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Turmoil in Kyrgyzstan has thrust the fate of the Manas air base -- which is crucial for fighting the Afghan war -- to the forefront of rivalry between the United States and Russia.

Russia has long dreamed of evicting the United States from Central Asia and a Russian official said on Thursday that Moscow would urge the interim Kyrgyz government to shut the U.S. base.

Suspicions of the Kremlin's hand in the unrest were raised when Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin became the first world leader to recognize the authority of the self-proclaimed government, just hours after it took power.

That thumping sound you hear in the distance is Obama getting his butt kicked. Again.

That's Smart Diplomacy™!

Update: Anyone want to place bets on the respective directions Polish relations with the US and Russia will go now that the Polish president has been killed?