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U.S. air base at center of Kyrgyz crisis (Opposition thanks Russia)
MSNBC ^ | 8 Apr, 2010 | msnbc staff

Posted on 04/08/2010 6:44:53 PM PDT by XHogPilot

Edited on 04/08/2010 7:00:26 PM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]

BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan - Kyrgyzstan's self-proclaimed new leaders said on Thursday that Russia had helped to oust President Kurmanbek Bakiyev, but they appeared to differ on how to deal with a U.S. air base (Manas) that has irritated Moscow.

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.


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TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: afghanistan; bhodod; kyrgyzstan; manas; militarybase; russia
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This is really BAD. Hope and Change?
1 posted on 04/08/2010 6:44:53 PM PDT by XHogPilot
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To: XHogPilot

Obama plans on having us out of the region in about ten months anyway. Hope and change indeed.


2 posted on 04/08/2010 6:50:23 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (Be still & kneel before the all knowing/seeing Omnipotent One, Il Douche' Jr. blessings be upon him.)
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To: XHogPilot
Pentagon officials say Manas (Air Base) has been central to the war effort, allowing around-the-clock combat airlifts and airdrops, medical evacuation and aerial refueling, and that alternative solutions would be less efficient and more expensive

War?? What war??

Obama has declared that there is none.

(And he's determined to get us all killed......)

3 posted on 04/08/2010 6:53:23 PM PDT by ohioWfan (Proud Mom of a Bronze Star recipient!)
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To: XHogPilot

The world is spiraling towards Ezekiel 38-39. Then the Rapture then the Trib!!! This is moving VERY quickly!!! Russia is amassing power while Nero/Obama fiddles. Thank God (truly) that this all plays into HIS plan!


4 posted on 04/08/2010 6:53:58 PM PDT by Anti-Hillary (Yo Barry, IF FOR 20 YEARS YOU STAY IN THE PEW, IT'S BECAUSE YOU SHARE THE VIEW!!!!!)
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To: XHogPilot

Obama’a foreign policy seems like it is being scripted by Russia.


5 posted on 04/08/2010 6:59:32 PM PDT by Cheap_Hessian (I am the Grim FReeper.)
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To: XHogPilot

I am going old school here. The Founding Fathers did not want us involved in the affairs of others. Bring everyone back, pull up the drawbridge, and drill here. Be prepared to unleash hell if someone attacked us at home. Rest of the world can go suck eggs as far as I am concerned.


6 posted on 04/08/2010 7:03:32 PM PDT by MattinNJ (Yes, they did. Now, what are we going to do about it.)
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“...Obama’s foreign policy seems like it is being scripted by Russia....”

Well, he had to have someone do it for him. He doesn’t have the brains of an ant to do it himself. Even the TOTUS is no help on that stuff. Just one commie helping out another commie.


7 posted on 04/08/2010 7:06:09 PM PDT by lgjhn23
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The world is spiraling towards Ezekiel 38-39

A few years ago I would've called you a kook for suggesting this. Russia has been in tatters for so long, it was hard to imagine them building up some sort of military alliance strong enough to confront anyone, including the US. But, now, not so much. Everyday, Obama does something new to dismantle our military and weaken our nat'l security. Whereas, Russia is rebuilding it's military.

Russia also has half the world's natural gas reserves - it hasn't even begun to exploit that resource to its fullest. Now, the thought of a resurgent Russia allied with the Islamic world, as stated in Ezekiel, does not seem far fetched at all.

8 posted on 04/08/2010 7:09:24 PM PDT by Falcon28 (Allen West - 2012 * For a list of conservative candidates in 2010, see my profile)
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Russia is securing energy sources and influence. Venezuela, the Middle East, and the Caucasus can easily be influenced or taken over by Russia. Europe is already dependent on Russia’s natural gas.


9 posted on 04/08/2010 7:10:16 PM PDT by Cheap_Hessian (I am the Grim FReeper.)
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The world is spiraling towards Ezekiel 38-39. Then the Rapture then the Trib!!!

