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2009-01-19 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia

Kyrgyzstan to close US airbase 'in a matter of days': source

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Posted by 3dc 2009-01-19 14:56|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 Screw em, if they think they can get a better deal out of Moscow then they are crazy. One Putty gets his hooks in them he'll renegotiate the deal and swipe anything of value thats laying around.

Posted by bigjim-ky 2009-01-19 15:00|| 2009-01-19 15:00|| Front Page Top

#2 A few years ago the rent on that base accounted for 5% of Kyrgyz GDP. That's not counting very high local (i.e. sons and daughters of the connected) wages and goods bought by the base. The only way the Kremlin deal is better is if the Kyrgyz have no intention of repaying the loans.

Posted by ed 2009-01-19 15:18|| 2009-01-19 15:18|| Front Page Top

#3 "you don't know how lucky you are, boy!
Back in the US...back in the US...back in the USSR!"

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2009-01-19 15:22|| 2009-01-19 15:22|| Front Page Top

#4 The Indians are willing and able to step into the breach. However ground transport is going to be a task.

What are we getting from support for Georgian and Ukranian confrontation policies? The Georgian leader has only half the public support that he had last year. Pro-Russia forces are also ascending in the Ukraine. Euro-missiles are an old joke.

Posted by Ulinetle Lumumba7981 2009-01-19 15:52|| 2009-01-19 15:52|| Front Page Top

#5 IMO it appears that Russia is covertly setting up and inducing the USA to strike at IRAN in time.

Widout convenient or safe air corridors for easy logistics resupply, the US-NATO + local Govt. in LT will be forced to rely on Militant-contested ground-air routes [read, MILITANT AMBUSH, CORRUPTION $$$ PAYOFFS, LONGER MILPLAN LEAD TIMES]. IOW, the Militants will have a better chance of controlling rural or open country areas while the US-ALLIES stay inside the cities and milbases [e.g. IRAQ], EVEN IFF THE US MANAGES TO MAINTAIN A HANDFUL OF RELIABLE AIR ROUTES now prone to RPG/Surface-to-Air Missle attacks.

AS US-ALLIED TROOPS AND EFFEC MILOPS BEGIN TO SUFFER FROM LACK OF SUPPLIES, THE US MAY HAVE TO CONSIDER INVADING IRAN TO "SAVE" AFGHANISTAN + ISLAMIST-TROUBLED MAINLAND ASIA [Great Power confrontation].

* see WORLD MIL FORUM > NORTH KOREA THREATENS SOUTH WITH "ALL CONFRONTATIONAL STATUS" - NEW NORTH-SOUTH KOREAN WAR IMMINENT!?

Posted by JosephMendiola 2009-01-19 21:37|| 2009-01-19 21:37|| Front Page Top

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