MSR Afghan II - - Danger.

This is coolbert:

Here from the Chicago Tribune today:

"MORE ACUTE PROBLEMS FOR THE AFGHAN SUPPLY ROUTES"

"NATION & WORLD"

"Supply routes again take hit"

"Bombing, eviction threat snarl paths to troops in Afghanistan"

“KABUL - - U.S. troop in Afghanistan saw their supply lines squeezed from the north and east Tuesday after militants blew up a bridge in Pakistan”

“Attackers on Tuesday blew up part of a bridge in northwestern Pakistan’s Khyber Pass.”

“American forces stockpile enough supplies to last 60-90 days in the event that their supply chain is severed.”

And the ruler of Kyrgyzstan is making “rumblings”, “noises”, that are very distracting.

“Kyrgyzstan President Kurmanbek Bakiyev’s statement that U.S. forces would have to stop using Manas Air Base came after Russian said it was providing the poor Central Asian nation with billions of dollars in aid.”

The Kyrgyz want money. THEY WANT MONEY! THEY WANT MONEY! “Russian, how many billions can you give us?!” “American, how many billions MORE can you give us?!”

On one hand, the Russian allows Spanish and German military supplies to flow to Afghan without qualification. But for U.S. supplies, military and otherwise, machinations of all sorts are the order of the day. Meddling, intrigue, compromise one moment, uncompromising the next. Complicate the U.S./NATO effort and prolong the Afghan ordeal for everyone.

coolbert.