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Originally Posted by justinstrife
GDP (Nominal) (2007) $383.3 billion (ranked 24th)
GDP (PPP) (2007) $695.4 billion (ranked 19th)
Taken from wikipedia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Taiwan
Based on that level of gdp, any loan would have been able to approved and considering they have the 19th highest 11billion isn't as much as you make it seem to be. So if this was strictly a purchase I don't see any issue other than straight payment. |
Well nowhere in the article did it say that the Taiwanese were given anything. Only that the U.S. was selling them $6 billion in Arms, and mentioned an $11 billion dollar package promised back in 2001. America doesn't just give that kind of arms to a country. They might give them a sale price with some kick-backs, but we don't just give our high tech stuff away for free.
You accused, but you have no proof. The language used in the article is fine. You are just choosing to read it to mean something else.