http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-02/21/content_10859693.htm

What would seem to be a closed matter doesn't actually matter to the United States.
Just exactly what part of your out of here don't they understand?
Shouldn't they have thought about their supply route to Afghanistan before they refused to pay more rent for the use of the facility?
Stupid is as stupid does and the march goes rolling on.

The U.S. Defense Department said on Friday that it would still try to negotiate a deal with Kyrgyzstan to keep its air base in the central Asian country.

Pentagon spokesman Bryan Whitman told a press conference that the Defense Department has received the notification about the closure of Manas air base but would continue its discussions with the Kyrgyzstan government "for possible continued future use of the base."

"We don't consider it a closed matter," he said, adding that the U.S. was willing to look at "reasonable increases in usage fees" for the base.

Earlier on Friday, Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiyev signed a law that mandates the closure of the Manas air base, a key logistic center for U.S.-led operations in Afghanistan, citing that the U.S. was not paying enough rent.