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| US OKs F-16 jets sale to Pakistan |
| 2016-02-13 |
| The US government said it had approved the sale to Pakistan of eight F-16 fighter jets built by Lockheed Martin Corp, radars and other equipment. The Pentagon's Defense Security Co-operation Agency said it had notified lawmakers about the possible sale, valued at $US699 million ($A987.71 million) on Thursday. WHY? when are our rulers going to understand that the moral decision while difficult in the short term is a lot better over time??? stop selling weapons to Islamist theocrats. Pakistan is one toe from official sharia hell that already afflicts most of its citizenry. If it spreads sharia, sell it no weapons or technology. No weapons for Saudi. No weapons for Pakistan until they can be dragged kicking and screaming into a secular modern era. |
| Posted by:anon1 |
| #10 Would he/she prefer a Pakistan that the US has no influence over? That is armed only with Chinese equipment with only Chinese advisers? It is not the F-22. Relax. I didn't think we had any real influence as things stand. All we seem to get out of it is the ability to dronestrike mooks that don't really matter. |
| Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain 2016-02-13 19:19 |
| #9 TW, well said. That is why India needs the US to maintain influence in Pakistan. |
| Posted by: Sven the pelter 2016-02-13 15:32 |
| #8 I'd be content with letting the Chinese have Pakistan China uses North Korea to control South Korea. China would use Pakistan to control India, whom they see as a regional rival. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2016-02-13 15:28 |
| #7 China and India --> Pakistan and India. Transatitve thinking; sorry. |
| Posted by: Sven the pelter 2016-02-13 15:26 |
| #6 China and India are not going to fight another war. Pakistan couldn't win and what would India do with Pakistan and its tribal areas? You think Israel has problems? |
| Posted by: Sven the pelter 2016-02-13 15:25 |
| #5 I'd be content with letting the Chinese have Pakistan. Then we can stop sending them billions of dollars in foreign aid every year. Doesn't seem like it buys us a helluva lot of influence when they give aid and comfort to the likes of bin Laden and Zawahiri. As far as I'm concerned, Paks and Chicoms deserve each other. Come to think of it, how much of that US foreign aid money did they use to buy the F-16s? That's money that goes from the American tax payer to the private pockets of Lockheed and then it gets used to make life difficult for India. |
| Posted by: Abu Uluque 2016-02-13 15:06 |
| #4 Tell your friend from India that we keep our friends close, and our enemies closer. Would he/she prefer a Pakistan that the US has no influence over? That is armed only with Chinese equipment with only Chinese advisers? It is not the F-22. Relax. |
| Posted by: Sven the pelter 2016-02-13 14:38 |
| #3 Why? The answer is right there: $US699 million. |
| Posted by: Abu Uluque 2016-02-13 14:27 |
| #2 "WHY? when are our rulers going to understand that the moral decision while difficult in the short term is a lot better over time???" Not better for Bambi, et al., anon. >:-( |
| Posted by: Barbara 2016-02-13 13:11 |
| #1 ...An acquaintance of mine on a military/current affairs board is from India and commented on it this morning. They're pissed. Mike |
| Posted by: Mike Kozlowski 2016-02-13 11:23 |