In crises past, the Air Force usually has managed to gain adequate access to overseas bases. This has sometimes entailed building relationships with nations that are decidedly nondemocratic. Often, the access is-for lack of a more delicate word-bought.rnSome say the US should avoid dealing with dictators or other unsavory regimes. Sometimes there is no alternative. Even so, there is no doubt that danger comes attached to such deals. Recent events show the risk in such arrangements-of-conve-nience. Every several years, it seems, USAF's Central Asian basing scheme gets a shake-up.
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