ok then, Pakistan does not deserve to be 'compensated', it can ask for help maybe but there is no question of a compensation, refer to my previous post if you need further elaboration.
Pakistan is not in the same boat as Turkey because Turkey wasn't propping up Saddam's regime.
Pakistan is not asking for aid or compensation as in money upfront. The economy of the country was impacted by the US invasion of Afghanistan and all of the instability it has brought on ever since.
Pakistan dealt with the ground reality in Afghanistan which was that the Pashtuns had knocked the crap out of the Northern Alliance and were in control of Kabul. Just like Turkey dealt with Saddam's Iraq (guess who was the biggest business partner of Iraq during the 8 years of sanctions against Iraq between GWI and GWII?) and you will understand what land-locked countries have to do to watch out for their interests.
Pakistan has all the right in the world to ask for investments and trade offsets because the current war is not one of Pakistan's making. While most outsiders like to condemn Pakistan (and most Indians join the bandwagon), up until 1999, the Taliban were actually stabilizing the country and US, the Saudis and the UAE were all on board in terms of the need to have a unified entity controlling Afghanistan. Nobody knew about AQ and they never served any of Pakistan's purposes so Taliban were not the bad guys always that they are made out to be now.
While one can say that Pakistan does not deserve any support, one should also realize that maybe if this war in Afghanistan had not dragged on for more than 5 years, Pakistan would not be asking for financial support in the form of investments.
Something that Indians don't realize in your dislike for all things Pakistanis is that Pakistan's fiscal and economic stability makes sense for India. If Pakistan were to go the way of Afghanistan, India can forget about all her dreams of becoming a major power because there would be too much instability both immediately outside and inside of India.
Lastly, one should appreciate the fact that both the Musharraf and the current governments are only asking for investments. They are not asking for aid upright which does not do much good. So in the end it makes sense for all those who have an interest in the stability of the region to help Pakistan out.
Helping Pakistan out proactively in a smart way (building out the country's infrastructure with investments) would actually be a more prudent step than one taken a few years down the road when there is utter chaos and instability in the region.
During the past years of Musharraf government, almost 80% of the financial support went into funding the CSF. 20% would be considered financial aid. This time around Pakistan is not asking for aid as such. Investment is what is being asked for which would energize the economy and help expand it. Thus far investment in Pakistan has been a winning proposition due to vastly relaxed and very investor friendly laws in place. Asking Pakistan to take on its own tribal areas and then not helping out an economy greatly impacted by the current situation is a grave mistake.
