There are bad guys and there are really bad guys. The US is allied with government of Uzbekistan in the WoT. Islamists are attempting to overthrow the regime.
There are bad guys and there are really bad guys. The US is allied with government of Uzbekistan in the WoT. Islamists are attempting to overthrow the regime.==
They may succeed. Uzbekistan is very islamic country. If they succeed then they will in all Central Asia since Uzbekistan is main country of region.
Only Russia's influnce prevented it before. Then someone worked hard to dismantle Russia's influence. So the result.
IMHO Russia will support Kazakhstan so. But let go Central Asia.