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#1 watcher

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Posted 03 July 2009 - 09:54 AM

Russia Opens Route for U.S. to Fly Arms to Afghanistan

Russia Opens Route for U.S. to Fly Arms to Afghanistan - NYTimes.com

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Posted 03 July 2009 - 10:03 AM

Very interesting, I wonder what they got out of the deal.
Something substantial I bet.
Backing off of missile defense program maybe and something else.

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Posted 03 July 2009 - 12:55 PM

watcher, on 03 July 2009 - 10:54 AM, said:

Russia Opens Route for U.S. to Fly Arms to Afghanistan

Russia Opens Route for U.S. to Fly Arms to Afghanistan - NYTimes.com

You can bet that the Russkies didn't do it just to be nice. I'm sure they weighed their options and agreed to it in order to gain an advantage somewhere else. There will much more to come on this one.

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Posted 03 July 2009 - 03:13 PM

MJCD, on 03 July 2009 - 01:55 PM, said:

I'm certain it's something to do with the Chinese.... :naughty:

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Posted 05 July 2009 - 06:22 PM

As I often heard, "Politics makes strange bedfellows."

I'm sure the Russians find the humour in helping the Americans fight Al-Qaide, whom they armed to fight the Soviets. It's sort of like something coming full circle.

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Posted 05 July 2009 - 06:28 PM

Russia cannot afford to fight in Afghanistan again. May as well let the Americans give it a shot.

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Posted 05 July 2009 - 06:33 PM

I bet it had something to do with Obama being less of an oaf president than Bush.

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Posted 05 July 2009 - 06:44 PM

Goat Boy©, on 03 July 2009 - 03:13 PM, said:

I'm certain it's something to do with the Chinese.... Posted Image

Its those damn Chinuits again....

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Posted 05 July 2009 - 07:07 PM

watcher, on 03 July 2009 - 10:54 AM, said:

Russia Opens Route for U.S. to Fly Arms to Afghanistan

Russia Opens Route for U.S. to Fly Arms to Afghanistan - NYTimes.com

They're obviously looking to score points with the U.S.

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Posted 06 July 2009 - 08:50 PM

blush, on 05 July 2009 - 08:07 PM, said:

They're obviously looking to score points with the U.S.

If they wanted to score points with the US, all they have to do is pull out of Georgia. But they've been so pissed off at the US for giving Kosovo its independence, they're not in the mood to do them any favours. So some other deal is afoot here.