fatman17
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I wonder ... if Pakistan did intend to pay in cash, and that fact was known to Congress, do you think they would've approved it? The F-16 sale and FMF were presented together, so there may have been an anticipation in Congress that without FMF, the F-16s would not go through. I think the debate in Congress over this issue was enough to dissuade the PAF from inking the contract. Doing so under such noise could've brought back memories of 1989 when Benazir Bhutto inked Peace Gate IV, just when noise about Pakistan's nuclear program began to surface.
No the Senator who blocked the deal was quoted as saying that please buy with your own funds and we won't object.