From: "Steve Ewing" 

On Sat, 17 Jul 2004 11:54:49 -0500, Dave  wrote:

> It's not foreign aid, it's a kickback.
>
> Amazing, though, that cutting $25K has made such a big splash in the
> news.

The key is that providing such aid, however small, seems to put them into a
category where they are then able to get deals on military equipment: big
discounts in the millions of dollars, and access to stuff they otherwise
would not have been able to buy.  The aid itself is just symbolic.

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Steve 
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