George W. Bush had an excuse for paying off Pakistan. He was busy in Iraq.
Except he shouldn't have gone into Iraq. Afghanistan should have been his focus, and if he had paid more attention there, some of the current issues with Pakistan might not be so dire.
Obama is giving them money for the same reasons George Bush did- realpolitik, and while I don't like it, not giving them money has it's drawbacks too. Not only would there be even less cooperation from Islamabad but it means the poor of Pakistan have an even rougher time, and when that happens, radical Islamic groups step in, give aid to those people, who, in turn, give their allegiance to the radical groups. It's a pattern we've seen over and over and over, in Syria, Lebanon, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and Pakistan
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Except he shouldn't have gone into Iraq. Afghanistan should have been his focus, and if he had paid more attention there, some of the current issues with Pakistan might not be so dire.
Obama is giving them money for the same reasons George Bush did- realpolitik, and while I don't like it, not giving them money has it's drawbacks too. Not only would there be even less cooperation from Islamabad but it means the poor of Pakistan have an even rougher time, and when that happens, radical Islamic groups step in, give aid to those people, who, in turn, give their allegiance to the radical groups. It's a pattern we've seen over and over and over, in Syria, Lebanon, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and Pakistan ( ... )
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