Excellent News! Russia Offers to Help Obama In Afghanistan

Seems like President-in-Training Obama's plans are working seamlessly. In just two weeks Venezuela and Cuba have professed undying love, North Korea has sent a love note, Iran has offered Hope, Kyrgyzstan has reminded us everyone loves us, and now, shockingly, Russia is offering to help us in Afghanistan.

Thank goodness everyone loves us now.

President Dmitry Medvedev said Wednesday that Russia and its ex-Soviet allies want to help the United States stabilize Afghanistan, saying Moscow wanted "full-fledged" cooperation with Washington.

He spoke a day after the ex-Soviet republic of Kyrgyzstan announced it would evict the U.S. from an air base key to the Afghan war. Kyrgyzstan made the move after getting a promise for $2 billion in loans from Russia — which resents the American presence in a region Moscow regards as part of its traditional sphere of influence.

The possibility of the base closure poses a serious challenge to the new U.S. administration and President Barack Obama's plan to send up to 30,000 more American forces into Afghanistan this year.