05-02-2009, 02:10 AM
Quote:Gotta love an old-fashioned geopolitical hustle.... :call:Yep. Russia got the lovely photo op of the signing of the new arrangement too.
Apparently the US had only paid for the first two years or so and said it wasn't going to be permanent anyway. Kyrgyzstan has been trying to clarify what is going on and is still waiting for the back rent. Last year sometime around the Olympics and Georgia's invasion of Sth Ossetia the local Kyrgyzstan police and military raided a house that was meant to be a residence for some US military personnel but they also found much hardware there that wasn't meant to be there as well as some unaccounted for US personnel. Sounds like the US hasn't been playing by the rules ( I am shocked!) And why should Kyrgyzstan take any more dodgy US treasury bills. I know I wouldn't under the current circumstances.
I suspect the US was biding its time waiting to see if it was going to be a US base or a NATO base. Looks like they waited too long. Now it's Russian.
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