US suspends $800m of military aid to Pakistan - Polidicks

[url]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-14099402[/url] [quote=BBC News]The US says it is withholding some $800m of military aid to Pakistan. White House Chief of Staff Bill Daley told ABC's This Week programme that Pakistan had "taken some steps that have given us reason to pause on some of the aid". He said there was a "lot of pain" in Pakistan over the US raid that killed Osama Bin Laden in the country in May. Mr Daley said that the US relationship with Pakistan "must be made to work over time". He accepted that Pakistan had been "an important ally in the fight on terrorism. They've been the victim of enormous amounts of terrorism". He added: "It's a complicated relationship in a very difficult, complicated part of the world. "Until we get through these difficulties, we will hold back some of the money that the American taxpayers have committed to give them." [b]The New York Times earlier quoted senior US officials as saying the suspension of military aid amounted to about one-third of the yearly US security assistance to Pakistan.[/b][/quote]

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Finally. All Pakistan did was not give a shit about terrorist living in their country.

I read it as US sends $800m to Pakistan. My shock when I saw the winners.

Good. I hope they send it to NASA instead.

[QUOTE=RIPBILLYMAYS;31027548]I read it as US sends $800m to Pakistan. My shock when I saw the winners.[/QUOTE]I thought so too, I was pissed, and saw all those winners, then saw your comment.

[QUOTE=Destroyertf;31027570]Good. I hope they send it to NASA instead.[/QUOTE] Hopefully Pakistan can get by without that bit of dosh, we need to pour A LOT into space tech if we're gonna get back to the stars, colonise the nearby planets and mine the Belt. We require more minerals, to say the least, and it wouldn't hurt to put our eggs into multiple baskets.

Good, perhaps we can find a way to use that money here. Or more likely, it'll go to a government contract that'll indirectly benefit the business owned by a close family member of a sitting congressman.

Shits going to hit the fan with Pakistan and their nukes.

[QUOTE=Mr.T;31027958]Shits going to hit the fan with Pakistan and there nukes.[/QUOTE]I some how think they might decide against threatening the US with nuclear weapons and demanding money. Also their, not there.

Good, Pakistan never did anything good for us anyway. Agreed, send it to NASA! Their stuff doesn't cost near as much to make compared to all the military spends on its armored vehicles and jets.

Who cares about Pakistan, let it continue to run itself into the ground. The US are not responsible for it and the money has just been seeping through the holes to fund terror organizations and rich politicans anyway.

[QUOTE=Last.Shinobi;31028060]Who cares about Pakistan, let it continue to run itself into the ground. The US are not responsible for it and the money has just been seeping through the holes to fund terror organizations and rich politicans anyway.[/QUOTE] Sounds hypocritical when the money in America is split pretty unevenly too.

uhh how about putting it toward the debt ceiling thing

Please put it into NASA's budget. PLEASE.

[QUOTE=StarWarsMan;31028771]Please put it into NASA's budget. PLEASE.[/QUOTE] We kind of have more pressing issues than NASA right now.

[QUOTE=Megafanx13;31029436]We kind of have more pressing issues than NASA right now.[/QUOTE] More pressing than the future of mankind?

It'd be nice to send it to NASA, but it should really be going to the debt. In fact, so should the aid to China. [editline]10th July 2011[/editline] [QUOTE=Destroyertf;31029502]More pressing than the future of mankind?[/QUOTE] No point in having a well funded space program for a bankrupt nation.

[QUOTE=ironman17;31027712]Hopefully Pakistan can get by without that bit of dosh, we need to pour A LOT into space tech if we're gonna get back to the stars, colonise the nearby planets and mine the Belt. We require more minerals, to say the least, and it wouldn't hurt to put our eggs into multiple baskets.[/QUOTE] I hate to break it to you but this isn't happening in your lifetime.

[QUOTE=Destroyertf;31029502]More pressing than the future of mankind?[/QUOTE] Spending on space programs does not improve the US's economy.

[QUOTE=CabooseRvB;31029711]Spending on space programs does not improve the US's economy.[/QUOTE] And it doesn't help the huge cuts to education, which is needed if future generations even want to get to the stars.

I don't think Pakistan deserves any of our aid. They're blatantly corrupt and/or incompetant, and none of that money we've poured into their "security" has given us any tangible benefits.

About time. Little steps like this might actually bring the US back.

I love NASA as much as the next guy, but right now they need to be on a holding pattern while we strip money out of the military in order to balance the budget. Then, once we are growing economically, we fund the crap out of NASA, education, and healthcare. The result should, ideally, be a massive reduction in crime with a continued boost in economic and scientific growth. Not that we'd ever convince the Republicans to do this.

[QUOTE=GunFox;31031898]I love NASA as much as the next guy, but right now they need to be on a holding pattern while we strip money out of the military in order to balance the budget. Then, once we are growing economically, we fund the crap out of NASA, education, and healthcare. The result should, ideally, be a massive reduction in crime with a continued boost economic and scientific growth.[/QUOTE] Not to mention it wouldn't hurt our development overall as a country. We have lost our edge in the world and if we get our priorities in order we could beat China.

[QUOTE=GunFox;31031898]I love NASA as much as the next guy, but right now they need to be on a holding pattern while we strip money out of the military in order to balance the budget. Then, once we are growing economically, we fund the crap out of NASA, education, and healthcare. The result should, ideally, be a massive reduction in crime with a continued boost economic and scientific growth.[/QUOTE] Honestly I think that if NASA and the military were to combine their scientific abilities, we would be much farther than we are at this point. Before NASA was, well, NASA, it was the NACA, which was a civilian organization just like NASA. The space program wasn't much of a program, but really a mismatched group of researchers from the different branches of military competing against each other for funding from Congress. What I'm saying is that NASA had the manpower and even just an eighth of the funding the military does, we'd be farther right now than we could imagine.

Good.

[QUOTE=Destroyertf;31029502]More pressing than the future of mankind?[/QUOTE] Let's throw money at machines so we can look at space.

[QUOTE=RIPBILLYMAYS;31027548]I read it as US sends $800m to Pakistan. My shock when I saw the winners.[/QUOTE] I read the same thing and I almost spit coffee everywhere.

Good job america but you're still giving away ~5billion a year to israel.