[libs_kma]

"The "revolution" had zero to do with being pro or anti-American - in fact the guy that fell from power was pretty pro-American. But simplistic news gets less knowledgable readers"

Once again you miss the point, my plastic super hero idolizing FRiend. The only one pushing even the idea that this is an anti or pro US Agenda on this situation is you. Most are only seeing (and cheering) that these people are throwing a dictator out on his tail, and they are choosing democracy over a despot.

Go ahead and try your pro-Pooty-Toot spin, but I don't think many even listen to you here. You marginalize yourself even more every time you try to sell this stuff.

This guy was so pro-American right? How "Pro-American" was he? Did he have "Mother, Applie Pie, and Baseball" tatooed on his arm? Or maybe he visited the klintoon Whitehouse? Or maybe Jimmy Carter vouched for his last 99.5% election victory, so he said nice things about Jimmuh?

[Destro]

How "Pro-American" was he? HE ALLOWED AMERICA TO BUILD AN AIRBASE SO WE CAN INVADE AND LIBERATE AFGHANISTAN AND TO CARRY ON THE WAR AGAINST AL-QAEDA.

That answer your question? Do ypu read or do you enjoy being ignorant?

Once hailed as a reformer and the most liberal leader in Central Asia, Akayev has actually been successful only in using state institutions in the name of democracy and political language the West can understand.Kyrgyzstan also hosts a Russian and an America military base.The opposition that has arisen over the past two weeks also has very strong regional and ethnic origins.In the south of Kyrgyzstan, the opposition comprises of many ethnic Uzbeks (14 percent of the country's entire population).Ethnic minorities such as the Uzbeks (others are Russian 13 percent, Dungan 1 percent, Ukrainian 1 percent, Uygur 1 percent, and other 5.7 percent) have clashed with the Kyrgyz majority many times -- and rarely without violence and bloodshed.It is also of importance that the southern towns of Jalal-Abad and Osh were quickly abandoned by the central authorities (even retreating again after a weak attempt to establish control over these cities during the past few days).The central authorities in Bishkek have never really had much control over the south.Since the political crisis began, there has not been any meaningful change on the ground -- only additional evidence of regional differences and the lack of central control.

It is an ethnic divisions thing that ignorant fools think has something to do with "freedom spreading". This is like South-West Americans not accepting election results and their mobs storm Austin or Dallas.