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OtherSideOfTheCoin
the fact that i mistook Billion for Trillion I think says more about the sordid state of the American economy in the last few weeks than it does about me. I have just became so used to thinking in the trillions of dollars.
OtherSideOfTheCoin
The US has quietly decided to release more than $1.6bn (£1bn) in military and economic aid to Pakistan that was suspended when relations between the two countries disintegrated over the covert raid that killed Osama bin Laden and deadly US air strikes against Pakistani soldiers. Officials and congressional aides said ties have improved enough to allow the money to flow again.
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What the hell!!!!!
America is $17 Trillion in debt, they have been shutdown, not paying out some 7- 800,000 federal employees for about 3 weeks. And after coming very close a economic apocalypse, and then raising the debt ceiling further, whats the first thing they do?
Give Pakistan $1.6 Billion in Military aid
They are borrowing cash right now to give it away to the Pakistani Military
Its not Obama or the Pakistani Government who will be paying this $1.6 billion back but the average American.
Biigs
JP Morgan just gave 13 billion dollars to the Justice Department, so, maybe some of Pakistan's profit is there? Oh sorry i meant aid, not profit my bad.
Venezuela and Cuba offered US aid during Hurricane Katrina
Venezuela has plans to send 1 million barrels of gasoline to the United States as soon as possible to help victims of Hurricane Katrina, while Cuba has prepared medical aid. Link
OrionHunterX
OtherSideOfTheCoin
The US has quietly decided to release more than $1.6bn (£1bn) in military and economic aid to Pakistan that was suspended when relations between the two countries disintegrated over the covert raid that killed Osama bin Laden and deadly US air strikes against Pakistani soldiers. Officials and congressional aides said ties have improved enough to allow the money to flow again.
Link
What the hell!!!!!
America is $17 Trillion in debt, they have been shutdown, not paying out some 7- 800,000 federal employees for about 3 weeks. And after coming very close a economic apocalypse, and then raising the debt ceiling further, whats the first thing they do?
Give Pakistan $1.6 Billion in Military aid
They are borrowing cash right now to give it away to the Pakistani Military
Its not Obama or the Pakistani Government who will be paying this $1.6 billion back but the average American.
See, it's like this. The ground realities are that the massive funds being released to the epicenter of terrorism - Pakistan - is being used by their Establishment (read Pakistan Army and its adjunct, the notorious intel agency, the ISI) to fund and arm the Taliban so that they form a puppet government in Afghanistan for their so called 'strategic depth' against India.
Now, the $$$$$ - hard earned tax payers money - is being siphoned off to the Taiban WHO ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR KILLING OVER 2000 AMERICANS!!!
IN OTHER WORDS, THE LAME DUCK AMERICAN GOVERNMENT IS PAYING MONEY TO PAKISTAN TO GET AMERICAN SOLDIERS KILLED!!!!!!!
But do the asseholes in the government care a sh!t???? No!! They're either blind or plain stupid! Maybe both. They've given Pakistan $17 billion since 2001 and what has the US of A got in return? Body bags!
If that doesn't suck, what does?edit on 21-10-2013 by OrionHunterX because: (no reason given)