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| Kyrgyzstan Said to Deny Base to U.S. |
| 2009-02-03 |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #6 The base adds $150M each year to the economy, including $60M rent. That's 3% of GDP (was 5% a few poorer years ago). To jeopardize that income stream, and possibilities of supplying increased forces in Afghanistan, for $150m, a loan and a Bear hug is penny wise, pound foolish. |
| Posted by: ed 2009-02-03 21:32 |
| #5 SPACEWAR > OFFICER: EUROPE COLD BE WITHIN IRANIAN BALLISTIC MISSLE RANGE[ditto for Southern Russia + West China = aka ISLAMIST MILIT-TERR contested areas]??? KIMMIE'S REVENGE [NoKor]??? |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2009-02-03 21:31 |
| #4 ION SPACEWAR > CHINIESE MILITARY CHIEF [Jing Zhiyuan - PLA Second Artillery Corps] VOWS NUCLEAR, CONVENTIONAL BUILDUP. Steady, progressive, and increasingly POTENT. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2009-02-03 21:28 |
| #3 OTOH, WORLD MIL FORUM [Chin = GOOGLE Chinglish translation]> US, NATO RESEARCHING PLANS TO DEPLOY MILITARY BASES IN GEORGIA TO PROTECT AGZ RUSSIA. ALso, SAME > TAIJIKISTAN PRESIDENT ABRUPTLY CANCELS BILATERAL SUMMIT WITH RUSSIA. TAIJIK-RUSSIAN RELATIONS CONTINUES IN SERIOUS DECLINE. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2009-02-03 21:25 |
| #2 Eurasianet states that the report issued by the Russian news agency may be questionable. |
| Posted by: balthazar 2009-02-03 20:14 |
| #1 Where is Russia coming up with the money? If I were Kyrgystan, I wouldn't count the money before I got. Russia has bigger problems at home. |
| Posted by: Richard of Oregon 2009-02-03 19:22 |