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2010-04-10 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia

US troop flights at Kyrgyz base suspended: military

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Posted by tipper 2010-04-10 02:41|| || Front Page|| [11126 views ] Top

#1 Troop flights don't matter. Plenty of other staging bases and total distances traveled are a little longer. The important function of Manas is aerial refueling. It's the closest and most efficient use of tankers. In addition, I think some of the NATO members were using Manas to base CAS aircraft, though I don't know if any do so currently.

As for Kuwait, a lot of the troops are leaving Iraq and heading straight to Afg. So they are leaving from Kuwait anyway.

Posted by ed 2010-04-10 08:49|| 2010-04-10 08:49|| Front Page Top

#2 Loss of railhead is bad. Time to pay up.

Posted by Shipman 2010-04-10 09:04|| 2010-04-10 09:04|| Front Page Top

#3 Who do the Kyrgy want to be subject to; Russia, China, Wahabbistan, NATO/Western Europe, US?

Sure, they're in a tough spot, but so are others.

Alas, I fear we're just too far away to offer much, and they can only reach out so far. Still, they'd fit in an Indo-Viet-Japanese cooperative/alliance.

Posted by Halliburton - Mysterious Conspiracy Division 2010-04-10 13:28|| 2010-04-10 13:28|| Front Page Top

#4 who would be foolish enough to side up with the US after the way Poland, Ukraine, Georgia, UK, and Israel have been treated lately?

Posted by abu do you love 2010-04-10 19:34|| 2010-04-10 19:34|| Front Page Top

#5 US resumes normal operations at Kyrgyz base
Time: Fri Apr 9, 8:24 am ET

So is this article out of date by 35 hours?

Posted by ed 2010-04-10 19:49|| 2010-04-10 19:49|| Front Page Top

#6 Two things make the world go around....and the other one is money. The Kyrgyz airbase will remain open for business. Just my guess.

Posted by Besoeker 2010-04-10 19:53|| 2010-04-10 19:53|| Front Page Top

#7 13 hours ago from a Bishkek online newspaper (registration required): The US military has reversed a decision to resume normal operations at its base in Kyrgyzstan and decided to divert all ...

Posted by ed 2010-04-10 20:01|| 2010-04-10 20:01|| Front Page Top

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