The Shanghai Cooperation Organization, which groups Russia, China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan, urged a deadline be set for withdrawal of the foreign forces from its member states in light of what it said was a decline in active fighting in Afghanistan.
The alliance's move appeared to be an attempt to push the United States out of a region that Moscow regards as historically part of its sphere of influence and in which China seeks a dominant role because of its extensive energy resources.
Yeah guys, right after Moscow announces an exit deadline for withdrawing from former Soviet states and the islands they stole from Japan in World War II.
And right after Peking announces an exit deadline from Tibet and a deadline for abandoning ambitions to conquer Taiwan if the Taiwanese don't want to joing China.
Exit deadlines, indeed.
