09-04-2010, 07:21 PM
(This post was last modified: 09-04-2010, 09:57 PM by Paul Rigby.)
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The most salient feature of the "coup"? The non-capture/assassination of the head of state. Which has allowed him, as we have seen, to flee south and begin the process of organising opposition. Incompetence? Highly unlikely, given how much else was accomplished with some skill, most notably the emasculation of the police/spook forces designed to protect said deposed leader.
So what are we looking at - who was behind it, and what are the motives/purposes of the force behind it? To begin at the end.
The obvious likely consequence of this episode is to extend the arc of instability previously created, chiefly by the CIA, in Afghanistan, Pakistan etc. Cui bono? Not Russia or China. Which leaves us with our old friends in Langley. But here we must begin to see the new, broader picture taking shape.
What we are witnessing is the reassertion of the primacy of the CIA over the Pentagon. The new strategy is the classic one - war by plausibly deniable proxy. It's a lot cheaper than the neo-con model, and much more flexible. An ethically-based Islamic insurgency is about to spring up, as spontaneously as a drone.
Quote:Kyrgyzstan And The Battle For Central Asia
By Rick Rozoff
http://rickrozoff.wordpress.com/
The most salient feature of the "coup"? The non-capture/assassination of the head of state. Which has allowed him, as we have seen, to flee south and begin the process of organising opposition. Incompetence? Highly unlikely, given how much else was accomplished with some skill, most notably the emasculation of the police/spook forces designed to protect said deposed leader.
So what are we looking at - who was behind it, and what are the motives/purposes of the force behind it? To begin at the end.
The obvious likely consequence of this episode is to extend the arc of instability previously created, chiefly by the CIA, in Afghanistan, Pakistan etc. Cui bono? Not Russia or China. Which leaves us with our old friends in Langley. But here we must begin to see the new, broader picture taking shape.
What we are witnessing is the reassertion of the primacy of the CIA over the Pentagon. The new strategy is the classic one - war by plausibly deniable proxy. It's a lot cheaper than the neo-con model, and much more flexible. An ethically-based Islamic insurgency is about to spring up, as spontaneously as a drone.