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Imagine if the http://http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andijan_massacre had turned into a full scale revolution in Uzbekistan, lead by Islamist radicals
such as the Islamic Movement of Uzebekistan. If the Uzbek government fell would the United States intervene to prevent the country from falling into the hands of radical Islamists who where allied with the Taliban against them in the Afghan War? Would the American people have the stomach for another war in 2005? If not, and the IMU or
equivalent factions took power in Uzbekistan, what would that mean for the U.S. war effort in Afghanistan? Uzebekistan has the largest military of the Central Asian states, and an IMU ruled Uzebekistan would most likely have the removal of U.S. forces form Afghanistan high on it's list of priorities. It could conceivably train Taliban forces, as well as supply them with modern small arms, and anti-tank and anti-aircraft missiles. With a committed foreign backer the Afghan insurgency could easily become a much more formidable opponent.
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