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Politics : THE WHITE HOUSE

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To: Bill who wrote (15291)	1/13/2008 1:27:04 AM
From: DuckTapeSunroof	Read Replies (2) of 25737

Problem is... we don't get anything very useful for the tens of billions. (He won't 'stay bought'.) Rather worse: he's been suckering us all along, acting to subvert the success of the government we installed in Afghanistan, and to keep the Pashtuns from ever uniting across the borders, and to make certain that - if Pakistan can't pull the strings of the state to it's West, that the state there is a failure, never peaceful or strong or self-reliant... all so Pakistan can keep it's military (and it's sponsored terrorists) focused on opposing India. To those ends (& to keep his own grimy hands on power and wealth) he would - and has - made deals with the worst of the worst. He NEEDS the public threat of 'terrorism' active to keep Western cash pouring in, and to keep his undemocratic hold on power, and to keep criticism at bay. It's a self-reinforcing cycle: the Dictator and the Terrorists need each other. They both feed off of the situation. Pouring taxpayer's cash on him (without adequate controls or audits of spending) simply perpetuates the cycle and actually worsens the problems and the magnitude of the threat.

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