The US, with Russia's support, took action that prevented NATO from calling for an International investigation into the mass murder that occurred in Andijan, Uzbekistan. You have to wonder why we don't want to investigate this. Allowing a despotic leader to kill his people is something we claim to be opposed to, but when he is a friendly despot (at least to us) we see a different standard applied.
When we attacked Iraq we claimed that it was because of weapons of mass destruction, and ties to Al Quida. When those were proven to be false, The Bush administration tried for focus on the crimes of Saddam. While they demanded the death or capture of Saddam, they have gotten quite friendly with Islam Karimov . This man may, with time, be even more murderous than Saddam. Aside from the latest mass murder, He has a long list crimes that he stands accused of, including boiling his foes alive.
Such an overt double standard may bother some, but is nothing new from the Bush administration. They have been screaming anti-terrorism rhetoric for 4 years now, but when we have a terrorist that we like, we shelter them. Luis Posada Carriles is an anti-Castro terrorist. He is wanted by other nations to face trial for his crimes. The position of the Bush administration is to shelter him in the US.
The Chicago Tribune has a report of what did happen there.
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