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More Nastiness Abroad

Jesse Walker | 5.28.2003 11:42 AM

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Uzbekistan takes on, um, the enemies of freedom.

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Jesse Walker is books editor at Reason and the author of Rebels on the Air and The United States of Paranoia.

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  1. Sir Real   23 years ago

    Sven-

    I believe Lilly Tomlin said it best when she said-

    "No matter how cynical you get, it's hard to keep up".

  2. Chuck   23 years ago

    And now my car won't start--Uzbeks drank my battery fluid!

  3. Croesus   23 years ago

    So much for a "moral" FP.

  4. Anonymous   23 years ago

    yeah they would be better under islamic fundementalist rule

  5. Croesus   23 years ago

    Anonymous Poster @ 11:56,

    Thanks for presenting us with a false dilemma. 🙂

  6. Anonymous   23 years ago

    Make that a false fundelemma.

  7. Anonymous   23 years ago

    The guy's name is Islam and he's cracking down on Islamic fundamentalists. My head is spinning.

  8. Sven   23 years ago

    I was going to make a crack about how the Uzbeks would benefit merely from our glorious and righteous presence ? that democracy and human rights would eventually rub off on them, like the Saudis. In reading the story, I saw the Bushies beat me to the punch:

    A state department spokesman said America's policy was "reform through engagement..."

    It's tough being a smart-ass these days.

  9. Jehuda Feldstein   23 years ago

    RE: "The guy's name is Islam and he's cracking down on Islamic fundamentalists. My head is spinning."

    Suppose the guy's name were Chris and he was cracking down on Christian fundamentalists, would your head still be spinning?

    We're talking FUNDAMENTALISM! Hello?

  10. Cook Sioux   22 years ago

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