Remembering Andijan
Just a few months later, in May 2005, Karimov’s troops fired into a crowd of anti-government demonstrators in the city of Andijan. Between 400 and 1,000 people died that spring day in what has become known as the Andijan massacre. The initial U.S. reaction was rather low-key. But when Karimov soon gave notice to the U.S. base, the massacre became a pretext for the Bush administration to announce its departure. ~Craig Murray, former British Ambassador to Uzbekistan
This account makes plain that Washington had little or no concern for the massacre carried out by Karimov’s men and would have gladly remained mostly quiet about it. Anytime someone wants to tell you about the high moral purpose of U.S. foreign policy, remember Andijan and you won’t be fooled.
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