Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiyev in in southern Kyrgyzstan on Sunday.
At least an autocratic dictator is out of power...
Posted on 04/11/2010 11:13:57 PM PDT by myknowledge
BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan—The U.S. scrambled to step up contacts with the new government of Kyrgyzstan on Sunday as the deposed president of the strategically important Central Asian nation, now taking refuge in the south, remained steadfast in his refusal to resign.
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton spoke by phone with the head of the government over the weekend and dispatched a top aide, Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Robert Blake, to visit the Kyrgyz capital. Washington's ambassador to Kyrgyzstan, meanwhile, returned to the country ahead of schedule Sunday and issued a statement saying she would work with the new leadership, which the U.S. so far has been reluctant to recognize.
The U.S. overtures come as some new Kyrgyz leaders have accused Washington of cozying up to ousted President Kurmanbek Bakiyev and ignoring his autocratic rule to win his support for a U.S. military base here.
Mr. Bakiyev, who fled from armed mobs who stormed his office in the capital Wednesday, remained holed up Sunday with a handful of supporters in his native village in southern Kyrgyzstan. He admits he has lost control over all government agencies, but has so far refused to resign or leave the country.
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Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiyev in in southern Kyrgyzstan on Sunday.
At least an autocratic dictator is out of power...
Should we support democracy if it goes against our interests?
My thought when they made tis deal was. STUPID! Look our Army is at stake. Obliterate the Enemy or be Impeached. We should lay wate to the enemy immediatly with no mercy.
Only if it goes against the interests of the globalist elite, then yes, but it won't be the case.
Day late and a Dollar short.
Now Bakiyev wants U.N. peacekeepers in his country to ‘prevent unrest’.
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