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2004-02-24

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Posted by Paul Moloney 2004-02-24 12:41:54 AM|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Got'a love the rank and file. After the trenches nothing is the same!

Posted by Lucky 2004-2-24 1:31:00 AM|| 2004-2-24 1:31:00 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 jeez--have any smart wall street or silicon valley honcos tapped the pak army or chinese army for venture capital investments--forget time and newsweek--musharoff should be on the cover of fortune

Posted by SON OF TOLUI 2004-2-24 1:31:55 AM|| 2004-2-24 1:31:55 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 Actually quite a bit of budget for building and planning in a lot of third world countriesplants/factories/whatever includes "goverment fees and dues" (or whatever variant of this term) which is basically another way of saying they are bribes. This usually pays for everything from having the government ignore ya so you can work in peace, but also to be allowed to sell your products often enough. In China for instance the biggest holder of factories and other major industries is the military as well. In a way this military involvement in buisness life is little better than calling it another mafia but with better guns.

Posted by Valentine 2004-2-24 1:47:35 AM|| 2004-2-24 1:47:35 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 And uniforms Val. Neatly pressed uniforms.

Posted by Lucky 2004-2-24 1:50:30 AM|| 2004-2-24 1:50:30 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 So I wonder what the annual revenue breakdown is for:
1) US Aid that gets siphoned off
2) Saudi aid that gets siphoned off
3) Taxes and bribes paid by legitimate businesses
4) Revenue from the sale of nuclear materials and plans

Would it be fair to say that without US and Saudi money, Pakistan would be a total basket case, except for the dope trade?

Posted by Alaska Paul 2004-2-24 2:07:50 PM|| 2004-2-24 2:07:50 PM|| Front Page Top

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