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2006-01-17 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia

Kyrgyzstan wants $50 m a year from US for airbase

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Posted by Steve White 2006-01-17 00:05|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 This is $20,000 per acre per year. I can *buy* land in Montana for less than that. Much less. My feeling is that we should either secure a lower price or get out of Dodge.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2006-01-17 12:46|| http://timurileng.blogspot.com]">[http://timurileng.blogspot.com] 2006-01-17 12:46|| Front Page Top

#2 Residential land costs over $10 million an acre in parts of California. Reflects the three primary factors in real estste pricing, location, location and location.

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2006-01-17 12:48|| 2006-01-17 12:48|| Front Page Top

#3 NS: Residential land costs over $10 million an acre in parts of California. Reflects the three primary factors in real estste pricing, location, location and location.

Kirghizstan ain't California. It ain't even Montana. On the other hand, the Russians used to pay $200m for their Cuban base and $300m for their naval base in Vietnam. I guess $50m is in the ballpark.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2006-01-17 13:18|| http://timurileng.blogspot.com]">[http://timurileng.blogspot.com] 2006-01-17 13:18|| Front Page Top

#4 I have approved the $ 50m for Krygekistem. The billpayer will be the National Endowment for the Arts, and deductions from federally funded university and college research grants.

Posted by Rummie 2006-01-17 13:22|| 2006-01-17 13:22|| Front Page Top

#5 "The billpayer will be the National Endowment for the Arts..."

Won't they have to have a "performance artist" or two go over and "bless" the base by pissing on the runways?

Posted by .com 2006-01-17 13:26|| 2006-01-17 13:26|| Front Page Top

#6 My feeling is that we should either secure a lower price or get out of Dodge.

Yeah, but that's your answer to everything though.

Posted by Rafael 2006-01-17 14:55|| 2006-01-17 14:55|| Front Page Top

#7 Maybe Chicom Li will fly into Kyrgyzstan with an attache case full of money, like he did in Senegal recently and we will have a bidding war.

Posted by Alaska Paul">Alaska Paul 2006-01-17 22:52|| 2006-01-17 22:52|| Front Page Top

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