Afghanistan via the transition air base there - (My g’son is supposed to leave the ‘ghan for his short ‘vacation’ homeside next week.)
13 posted on 06/17/2010 12:07:54 PM PDT by maine-iac7
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The meaty parts:


SPIEGEL ONLINE: What is Russia’s role? The transitional government asked Moscow to intervene, but that has not happened.

Schmitz: Russia plays a very sorry part in this conflict. Right now one has the impression that Russian crisis-management exists as a pretense, not as reality. This is also evident from the debate within the regional security body, the Collective Security Treaty Organization. It’s dominated by Russia, and it could not agree to send a peacekeeping mission. I can explain this only by saying there is a lack of deployable forces, a lack of political will and lack of responsibility. It’s becoming more and more clear that in emergencies, you can’t rely on Russia as a crisis manager. Moscow wants power and influence, but it’s not prepared to accept responsibility.

SPIEGEL ONLINE: What are possible reasons for Russia’s restraint?

Schmitz: Resistance to an intervention looks equally strong in the parliament, the leadership and the public at large. Part of the reason is fear of a second Afghanistan. Another part is the complexity of Kyrgyzstan’s predicament. The risks are considered too large to take on.



14 posted on 06/17/2010 12:09:41 PM PDT by Zhang Fei (Let us pray that peace be now restored to the world and that God will preserve it always)
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This is unsettling.


15 posted on 06/17/2010 12:26:26 PM PDT by ohioWfan (Proud Mom of a Bronze Star recipient!)
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Uzbeks and lots of Koreans put there by Stalin.


16 posted on 06/17/2010 12:27:22 PM PDT by ohioWfan (Proud Mom of a Bronze Star recipient!)
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The whole area is made up of nomads. There were not any real borders till the Soviets showed up.


17 posted on 06/17/2010 12:38:35 PM PDT by Boiler Plate ("Why be difficult, when with just a little more work, you can be impossible" Mom)
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They are muslim in name only. In the month I spent there I don’t even rember ever hearing any mention of religion.


18 posted on 06/17/2010 12:40:02 PM PDT by Boiler Plate ("Why be difficult, when with just a little more work, you can be impossible" Mom)
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‘Maybe the Russians should stop in and provide stability?’

There is no need for both US or Russia to get involved.

Both American-Vietnamese and Russian-Afghanistan wars were started that way. Both US and Russia has picked a ‘good side’ just to help them out a bit and it turned to a total war. A few people knows now it was initially a civil wars but everyone blames US or Russia as a brutal agressors.

In contrast with Vietman people in that region do have no ideology to fight for. All they want is killing people who are at least a bit more fortunate than they are.

Any foreign power will be defined as ‘infidel occupation force’ in months and both opposing sides will be united attacking their saviors came to set peace between them.

That is that interim government wants is to distract people from government itself, to make dirty job done with other hands since they were busy to condemn previous government for being too tough on pro-their riots and to unite people. I’m sure at the end they will call their people to attack ‘infidels’ who were so kind to give them a hand.

I bet they have to deal with it themself.


19 posted on 06/17/2010 8:13:39 PM PDT by cunning_fish
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I was kidding, as I heard/read that Russia had helped in some way(s) to kick this off.


20 posted on 06/18/2010 4:49:32 AM PDT by Paladin2
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