APBreaking news from Kyrygzstan: another revolution. But if you don't have any leaders to replace the ones you depose, how are things going to get any better?
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I followed Opposition leader Omurbek Tekebaev during earlier protests, when he was running for President in 2000.
I spent several weeks following Tekebaev, and at the time I was very impressed. He answered our questions openly and thoughtfully. I thought he was the first honest politician I had met in Central Asia. Since then, as one revolution after another has flared up, replaced the people in power and then quickly returned to the status quo, I've grown pessimistic than any leader, even an honest one, would make any significant changes in how the country is governed.
In short, I'm sorry to say Kyrgyzstan has not improved much in 10 years.
But as I look at my old scans, I am pleased at least to see that I have improved as a photographer in the last 10 years.
