bump bump bump what was that? oh, that was Kyrgyzstan

Russia one, USA zero

The new administration just got an object lesson in power politics, and now has given Russia control over the supply lines to the biggest effort in the war on terror. Just when Barack Obama announced an increase in troop levels in Afghanistan, the Kyrgyz parliament almost unanimously backed President Bakiyev’s decision to evict the US out of Manas AFB, a key part of our lines of communication into Afghanistan.

This should have been an easy move for the Obama administration...A child could have seen this coming. After Putin played the card two weeks ago, the Obama administration still could have responded by upping the ante. Instead, for some reason, Obama sat on his hands and allowed himself to get punked by Putin

ht/ Hot Air





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