Myth Busted: Pakistan Aid Does Not Reduce Islamic Terrorism

When compared with socio-economic indicators, the researchers found poorer people were less likely to support extremist politics.
The paper concluded that poorer people in Pakistan were more likely to be the victims of suicide bombings and other terror attacks, and therefore were more likely to have negative feelings towards militants.

“This does mean there aren’t good reasons to invest in education and poverty mitigation. There are perfectly good reasons to do that [what are they? Where's the donor payoff? - Ed]. But if you are doing it with the explicit goal of buying security at home, there is not a lot of evidence,” said Dr Fair. “None at all.”

One of the reasons (other than the obvious stifling of innovation and business present in almost every Islamic country) Pakistan is so dirt poor is that the élites are rich. Filthy rich – and they pay no taxes.

They have all they need through corruption and graft (aid and otherwise) – so where is the incentive for economic stimulation when it neither really affects nor enriches them?

There is therefore no economic ‘trickle-down effect’ to the less well-off. Furthermore, the élites also know that we’ll keep the funnel full, because we’re scared of the nukes.

So we at Un:dhimmi are proposing a different approach. Based on the evidence in front of us, it is clear that Pakistan represents an existential threat to the rest of the (non-Muslim) world. It should be approached on four tracks:

a) A crackdown on non-taxpayers – based on last year’s figures, anyone in Pakistan earning over about $3500 per year should pay tax. Hardly anyone does.

b) The immediate cessation of Pakistani immigration to G20 countries.

c) Given that all of the present non-Muslim donors to Pakistan are, to say the least, somewhat strapped for cash at the moment, all aid to Pakistan should be discontinued, until it dismantles its nuclear capability.

d) If this does not happen within a specified timeframe, that nuclear facility, in the name of humanity, should be denied by a UN Security Council resolution – and the money tap not switched back on