Comments on: Joe Biden on Central Asia http://kazakhstan.blogsome.com/2008/08/23/joe-biden-on-central-asia/ News, analysis, and what it looks like from the inside by an expatriate American in Astana Sun, 08 Nov 2009 02:05:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1-alpha by: KZBlog http://kazakhstan.blogsome.com/2008/08/23/joe-biden-on-central-asia/#comment-338 Tue, 26 Aug 2008 07:52:48 +0100 http://kazakhstan.blogsome.com/2008/08/23/joe-biden-on-central-asia/#comment-338 It's always nice to have a VP who has knowledge of this part of the world as it grows in prominence, even if it isn't as deep as it could be. In fact Rice, as a Sovietologist (can I use that word?), probably knows more. And McCain has sponsored a few pieces of legislation regarding US aid to Central Asia. Let's just hope Biden doesn't propose splitting the CA states into seperate ethnic zones, like he did for Iraq! It’s always nice to have a VP who has knowledge of this part of the world as it grows in prominence, even if it isn’t as deep as it could be. In fact Rice, as a Sovietologist (can I use that word?), probably knows more. And McCain has sponsored a few pieces of legislation regarding US aid to Central Asia.

Let’s just hope Biden doesn’t propose splitting the CA states into seperate ethnic zones, like he did for Iraq!

]]> by: Chris http://kazakhstan.blogsome.com/2008/08/23/joe-biden-on-central-asia/#comment-337 Tue, 26 Aug 2008 05:44:03 +0100 http://kazakhstan.blogsome.com/2008/08/23/joe-biden-on-central-asia/#comment-337 Sen. Biden has been in foreign affairs for a while, so he knows a thing or two about abroad (but his knowledge only runs skin-deep). He has shown some strength behind his words, but I doubt they would play too strong a part in actions if he got elected VP in the US. It's interesting to read a mini biography of Biden from your perspective. Sen. Biden has been in foreign affairs for a while, so he knows a thing or two about abroad (but his knowledge only runs skin-deep). He has shown some strength behind his words, but I doubt they would play too strong a part in actions if he got elected VP in the US.

It’s interesting to read a mini biography of Biden from your perspective.

]]> by: Adam Kesher http://kazakhstan.blogsome.com/2008/08/23/joe-biden-on-central-asia/#comment-336 Mon, 25 Aug 2008 14:50:17 +0100 http://kazakhstan.blogsome.com/2008/08/23/joe-biden-on-central-asia/#comment-336 It's too hard to imagine that Sen. Biden had got to know about Atameken party due to his close eye on Central Asia - very few people around Yerzhan actually knew about the party within Kazakhstan! So, it was a pure PR, and Yerzhan possibly can tell a good story about some other lobbyist (or even this same Steve Payne) and how he approached Biden. It’s too hard to imagine that Sen. Biden had got to know about Atameken party due to his close eye on Central Asia - very few people around Yerzhan actually knew about the party within Kazakhstan! So, it was a pure PR, and Yerzhan possibly can tell a good story about some other lobbyist (or even this same Steve Payne) and how he approached Biden.

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