Uzbekistan is not going to be anything Iran/Iraq/<insert S. American dirthole country>/<insert random shithole African country>. The biggest reason is because the Soviets are gone, thats not to say that were the sole root of our problems, they were basically the main reason we were getting in bed with people like the Shah and later (in a different context) Saddam. Uzbekistan doesn't really have anything that we need or want. We take about 4.2% (2002) of their total exports, and we only account for 6.9% (2002) of their total imports. I'm sure people might throw out oil or pipelines, but I don't buy it.
Here is the factbook
http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/...k/geos/uz.html