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2011-08-17 India-Pakistan

Proposal For US To Spend $12b To Build Pak A Dam(n)

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Posted by Anonymoose 2011-08-17 09:07|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

#1 Could be a useful investment. A 'sword of Damocles', sort of like Aswan. Design/construct it with a target point than can be hit to create a mother of all (recent) floods if Pakistan decides to use its nukes.

Posted by Glenmore 2011-08-17 09:29|| 2011-08-17 09:29|| Front Page Top

#2 Pre-wire & mine it to self-destruct at a remote command. Better yet, let the Paks pay for it.

Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2011-08-17 10:21|| 2011-08-17 10:21|| Front Page Top

#3 Personally I don't think we should give a dam.

Posted by Thing from Snowy mountain 2011-08-17 10:34|| 2011-08-17 10:34|| Front Page Top

#4 Here's a revolutionary thought, spend $12 Billion HERE on infrastructure projects.

Crazy?

I know.

Posted by bigim-CA 2011-08-17 10:53|| 2011-08-17 10:53|| Front Page Top

#5 They, the Paks, would REALLY like us because they would siphon 30-40 percent into their pockets as an overhead fee.

Posted by tipover 2011-08-17 11:03|| 2011-08-17 11:03|| Front Page Top

#6 A 12 billion $ "I'm sorry"? FOAD, Paks. Your country isn't worth a rat's ass.

Posted by Spot 2011-08-17 11:10|| 2011-08-17 11:10|| Front Page Top

#7 Here's a revolutionary thought, spend $12 Billion HERE on infrastructure projects. Bad idea. Domestically, we should eliminate military pensions in favor of 401(k)s.

Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2011-08-17 11:10|| 2011-08-17 11:10|| Front Page Top

#8 Nuclear weapons but no electricity? Sounds like a personal problem to me.

Posted by Besoeker 2011-08-17 11:55|| 2011-08-17 11:55|| Front Page Top

#9 I'll damn the Paks for 12 cents.

Posted by gr(o)mgoru 2011-08-17 12:41|| 2011-08-17 12:41|| Front Page Top

#10 Here's a revolutionary thought, spend $12 Billion HERE on infrastructure projects.

We've spent a lot more than that this term. I don't think we got our money's worth.

Posted by Thing From Snowy Mountain 2011-08-17 12:54|| 2011-08-17 12:54|| Front Page Top

#11 I propose $2 million for a nuke each over Islamabad and Karachi.

See? Cost-cutting is easy!

Posted by Scooter McGruder 2011-08-17 13:53|| 2011-08-17 13:53|| Front Page Top

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