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| US deployment in Kyrgyzstan shows new "lily pad" strategy |
| 2004-07-27 |
| RTWT. But one amusing tidbit: The base is pumping about $156,000 a day into the local economy and last year accounted for 5% of Kyrgyzstan's entire gross domestic product. Pretty small economy there. |
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| #9 Actually, the NY Sun was running with the fall of Haiti long before, and seems to have a slight neocon bent - one of its columnists regularly reports on China-Taiwan-Hong Kong, Daniel Pipes is carried, and Raymond Joseph, the current Haitian ambassador to the US, wrote a regular weekly (?) column on the impending fall of Aristide and ongoing violence in Haiti. Still reading my copy ... |
| Posted by: Edward Yee 2004-07-27 3:05:02 PM |
| #8 I know where Bierce ended up. Can't tell of course, but it's a hell of a story, damn near tore off the Youkon for the... uh.. nevermind. |
| Posted by: Col Flagg 2004-07-27 2:20:54 PM |
| #7 I believe Bierce was referring to the Philippines. |
| Posted by: buwaya 2004-07-27 2:12:26 PM |
| #6 The Sun has a number of rich guys behind it (including, interestingly, New Republic backer Michael Steinhardt). Mainville does some great stuff for them, but few papers have need for a full-time reporter on the Central Asia beat... |
| Posted by: someone 2004-07-27 1:38:18 PM |
| #5 I read it every day! Excellent Arts section as well. And it only costs 25 cents. |
| Posted by: Sharon in NYC 2004-07-27 12:00:27 PM |
| #4 T: "War is Godâs way of teaching geography to Americans.â This is an Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914) quote. I'm not sure which expedition he was referring to, though. T: And, BTW, just what is the New York Sun? This is a very, very well written article...smart, incisive, factual, it is just great journalism...but why only a special to the NY Sun? The New York Sun is the revival of an old paper by Seth Lipsky, ex-editor of the Forward. As the other broadsheet in NYC, the NY Sun is targeted at a conservative audience. The problem is that not too many newstands carry it. I think the Sun has a sugar daddy behind it, just as the money-losing Daily News has Mort Zuckerman and the similarly money-losing NY Post has Rupert Murdoch. "Special to the NY Sun" simply means that it is an article written by a NY Sun staffer, rather than an item ripped from the newswires (AP, AFP, Reuters, UPI). I would subscribe to it, except I already read the Post on a daily basis. |
| Posted by: Zhang Fei 2004-07-27 10:20:25 AM |
| #3 That number would be higher if the Americans were allowed to drink at the local bars... |
| Posted by: El Jefe 2004-07-27 9:26:37 AM |
| #2 The Sun? I think it's owned by the Saturday Evening Post cartel. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2004-07-27 8:44:45 AM |
| #1 In case no one takes the time to read the article, I'll give you the money quote anyway: "War is Godâs way of teaching geography to Americans.â And, BTW, just what is the New York Sun? This is a very, very well written article...smart, incisive, factual, it is just great journalism...but why only a special to the NY Sun? In any case, it is a nice, neutral read with no axes to grind, just good information from a weird place on this earth. Best Wishes, |
| Posted by: Traveller 2004-07-27 5:01:05 AM |