It’s All a Question of Leverage
…and how badly we need it.
Kyrgyzstan has accused the US of reneging on a promise to review past payments made by the Pentagon for use of its Manas air base and is threatening to limit access to the facility, which is crucial to US operations in Afghanistan.
The U.S. will work it out. Even if it is a part of $80 million, that is petty cash for America.
More likely, the action officer put that on the bottom of his/her in box, until someone complained.