By: kirkaracha
Well, I thought it was a new deal. According to this timeline, Pakistan paid for 28 F-16s in 1989, we froze the sale in 1990, Pakistan threatened to sue the US in 1997, and we agreed to repay them in...
View ArticleBy: alumshubby
kirkaracha, is it a "new" deal when we're releasing aircraft that we'd previously agreed to sell, then held up he transfer of? The "new" part is deciding after all to look the other way, right?
View ArticleBy: homunculus
The twisted relationship between the Bush administration and Pakistan's military regime, driven by a mutual desire for survival, is undermining the war on terror.
View ArticleBy: lodurr
I'm suddenly struck by a wave of peculiar nostalgia, for a time when selling weapons to both sides was preferred to having the US go in and conquer their goddamned countries.
View ArticleBy: kirkaracha
This deal is new. Pakistan paid for a shipment of about 70 F-16s in the late '80s, but the US imposed sanctions on them due to their secret nuclear weapons program and never sent the planes. Hey,...
View ArticleBy: homunculus
You this is new, do you? Do I think it's new? No. But I think the world has changed and that pursuing a good relationship with India should be one of America's top priorities in foreign policy. Arming...
View ArticleBy: amberglow
Coalition of the Bribed, Bullied & Blind (which doesn't even mention Pakistan's dirty deals).
View ArticleBy: alumshubby
You this is new, do you? It's not; not by about 21 years according to this site about the Pakistan Air Force.
View ArticleBy: mr_roboto
This is largely a continuation of the cold war pattern, right? The U.S. was Pakistan's arms supplier for 40 years, while India looked to the Soviets and European countries.
View ArticleF-16's for Pakistan
The weapons the U.S. is sending to Pakistan are targeted against India, not the Taliban. At Pakistan's biggest arms show, a former favorite of A.Q. Khan, it was announced that the U.S. will be selling...
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