Originally posted by Krusher
But relations have plummeted since the Andijan killings in May, when Uzbek troops fired into crowds of demonstrators to crush an anti-government protest.
So how is it a US problem with diplomacy again? Oh yea its Bush and his crazy diplomats LOL
I thought they were saying it was becasue of this airlift...
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=984336&CMP=OTC-RSSFeeds0312The United Nations started evacuating more than 400 refugees from a camp Wednesday and will fly them to a third country to keep them from being sent home where they fear prosecution, U.N. officials said.
The Uzbeks fled to Kyrgyzstan in May after an uprising in the eastern Uzbek city of Andijan was violently suppressed by security forces with hundreds slain.
Uzbekistan has been pressuring Kyrgyzstan to hand over the refugees, and Kyrgyz officials relented in recent weeks, sending at least 87 of them back.
Those two events are related. I know its UN but from what I read that is Uzbek payback kicking the U.S. out.
Well diplomacy would be where the diplomat talks with the Uzbeks and convinces them using "diplomatic skills" to let us stay. That is the failure.
But hell for all I know maybe we dont want that base anymore.
