[G. Stolyarov II]

"The SCO formally agreed at last year's summit to reverse America's post-9/11 military presence in Central Asia. Soon after, Uzbekistan closed Karshi Khanabad airbase to U.S. forces. Now the rulers of Extortistan - er, Kyrgyzstan are trying to raise the price of the U.S. lease on Manas airbase rent from $2 million to $200 million a year."

The SCO's plans-- if successful-- would lead to an immense setback to the United States' War on Terror; American troops in the Central Asian countries are a necessary buffer to prevent Islamist fanaticism from spreading northward, and Putin is making an immense strategic error by opposing their presence. After all, if Islamist fanaticism moves northward, *Russia* will be its major target. The Islamists have, after all, already manifested aggressive designs on Russia via attacks like the Beslan school shooting.

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[GSlob]

That's OK, and even to be welcome. As and when they move northward, they will:
a) be busy there [thus less active anywhere else than it would be the case otherwise], and
b) their activities there will take time.
This time would be useful both to tie the putinoids down [just like the islamists would be tied down] and hopefully to drive some basic understanding into whatever part of their anatomy they are thinking with.

[Thunder90]

First thing's first...

1. Russia is the main controller in the SCO, not China.
2. Russia could wipe china out in two seconds if it wanted to. Therefore, China won't try anything brash. And so won't the Islamic world.