IceCold
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You cant live off aid all the time. A one time sale is still better than borrowed money that puts us to disadvantage and armtwisting by the West. UK will sell anything to India in a heartbeat throwing any of our concerns into the dustbin. We should do the same.The problem that most people dont consider is the relationship between the UK and Pakistan right now, and how the sale of the JF17 will feed into the dynamics of that relationship, which seems to be getting worse over time.
Recently the UK placed some economic financial sanctions on Pakistan that were most certainly politically based.
How will the UK react to Pakistan, if Pakistan sells the JF17 to Argentina? Will the UK react by cancelling 302 million pounds ( $400million/year ) of foreign aid. Can Pakistan afford to lose this amount of foreign exchange to its kitty every year in return for a one off sale of JF17s?
You can argue that the aid does not go to the right people, so it is useless, but is still adding to the foreign exchange inflows of hard currency for free.
Hopefully Pakistan/PAF/PAC have thought this through?
World is changing, we should too.