FROM JOSEPH FARAH'S G2 BULLETIN
Russia: 'Nyet' to U.S. leaving Afghanistan
Wants America to fail slowly, but fears vacuum if soldiers depart

Posted: June 06, 2009
12:10 am Eastern

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The U.S. fight against terrorism in Afghanistan is creating a conflict for Moscow, which dislikes the United States presence there but sees an ultimate U.S. departure from the region resulting in an instability in Central Asia that could affect even Russia itself, according to a report in Joseph Farah's G2 Bulletin.

The result is a tentative endorsement of U.S. efforts there, such as an offer to let the U.S. supply NATO forces with non-lethal supplies, following Taliban attacks that have disrupted supply lines in Pakistan recently.

Moscow appears to be considering what it would take to create a buffer between Afghanistan and Russia to prevent the spread of radical Islam.

Such thinking coincides with recently announced Russian intentions to proceed with the development of a coalition force of the Collective Security Treaty Organization, or CSTO, which includes Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan in addition to Russia.

CSTO not only would provide the security buffer Moscow seeks against the spread of Islamic radicalism, but it would counter NATO expansion to the east.

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Such a concern also indicates that the Kremlin foresees a “dead-end scenarioâ€