In a stunning article on aid to Pakistan during the Bush administration, Craig Cohen and Derek Chollet demonstrated the disastrous nature of this militarized approach – even before the tottering Musharraf regime’s latest crackdown. They show that even though Pakistan faces huge problems of poverty, population, and environment, 75% of the $10 billion in US aid has gone to the Pakistani military, ostensibly to reimburse Pakistan for its contribution to the “war on terror,” and to help it buy F-16s and other weapons systems.
在一篇关于布什政府对巴基斯坦的援助的文章中，Craig Cohen 和 Derek Chollet赫然揭示了这种军事化手段的灾难性特质—甚至在岌岌可危的穆沙拉夫政权最近的镇压行动之前。文章透露尽管巴基斯坦面临贫困、人口和环境的巨大难题，100亿美援中仍有75%流向了巴勒斯坦军方，公然对巴基斯坦在“反恐战争”中所做的贡献进行偿付，并帮助其购买F16战斗机和其他武器系统。