Hide and Seek in Pakistan

So what do billions of dollars a year in aid to Pakistan buy you? Apparently not much. We know that in the past Osama was tipped off such as in Tora Bora years ago so in this instance we chose not to inform them of our intentions to take out Osama. We realize that without this precaution Osama would still be making mischief in the world.

I read an article the other day speaking about the division of India and Pakistan after World War II. The United States has invested into the trillions over the years since then. Originally we felt that India was spinning into the orbit of the Russians so we bought into the idea of Pakistan as an ally or bulwark against the communists.

This policy is outdated. The people in the country rarely see our largesse as corruption siphons off most of the money to the military. In fact most Pakistani's do not even know the United States has and continues to prop up thier economy.

Pakistan and Afghanistan are ungovernalbe and we buy nothing but hatred with our discontent. We need to get out now. The amount of money spent on these wars would fix every domestic problem in the United States for the next fifty years. Of course oil companies and military wares providers might not get rich off that spending.

Now Obama says we will spend hundreds of billions to prop up Egypt and Tunesia. Perhaps we should wait and see what type of governments take hold their before we write that check.