http://registan.net/index.php/2006/08/30/japan-as-mediator-between-us-uzbekistan/ Central Asia News -- All Central Asia, All The Time Sun, 12 Feb 2012 23:53:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://registan.net/index.php/2006/08/30/japan-as-mediator-between-us-uzbekistan/comment-page-1/#comment-278542 Laurence Thu, 31 Aug 2006 12:56:21 +0000 http://www.registan.net/?p=6624#comment-278542 I dunno that this will work. It seems a little insulting to Uzbek pride, unless the Japanese are giving away really big money. After all, America had to drop two atom bombs on Japan to convince them to do things our way. Plus, the country signed a military surrender, and agreed to military occupation that continues to this day. Uzbekistan kicked out US troops. I think that maybe, prior to Andijan, Uzbekistan thought it was an ally of the US in the war on terror, a junior partner--not a defeated enemy who had to agree to anything the USA demanded of them. I dunno that this will work. It seems a little insulting to Uzbek pride, unless the Japanese are giving away really big money. After all, America had to drop two atom bombs on Japan to convince them to do things our way. Plus, the country signed a military surrender, and agreed to military occupation that continues to this day. Uzbekistan kicked out US troops. I think that maybe, prior to Andijan, Uzbekistan thought it was an ally of the US in the war on terror, a junior partner–not a defeated enemy who had to agree to anything the USA demanded of them.

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