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2012-03-14 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia

Russia to offer air base to US for Afghan transit

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Posted by tipper 2012-03-14 11:58|| || Front Page|| [11133 views ] Top

#1 This is all you offer?

Naa, you are stuck with Afghanistan again. Enjoy!

Posted by newc 2012-03-14 12:25|| 2012-03-14 12:25|| Front Page Top

#2 This is good. The elections are over.
I hope we don't mess this up.

Posted by Dale 2012-03-14 13:12|| 2012-03-14 13:12|| Front Page Top

#3 Now that it looks like we're about to hand over Afghanistan to the Taliban, these guys decide to make nice. A day late, and a dollar short. I hope they had fun jeering from the sidelines. Because our problems are about to become their problems, given the Taliban's ambitions in Central Asia, and the likelihood that Afghanistan will become both a training ground and a funnel for jihadis and equipment into the region.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2012-03-14 13:33|| 2012-03-14 13:33|| Front Page Top

#4 There would be so much electronic espionage against the US on that base that anyone who stayed there for a week would get leukemia in a month.

Posted by Anonymoose 2012-03-14 14:14|| 2012-03-14 14:14|| Front Page Top

#5 Compare wid INDIAN DEFENCE FORUM > KYRGYZSTAN TO US: NO EXTENSION OF MANAS DEAL.

Could become a moot point iff ...

* TOPIX, DEFENCE.PK/FORUMS > PAKISTAN WILLING TO RESTORE NATO SUPPLIES.

versus

* DEFENCE.PK/FORUMS > US, RUSSIA CONFRONTATION OVER PAKISTAN [Pipeline Wars].

Posted by JosephMendiola 2012-03-14 21:14|| 2012-03-14 21:14|| Front Page Top

#6 Now that they've "beaten" us out of Afghanistan, they will of course turn to closer to home. Like Pakistan, or worse for Russia, Chechnya. Chechnya probably third though, since if the Jihadists get the Pakistan nukes Russia HAS to know they are vunerable.

Honestly I see Russia getting hit before us by a Jihadi nuke.

Posted by Charles 2012-03-14 21:35|| 2012-03-14 21:35|| Front Page Top

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