 Kyrgyzstan starts moves to close U.S. airbase |
| Kyrgyzstan starts moves to close U.S. airbase |
 Feb 4 2009, 12:40 PM
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http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idU...ndChannel=10112
QUOTE BISHKEK (Reuters) - Kyrgyzstan's government asked parliament on Wednesday to approve the closure of a U.S. military air base which supplies U.S.-led troops fighting in Afghanistan. ... Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiyev said the base would be shut after he secured Russian financial aid at talks in Moscow on Tuesday. ... Moscow denied any connection between the $2 billion package to combat an economic crisis -- the equivalent of about half of Kyrgyzstan's gross domestic product -- and Bishkek's decision. So Russia essentially destroys a major strategic US airbase for $2 billion without ever firing a shot. I wonder if Obama will do something about this (other than bending over and grabbing his ankles). This President Bakiyev is a real dumbass... he probably could have gotten $4 billion out of Obama. |
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Feb 5 2009, 08:34 AM
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Group: Members Posts: 10,620 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Houston, TX Member No.: 48 |
Ahh. The article mentions there's a Russian base "a few dozen kilometers" away... so it seems to me it's more the Russians not wanting us to have a base so close.
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impala454 Kyrgyzstan starts moves to close U.S. airbase Feb 4 2009, 12:40 PM
chook Its their Country. We should go ask about an offe... Feb 4 2009, 10:53 PM impala454 ask about an offer? not sure I follow. Feb 5 2009, 01:11 AM chook What would it take to keep the base. Feb 5 2009, 02:05 AM |
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