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Ignitionnet · 22-09-2010, 18:15

Well firstly no-one asked for the 'lunch money' so that part of the analogy is incorrect.

Secondly it's not the 'bully' getting paid off. If anything we're the bully in the whole affair and want to keep them friendly to make it easier to do so. We're going into their sovereign airspace not the other way around.

Lastly it's about foreign relations not bribery. It's a 'hearts and minds' thing rather than paying someone off. Getting the people of Pakistan's support is important given the religious connections to the Taliban.

We have nothing to fear from Pakistan, they have no delivery system for nuclear weapons which could reach us in a timely fashion and they wouldn't dare anyway, their country would become a big plate of glass quite rapidly if they did so. Their co-operation simply makes it far easier to get at the Taliban hiding within Pakistan, and cementing public opinion weakens the Taliban power base and reduces the chance of those nuts getting their mitts on Pakistan's nuclear weaponry.

Receiving aid from the infidel West is important when the Taliban and AQ are preaching anti-Western hatred. Zero duress on our side - you make it sound like international extortion which it certainly isn't. It's influencing people in another country, you know, foreign relations, nothing more.

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Ignitionnet Inactive Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Leeds, West Yorkshire Age: 47 Posts: 13,995	Re: Where's the money been found. Well firstly no-one asked for the 'lunch money' so that part of the analogy is incorrect. Secondly it's not the 'bully' getting paid off. If anything we're the bully in the whole affair and want to keep them friendly to make it easier to do so. We're going into their sovereign airspace not the other way around. Lastly it's about foreign relations not bribery. It's a 'hearts and minds' thing rather than paying someone off. Getting the people of Pakistan's support is important given the religious connections to the Taliban. We have nothing to fear from Pakistan, they have no delivery system for nuclear weapons which could reach us in a timely fashion and they wouldn't dare anyway, their country would become a big plate of glass quite rapidly if they did so. Their co-operation simply makes it far easier to get at the Taliban hiding within Pakistan, and cementing public opinion weakens the Taliban power base and reduces the chance of those nuts getting their mitts on Pakistan's nuclear weaponry. Receiving aid from the infidel West is important when the Taliban and AQ are preaching anti-Western hatred. Zero duress on our side - you make it sound like international extortion which it certainly isn't. It's influencing people in another country, you know, foreign relations, nothing more.