from asia times online.........
"For a few days after 9/11, the US government of George W Bush and Dick Cheney dilly-dallied about how to treat the renegade nuclear power that was Pakistan before accepting a delusional version of reality that somehow the country that had spawned multitudes of terror movements, including the Taliban ruling Afghanistan at the time, could actually be trusted to turn 180 degrees and start supporting America in its "war on terror". So a financial package worth a few billion dollars was crafted that was somehow going to turn Asia's basket case into a viable partner.
For Pakistan, the aid given for the fight against Bin Laden was simply too lucrative to actually pursue him and his cohorts: he became the proverbial golden goose. Additionally, the fear of confronting Pakistan that was shown by the US and Europe in 2001 created worse behavior in the years hence, such as nuclear proliferation. In the case of the US and European banks rescued by taxpayers, the result was just the same as for the drug pushers described above: to create perverse incentives for even worse behavior".............read more here
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