Why is the US giving Pakistan weapons to be used against India?

To: James C. Bennett

Because these are only income opportunities for the Pakistani military, rather than actual use as weapons. Their maintenance budgets will be diverted to private foreign bank accounts of Pakistani officers. Those small enough to be sold outright will be sold, and the rest will slowly turn into junk.

21 posted on 09/15/2013 11:56:36 AM PDT by Thud

To: James C. Bennett

We needed Pakistan to supply our troops in Afghanistan. Non weapons could be shipped through Russia and the north but weapons had to come through Pakistan. It was a case of getting into bed with the devil but we had little choice.

Under GWB we only kept about 30,000 men in Afghanistan, enough to keep the cities from falling. Obama pushed it up to 100,000 because Afghanistan was the “good war” unlike Iraq. This put a much greater strain on our supply lines. After OBL was killed Pakistan shut down the supply lines for many months until the requisite bribes were forked over, namely the weapons talked about in this article. Pakistan is trying to squeeze the last bit on juice out of us as we are leaving. I posted an article a few days ago about how much equipment is being flown out of Afghanistan because Pakistan is turning the screws on us.

Their economy can't support all the military hardware without large infusions of cash from us. It reminds me of an article not long ago about South Africa buying brand new fighters from Europe that are rotting in the hangers because they can’t maintain them. Things might get really hot after 2014 when our money slows to a trickle and the Pak military, which runs the economy, has to decide whether to use their shiny toys or let them rust away.

22 posted on 09/15/2013 11:58:19 AM PDT by Pan_Yan (I love it when spell check highlights every single word.)

To: NormsRevenge

Thanks. I bet we did pay top dollar.

23 posted on 09/15/2013 12:02:08 PM PDT by ColdOne (I miss my poochie... Tasha 2000~3/14/11)

To: Marine_Uncle

A neighbor is old westinghouse now Northup Grumman in Sunnyvale,, machinist, they tool some big stuff

24 posted on 09/15/2013 12:07:27 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi --)

I was happy to see under Bush an effort to engage India as a full ally but that seems to be sputtering to a stop.

This is because India doesn't do alliances. It wants all the benefits of an alliance without the obligations. India has been one of the most flagrant violators of sanctions against Iran, and gave us the middle finger on Iraq.

25 posted on 09/15/2013 12:09:13 PM PDT by Zhang Fei (Let us pray that peace be now restored to the world and that God will preserve it always.)

To: James C. Bennett

obama is muslim, Pakistan is muslim, India is Hindu.

Any questions?

26 posted on 09/15/2013 12:10:05 PM PDT by null and void (I'm betting on an Obama Trifecta: A Nobel Peace Prize, an Impeachment, AND a War Crimes Trial...)

To: NormsRevenge

I can imagine that is the case. So many highly skilled people over the years found good jobs in the defense industry.

27 posted on 09/15/2013 12:15:53 PM PDT by Marine_Uncle (Galt level is not far away......)

To: James C. Bennett

Is India supposed to be our Ally? If the answer is yes, then you have your answer. We never aid those that are friendly with us. Only those who oppose us.

28 posted on 09/15/2013 12:19:06 PM PDT by sport

To: NormsRevenge

I’ll take an AC-130.

29 posted on 09/15/2013 12:36:26 PM PDT by lormand (Inside every liberal is a dung slinging monkey)