Furloughs, sequester, foreign aid, WTF?(lame ass rant attempt)

[sellersm]

Gotta pay the 'tax' that's part of being a good Islam serf...

[Dave]

Not to mention the bribes we pay warlords... "tribal leaders" in Afghanistan to not attack convoys coming in from Pakistan. They found out early on that it's cheaper to pay cash bribes than have Apache and Blackhawk escorts. Of course I figured it might be cheaper to have more than one pallet of MRE's on a 5 ton, or more than 7 cases of 5.56 ammo on a flatbed hemmat.

[Goodburbon]

Not to mention the bribes we pay warlords... "tribal leaders" in Afghanistan to not attack convoys coming in from Pakistan. They found out early on that it's cheaper to pay cash bribes than have Apache and Blackhawk escorts. Of course I figured it might be cheaper to have more than one pallet of MRE's on a 5 ton, or more than 7 cases of 5.56 ammo on a flatbed hemmat.

Thats a tactical decision. Don't put all of your eggs in one basket in case you lose a basket. Don't get a shipment? no big deal. Plus you're stringing out the forces that would attack your supply lines. Drawing them out as often as possible so you can decimate them a little at a time.

HOWEVER.

Combining that tactic with payment for safe passage is stupid. Let them attack. Kill them, money saved in the long run.