Tuesday, February 03, 2009

Weekly News Haiku 1. Feb. 2009



From the NY Times.

MOSCOW — In Moscow to seek financial support, the president of Kyrgyzstan, Kurmanbek Bakiyev, on Tuesday announced that a decision to close a U.S. air base in his country — a decision that will seriously hamper U.S. efforts in Afghanistan.

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Published: February 3, 2009

has inspired this Haiku:

Hey Times editors,
This thirty-eight word sentence
Is just a fragment.



Looks like Putin has reared his head again, this time luring the faithful Kyrgyzstanis away from their rightful US masters. If only someone, some faithful American, someone close by--say, in a state from where Russia can be seen--had been watching Putin, and recording his moves, we could have avoided this tragic strategic loss. pity.

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