(January 24, 2012 at 4:05 am)5thHorseman Wrote: I think we still hand money over to countries like India as a bribe to keep business coming our way as they grow exponentially and their power grows and ours dwindles.
Theres my conspiracy moment of the year done and dusted. I half believe that, the other half says we're too soft.
It's the most rational explanation, or else we would be giving money to small African countries, which I'm sure happens as well, but perhaps not as much as others who don't need it.
Also I think money helps drive countries foreign policy. We pay people to be friends?
"After 9/11, Pakistan, led by General Pervez Musharraf, reversed course as they were under pressure from the United States and joined the "War on Terror" as a U.S. ally. Having failed to convince the Taliban to hand over bin Laden and other members of Al Qaeda, Pakistan provided the U.S. a number of military airports and bases for its attack on Afghanistan, along with other logistical support Since 2001, Pakistan has arrested over five hundred Al-Qaeda members and handed them over to the United States; senior U.S. officers have been lavish in their praise of Pakistani efforts in public while expressing their concern that not enough was being done in private. However, General Musharraf was strongly supported by the Bush administration.[citation needed]
In return for their support, Pakistan had sanctions lifted and has received about $10 billion in U.S. aid since 2001, primarily military. In June 2004, President George W. Bush designated Pakistan as a major non-NATO ally,[7] making it eligible, among other things, to purchase advanced American military technology."
