Let it go to vote they can represent their constituency through their vote.
http://www.islamonline.org/English/News/2005-07/30/article04.shtml
Washington 's relations with the authoritarian ex-Soviet state have been strained since the bloody suppression in May of a rebellion in the eastern town.
Uzbekistan, an impoverished agrarian state of 26 million, came under criticism from several Western human rights groups for the mass jailing of Muslims who did not subscribe to state-sponsored Islam.
So let me get this straight. The Uzbek's are persecuting a group of people for thier religious beliefs. (this sounds like something the UN would get involved in) The US and other Western Human rights groups cry foul. The Uzbek's dont like attention being called to these things so in retaliation they ask the US to remove their troops from their country.
This makes President Bush and his administration bad.
Just how would you suggest this situation have been handled?
Isnt Voice of America a Liberal Media Outlet? The moves followed strong criticism from the United States and other Western nations of President Karimov and calls for a formal inquiry into deadly clashes between Uzbek security forces and civilians in the city of Andijan in May. The United Nations has called the incident a mass killing.
"The trigger was Uzbek anger at U.S. criticism of the Uzbek government for the Uzbek government's failure to agree to an independent international inquiry into what happened in Andijan," said Martha Brill Olcott, a central Asian expert with the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. "To say that the U.S. leadership and the Uzbek leadership don't see eye to eye with one another today is an understatement. It's probably the tensest point in U.S.-Uzbek relations any time since the existence of an independent Uzbekistan. I don't know that the Uzbek regime would have wanted the base removed if Andijan had not occurred."
On Friday, the United Nations said some 440 Uzbek refugees who had fled to Kyrgyzstan following the Andijan violence had been flown to Romania. Uzbekistan says the refugees are criminals who should be repatriated.
Even they dont agree with you Shadow...