Well..apparently they were only in it for the money..
Pakistan threatens pullout over US aid cut - World news - msnbc.com
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ISLAMABAD — Pakistan could pull back troops fighting Islamist militants near the Afghan border if the United States cuts off aid, the defense minister said on Tuesday in an interview with Pakistani media.
The United States Monday said it would hold back $800 million — a third of nearly $2 billion in security aid to Pakistan — in a show of displeasure over Pakistan's removal of U.S. military trainers, limits on visas for U.S. personnel and other bilateral irritants.
"If at all things become difficult, we will just get all our forces back," Defense Minister Ahmed Mukhtar said in an interview with the Express 24/7 television to be aired later on Tuesday.
The television aired excerpts of the interview Tuesday.
"If Americans refuse to give us money, then okay," he said. "I think the next step is that the government or the armed forces will be moving from the border areas. We cannot afford to keep military out in the mountains for such a long period."
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"If you still need the relationship, which clearly the United States does, then it really doesn't make sense to take action at this time because it leaves the United States with less, not more, influence with the Pakistani military," Maleeha Lodhi, a former Pakistani ambassador to the U.S., told the AP on Monday. "Cooperation cannot be coerced by punitive actions."
As if to back up its threat to withdraw troops from key areas, Pakistan's military said Tuesday it could do without U.S. assistance by depending on its own resources or turning to "all-weather friend" China.
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Summary:
"Hey if America doesn't pay us to fight the terrorists in our own country, we are not going to do it."
More reason the area needs to be turned into a parking lot.
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