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2007-09-27 India-Pakistan

90 per cent of US aid to Pakistan goes to army

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Posted by john frum 2007-09-27 06:43|| || Front Page|| [11129 views ] Top
File under: Govt of Pakistan

#1 I understand the part about the stability of Wakiland being crucial and all, but what we are doing there now doesn't seem sustainable.

Posted by bigjim-ky 2007-09-27 07:07|| 2007-09-27 07:07|| Front Page Top

#2 And the majority of the aid isn't being put into counterinsurgency... instead the Pak military is getting weapons only useful for fighting India.

Posted by john frum 2007-09-27 09:06|| 2007-09-27 09:06|| Front Page Top

#3 90 per cent of US aid to Pakistan goes to army

Yeah, so? I'd say 90 percent of money goes to various congressional reelection funds in this country. You put your money where it'll have the most influence on people having the real power. In Pakland, that would be the Army.

Posted by Procopius2k 2007-09-27 09:39|| 2007-09-27 09:39|| Front Page Top

#4 Honestly, though, 1200 carefully placed megatons would insure pakiwakiland "stability" for generations to come...

Posted by M. Murcek">M. Murcek 2007-09-27 09:48|| 2007-09-27 09:48|| Front Page Top

#5 I wonder how much of this goes to Taliban/Al qaeda??????

Posted by Paul 2007-09-27 10:23|| 2007-09-27 10:23|| Front Page Top

#6 All future aid delivered to Pakistan needs to be in the exclusive form of non-financial materiel dropped from a high altitude.

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2007-09-27 13:13|| 2007-09-27 13:13|| Front Page Top

#7 And the majority of the aid isn't being put into counterinsurgency... instead the Pak military is getting weapons only useful for fighting India.

And we all know what'll happen to those weapons if they ever try to use them. This is not a good investment. Here's an idea: Tell the Paks if they want the gravy train to continue they need to hand over the nukes before they burn their little fingies.

Posted by Ebbang Uluque6305 2007-09-27 14:46|| 2007-09-27 14:46|| Front Page Top

#8 Where'd the other 10% go?

Posted by HalfEmpty 2007-09-27 16:52|| 2007-09-27 16:52|| Front Page Top

#9 I suspect we want the Pak military so strong that it can act like the Turkish military--allowing Democracy only when it isn't Islamist, overthrowing the government if needed.

It basically opens up the possibility of a more secular government between the two sides.

Posted by Anonymoose 2007-09-27 19:22|| 2007-09-27 19:22|| Front Page Top

#10 LOL. Damn you been reading any Rantburg?

Posted by HalfEmpty 2007-09-27 19:45|| 2007-09-27 19:45|| Front Page Top

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