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2010-04-10 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia

Kyrgyzstan moves to shut US-run Menas air base

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Posted by Fred 2010-04-10 00:00|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 a POTUS with 'nads would've seen this coming (thanks CIA!) and not even bothered with the Nuke treaty BS and Missile Defense giveaway. We have a pansy as POTUS

Posted by Frank G 2010-04-10 00:45|| 2010-04-10 00:45|| Front Page Top

#2 Premature whacking off by the ayatollahs' toe jam lickers. The last statements were:
Omurbek Tekebayev, a former Kyrgyz opposition leader who took charge of constitutional matters in the new government, said that "Russia played its role in ousting Bakiyev." "You've seen the level of Russia's joy when they saw Bakiyev gone," he told Reuters. "So now there is a high probability that the duration of the U.S. air base's presence in Kyrgyzstan will be shortened."

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Roza Otunbayeva, a former foreign minister now heading the interim government, said there were no plans yet to review the lease agreement for the Manas air base, which runs out in July. She said her government would meet U.S. diplomats for talks in Bishkek. "Give us time, it will take time for us to understand and fix the situation," Otunbayeva said.

At this time I will place more weight on the statement from the new leader, Roza Otunbayeva. Manas pumps about $250M/year into the the economy. That's 5% of GDP and the only bright spot in a nation with a crippled economy. It will be even more this year. Something the Russians won't replace year in, year out.

Posted by ed 2010-04-10 08:16|| 2010-04-10 08:16|| Front Page Top

#3 This was seen coming - it has been inevitible.

Need to find and payoff another nation in the stan's / cacus to mobilize out of or pull out of Afghanistan.
No Logistics, no war.

Posted by newc 2010-04-10 08:19|| 2010-04-10 08:19|| Front Page Top

#4 Just because we were paying $250 mil doesn't mean that the people were seeing any of it. I'd check the Swiss and Cayman accounts of the suddenly ex-President. I'd also offer to continue that quiet and lucrative arrangement with the new president.

Posted by Steve White 2010-04-10 11:05|| 2010-04-10 11:05|| Front Page Top

#5 The roll-back is beginning. I expect more of this as the Zero's moonbeam/butterfly policies mature.

Posted by SR-71 2010-04-10 11:47|| 2010-04-10 11:47|| Front Page Top

#6 ed: Manas pumps about $250M/year into the the economy.

This actually beats $2b in Russian loans, since the Russian loans are tied to purchases of Russian stuff, whereas the $250m is in cold hard cash, every single year.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2010-04-10 16:03|| http://timurileng.blogspot.com 2010-04-10 16:03|| Front Page Top

#7 And with Barry the Retreater, that may be just a single year.

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2010-04-10 16:12|| 2010-04-10 16:12|| Front Page Top

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