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United States plans to link the countries of Central Asia by new rail lines with Afghanistan. At the same time, Washington opposes neither the construction of a railway corridor from Central Asia through Iran, nor Chinese extensions of its national rail system into the area. Nevertheless, according to analysts at the Moscow Strategic Culture Foundation, these overlapping transportation development projects threaten to spark a new “railroad war” in the Central Asian region—one that in the absence of counter-efforts by the Russian Federation is likely to result in a sharp reduction of Moscow’s influence over the countries there.

Here is a photo clip from the Rolling Thunder event that occurred last Sunday June 3rd at Stewart Airfield in Newburgh, NY. Close to 500 cyclists along with local dignataries, some of whom had the guts to speak of the failed prior coverage by the local media of this event and also the fact that 13,000 current enlisted men and their families are on some sort of government assistance in order to make ends meet. The backdrop was Stewart airfield, including a C-5A transport(circa 1971) and a Huey Helicopter(similar vintage) giving us a feel for how old some of our ...