Comments on: Kyrgyzstan: New Base Deal

By: Denzil Uz

Denzil Uz — Fri, 04 Nov 2005 06:07:56 +0000

Technically, it reminds me the almost the same process with K-2 well before Andijan (fuel, new agreement, etc.). Though there is difference: first case was behind the scene and Manas “on air”..

By: Brian

Brian — Wed, 02 Nov 2005 20:37:48 +0000

Yeah, I suppose, on both counts. On the flip side I think these things can (and perhaps should) not be rushed. The Futenma airbase on Okinawa has been undergoing negotiations on its relocation for a decade now.

By: Nathan

Nathan — Wed, 02 Nov 2005 19:54:30 +0000

and the benefit is that the more money that gets paid, the more that they’ll depend on it… and less likely they’ll want to go without it in the future.

Ya, but bad for them down the road.

I don’t mind the higher payments, it just seems like these negotiations are neverending.

By: Brian

Brian — Wed, 02 Nov 2005 19:52:48 +0000

As long as they’re not bumbling or reneging (anymore), I say more power to them. Free market economics, right? The demand is high, the supply is low.

And $190 per ton of fuel dumped over their country is a pittance. It’s $15,200 for the 80 tons we already dumped (seems silly to even argue over such small sums), although I imagine this just just the tip of the iceberg.

Whatever the cost, for us it’s not that much money, and the benefit is that the more money that gets paid, the more that they’ll depend on it… and less likely they’ll want to go without it in the future.