Peter's Viewpoint

Governments giving aid has become defacto for use as political leverage to sway other governments and organizations into amiable negotiations toward desired objectives and goals.

The problem is that even governments can act like children and seeing that they can easily receive a bonus token for the taking while not offering any guarantees simply gives them the upper hand to ask for more.

While many consider the generosity of the USA to be nothing more than a bribe for objectives that the USA wishes to achieve, the fact is that you will not see other countries making such offerings.

While countries like Pakistan continue to receive billions in aid over the years, the expected results are dismal especially in the area of fighting terrorism.

The New York Times wrote "A common theme in the Parliament in the last few days has been to label the $1.5 billion a year as “peanuts” — the same term used by the military dictator Gen. Muhammad Zia ul-Haq when he turned down $400 million from President Jimmy Carter. A year later, General Zia won a six-year, $3.2 billion package from President Ronald Reagan."

If the parliament of Pakistan considers these amounts to be peanuts then it's time to simply let countires that have the similar feelings like Pakistan to fend for themselves so that they can achieve progress at their own rate.

Aid is not excess money to be used to build the military power of a country, nor is it to be used to develop nuclear arms.

Aid is the necessity to help people that need substanance to support themselves to become independent of their immediate problem such as starvation or natural disaster that will help them "stand on their own feet again".

Aid must be a temporary solution for those that are in need.