You believe the war of Gog and Magog happens before the Rapt.? I always thought it occured after the rapture - as Israel's greatest ally, the US, would be so incapacitated following that event, that it creates a hook in Russia's jaw to attack Israel. Don't know.

10 posted on 04/08/2010 7:12:14 PM PDT by Falcon28 (Allen West - 2012 * For a list of conservative candidates in 2010, see my profile)
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To: Falcon28

If you have not, I would really recommend you read “Ezekiel Option” by Joel Rosenberg. This guy is right on and how he lays out the scenario seems to be coming to pass verbatum. Even down to the Medvedev/Putin co-presidency. It is wild how accurate this guy has been.


11 posted on 04/08/2010 7:17:07 PM PDT by Anti-Hillary (Yo Barry, IF FOR 20 YEARS YOU STAY IN THE PEW, IT'S BECAUSE YOU SHARE THE VIEW!!!!!)
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I believe it happens before. But either way ot happens and it is coming tro a planey near you... IMHO!!!


12 posted on 04/08/2010 7:18:27 PM PDT by Anti-Hillary (Yo Barry, IF FOR 20 YEARS YOU STAY IN THE PEW, IT'S BECAUSE YOU SHARE THE VIEW!!!!!)
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I've read all Rosenberg's books in that series. Great stuff, makes ya think. He has the pulse...
13 posted on 04/08/2010 7:27:52 PM PDT by Hunterb
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To: XHogPilot
Kyrghyzstan likes having Uncle Sugar around for the moolah - 60 million a year lease plus benefit to local economy.Could turn into a bidding war with Russia for base space but I'm betting since he wants to exit Afghanistan anyway Obozo will wimp out.
14 posted on 04/08/2010 7:38:12 PM PDT by Apercu ("A man's character is his fate" - Heraclitus)
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I guess this is what the Russians sold as “Supporting Iranian sanctions” to the clueless 0bama.


15 posted on 04/08/2010 7:39:52 PM PDT by Nasher
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Yikes!!! Spell check is my friend. Should have said:

Either way IT happens and is coming soon TO a PLANET near you.

Also, if you haven’t noticed, I don’t think Obama would lift a finger to come to the aid of Israel, do you?


16 posted on 04/08/2010 7:50:01 PM PDT by Anti-Hillary (Yo Barry, IF FOR 20 YEARS YOU STAY IN THE PEW, IT'S BECAUSE YOU SHARE THE VIEW!!!!!)
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Also, if you haven’t noticed, I don’t think Obama would lift a finger to come to the aid of Israel, do you?

Nope, he wouldn't. But, he would do everything in his power to undermine Israel's national security.

17 posted on 04/08/2010 8:09:02 PM PDT by Falcon28 (Allen West - 2012 * For a list of conservative candidates in 2010, see my profile)
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I knew it! The Russians pulled a fast one on our President. Now our major air base for Afghanistan is in jeopardy! Wow, Medvedev and Putin know they are dealing with amateurs. Once KGB always KGB...


18 posted on 04/08/2010 8:17:13 PM PDT by 82ndABNOfficer
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To: lgjhn23
>>Well, he had to have someone do it for him.
 
My guess...
 
 
Meet ZnewBig, same as ZoldBig
---ZWho?
 
 
 
Zbigniew Brzezinski, Jimmuh Carter's NSA,  Obama Mentor, and architect of the 1979 Islamic Revolution ala Operation Cyclone.

19 posted on 04/08/2010 8:47:35 PM PDT by LomanBill (Animals! The DemocRats blew up the windmill with an Acorn!)
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To: XHogPilot

Obama will cut yet ANOTHER side deal with Russia to keep the Manas airbase.


20 posted on 04/08/2010 9:11:12 PM PDT by Thunder90 (Fighting for truth and the American way... http://citizensfortruthandtheamericanway.blogspot.com/)
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