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2004-07-27 Central Asia

US deployment in Kyrgyzstan shows new "lily pad" strategy

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Posted by someone 2004-07-27 4:09:05 AM|| || Front Page|| [11129 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#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|| 2004-07-27 5:01:05 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 The Sun? I think it's owned by the Saturday Evening Post cartel.

Posted by Shipman 2004-07-27 8:44:45 AM|| 2004-07-27 8:44:45 AM|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2004-07-27 9:26:37 AM|| Front Page Top

#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|| [http://www.polipundit.com] 2004-07-27 10:20:25 AM|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2004-07-27 12:00:27 PM|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2004-07-27 1:38:18 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 I believe Bierce was referring to the Philippines.

Posted by buwaya 2004-07-27 2:12:26 PM|| 2004-07-27 2:12:26 PM|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2004-07-27 2:20:54 PM|| Front Page Top

#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|| [http://edwardyee.fanworks.net] 2004-07-27 3:05:02 PM|| Front Page Top

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