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2007-07-17 India-Pakistan

US to pour $750m into Pakistan's tribal areas

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Posted by anonymous5089 2007-07-17 08:52|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

#1 Gaza II.

Posted by ed 2007-07-17 09:01|| 2007-07-17 09:01|| Front Page Top

#2 Oh, good.
How many airstrikes does $750M buy?

Posted by tu3031 2007-07-17 09:05|| 2007-07-17 09:05|| Front Page Top

#3 How many jihadis does $750,000,000 feed?

Posted by ed 2007-07-17 09:07|| 2007-07-17 09:07|| Front Page Top

#4 Only if the $750M was logistical aid for Indian forces occupying the damn place or the cost of putting up protective fencing to keep the unwitting from walking on black glass.

Posted by Procopius2k 2007-07-17 09:28|| 2007-07-17 09:28|| Front Page Top

#5 And they call me a moron!

Posted by Ehud Olmert 2007-07-17 09:54|| 2007-07-17 09:54|| Front Page Top

#6 There is a waste of $750 mil. They should give it all to me.

Posted by DarthVader">DarthVader 2007-07-17 10:03|| 2007-07-17 10:03|| Front Page Top

#7 This is definitely a massive mistake.
If Congress wants to do something right, then stop this money from going down the sinkhole.

If we need to give Perv money, then give him some, but don't just shovel it into hell. I happen to pay taxes, which means that's my money.

Posted by wxjames 2007-07-17 10:33|| 2007-07-17 10:33|| Front Page Top

#8 This on top of $300M stolen in an Iraqi bank. Is the gov trying to finance AQ?

Posted by 3dc 2007-07-17 12:37|| 2007-07-17 12:37|| Front Page Top

#9 Turns out that was 249 million Iraqi dinars, not US dollars. I don't have the link with me, will see if I can link to the correction tonight if no one beats me too it.

Equivalent of less than $200,000.

Posted by lotp 2007-07-17 12:45|| 2007-07-17 12:45|| Front Page Top

#10 How many $25 and $50 million rewards can be paid for top AQ leaders? How many heads on a pike can be bought for this amount? It will not buy many hearts and minds of AQ or talibunnies. Better spent in other ways.

Posted by JohnQC 2007-07-17 13:16|| 2007-07-17 13:16|| Front Page Top

#11 Islam is the problem. Islam has always been the problem. Money ain't going to fix that.

Posted by Crusader 2007-07-17 14:32|| 2007-07-17 14:32|| Front Page Top

#12 The administration of President George W. Bush plans to pour 750 million dollars worth of aid into Pakistan's tribal areas in a bid to wrest it away from Al-Qaeda and Taleban militants

Here's a gift-wrapped clue for you, George: THEY DON'T WANT TO BE WRESTED "AWAY FROM AL-QAEDA AND TALEBAN MILITANTS". They admire, support, and man these terrorist organizations and no amount of money will change that.

It will not buy many hearts and minds of AQ or talibunnies.

This is the bottom line. There are no hearts or minds to buy. Nobody outside of the military seems to have even the slightest comprehension that neither love nor money will woo away Muslims from their declared cause of killing us all. Look at the BILLIONS in disaster aid sent to Iran, Malaysia and Pakistan. Did it change things one single iota?

This $750 million could finance a few dozen wet work teams that would turn around the entire Global War on Terrorism in a few short months. Shoveling it into the furnace of Islamic perfidy is worse than foolish, it is paying for the deaths of more Americans. Anyone who argues otherwise is a fool.

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2007-07-17 15:19|| 2007-07-17 15:19|| Front Page Top

#13 I agree Zenster. "Wet work" is just another facet or tool of warfare. It can be very useful.

Posted by JohnQC 2007-07-17 16:10|| 2007-07-17 16:10|| Front Page Top

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