Pakistan is a most important ally. Money...It's how you do business in that part of the world. Anything else is putting an ally like Pakistan at the terrorists mercy and at a great loss to us.
An Ally you have to buy is no ally.
I dont know why Musharriff wrote this little fable of his , but to me it shows the greed of Pakistan. Yes we paid: If thats what it took --fine. But Pakistan obviously sold these people in a form of terrorist slavery. If they had done the right thing they would have been glad to turn these people over, either that or tried them themselves.No they accepted the bounty, head tax and sold these people . I wonder, did they jack up the price according to how badly they thought we wanted certain individuals. I am glad of course that many of them are no longer in the terrorist business, but dont count me in as thanking the Paki's, they were well paid. IMO these tales of selling terrorists makes the Pakistan government look bad, and I still say the part about Colin powell telling them , they are with us ro against us and threatening pakistan is a flat out lie.