The US gave billions over 17 years to Kyrgyzstan to try to cement a permanent base on Russia’s flank, but it was all wasted.
They took the money, laughed, and invited us to leave.
https://thediplomat.com/2024/11/kyrgyzst...-air-base/
While the Americans were there, “Such was the proliferation of Western-funded organizations entering Kyrgyzstan that President Askar Akayev is said to have called the country a land of NGOs.”
“Kyrgyzstan passed a foreign agents law in April, similar to those passed in Russia and more recently in Georgia, which requires any NGO that receives funding from abroad to register themselves as “foreign representatives.”
“I thought that people might protest against this like in Georgia,” said a senior coordinator at the Bishkek American Centers, a U.S. State Department initiative promoting cultural exchange between the U.S. and Kyrgyzstan. “But there were no rallies or anything like that. People just kind of agreed to it. I was surprised.”
The ultimate thumb to the nose…