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Kyrgyzstan Moves to Close U.S. Base
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by Barry Artiste | February 5, 2009 at 07:11 am
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I guess some countries are not waiting for US President Obama to move his US Troops out of Dodge, as the Kyrgyzstan Government has decided to force the US hand and do it for them in giving the US Government 180 days to pack up and get out of this backwater country in the middle of nowhere. Rest assured though if China which has a penchant for invading countries on the flimsiest of evidence, ever invaded this country, dollars to donuts, this country would be the first one to call on the USA to save it's sorry ass. If I were Obama, I would flatly state, "Do I know you?" with a "Hey Good Luck with that (Invasion)!"
BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan -- The Kyrgyz government took the first steps Wednesday to close a U.S. military air base that is vital for supplying U.S.-led troops fighting in Afghanistan.
The Kyrgyz government sent parliament a decree on closing the Manas base on Wednesday.
Adakhan Madumarov, secretary of the Kyrgyz Security Council, said in Moscow that the U.S. military would be given 180 days to close its operations and leave once the two sides had exchanged formal diplomatic notes outlining the intention.
"The government has made its decision," he told reporters without saying when the exchange was likely to happen.
Parliament sources said it could start debating the decree as soon as Thursday. Parliamentary approval is seen as a formality since the chamber is dominated by the pro-presidential Ak Zhol party.
U.S. military personnel will be given 180 days to close operations and leave once the final decision is made.
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Barry Artiste
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at 07:34 on February 5th, 2009
Their system of government might not be ideal, but don't trash Kyrgyzstan too much. The southwest has some of the most beautiful mountains in the world and the people are not all that bad...