Uzbeks - They are the weak link in the great chain of socialism.
Uzbeks! Don’t give them money or matches!
I was deployed there & they seemed OK. The guys offered vodka for the latest Playboy, and the gals dressed as they pleased, including bare midriffs when it was 110+ degrees. Most Uzbeks are secular about Islam except those in the IMU. Kyrgyz the same way.
I suspect Chechens in the Instanbul airport massacre. Is Pooty-poot involved? Sending terrorists is cheaper than sending MiGs, and far more deniable. This was a shot across Erdogan’s bow, IMO.
I was in Afghanistan right across the border where Tohir Yuldashev and his fighters were living. What a screaming maniac. We got shelled by that group on almost a daily basis. Supposedly the best trained of the groups running around Wana, but they were crummy shots with the mortars.