U.S. Base In Kyrgyzstan Remains On Track Despite Tensions -- Washington PostThe United States is planning to move ahead with construction of a $10 million military training base in Osh, Kyrgyzstan, the site of a bloody uprising in June against the new government that reportedly left more than 300 dead.
Called the Osh Polygon, the base was first proposed under former Kyrgyz president Kurmanbek Bakiyev as a facility to train Kyrgyz troops for counterterrorism operations. After the ouster of Bakiyev on charges of corruption, discussions continued under the new Kyrgyz president, Roza Otunbayeva, with whose government Washington is trying to broaden relationships.
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My Comment: Putting a base in the middle of a region in which many of the locals are hostile to the central government that you are dealing with is not a smart move. But .... I suspect that there is more to this arrangement than what meets the eye.
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