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Foreign Aid
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Democrats fight where they have policy concerns... war for democrats is just another way of achieving the goals for which foreign aid would otherwise be used. Foreign aid buys policy concessions, war imposes them... democrats would much prefer to impose a compliant dictator,... then take their chances on the policies adopted by a democrat who must answer to her own domestic constituents
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― The Dictator's Handbook: Why Bad Behavior Is Almost Always Good Politics
― The Dictator's Handbook: Why Bad Behavior Is Almost Always Good Politics
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Air Marshal Nur Khan, a war hero and former Pakistan air force chief, had once likened Pakistan’s aid dependency to ‘taking opium’. Speaking to an American diplomat soon after the loss of East Pakistan in December 1971, he said, ‘Instead of using the country’s own resources to solve the country’s problems, the aid craver, like the opium craver, simply kept on begging to foreigners to bail him out of his difficulties.’ Nur Khan proposed ‘a Chinese style austerity programme’ for Pakistan although
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― Reimagining Pakistan: Transforming a Dysfunctional Nuclear State
― Reimagining Pakistan: Transforming a Dysfunctional Nuclear State
