where they throw groups of American workers to the wolves in favor of foreign interests in exchange for influence other countries
'West Wing' even had a TV episode about it, India and Pakistan were threatening each other (as they were in real life around that time), an president martin sheen at the end of the episode quietly gave India the computer industry for influence
dont beleive me? here's the transcript (Bartlet is the president)
BARTLET
John, please.
MARBURY
You've been paying the world off since the industrial age. Foreign aid,
during the Cold
War was you paying dictators to be on your side. To this very day, you pay
Korea not to
develop nuclear weapons.
BARTLET
What does India want?
MARBURY
A computer industry, and for that, they require an infrastructure, and that
is what you
can give them.
LEO
Why?
MARBURY
It's the price you pay.
LEO
For avoiding a war halfway around the world?
MARBURY
For being rich, free and alive all at the same time, and for the criminally
negligent
behavior of your Congress in not checking the proliferation of nuclear
devices.
BARTLET
Your friend, the prime minister?
MARBURY
Rikki.
BARTLET
He's gonna go for this?
MARBURY
If it's handled properly.
BARTLET
All right, you tell the ambassador we'll discuss this in three months. In
three months,
John. I don't want this to be like quid pro quo.
MARBURY
Yes, sir.
BARTLET
That's the carrot. Leo, what's the stick?
LEO
In the next 24 hours, we want to see recon photos of Indian divisions
retreating. If we
don't, we're gonna seize Indian assets and so will our NATO allies, and
G-7's gonna call
in its loans.
http://www.westwingtranscripts.com/search.php?flag=getTranscript&id=12
in the episode, American tech workers solely accountable for peace in that region
i was shocked when i saw this, as i was learning about H-1b expansion in real life
i was wondering 'gee, where'd they get the idea for THIS episode?!?', they pulled plenty of their ideas from real life, that's what made the show so popular
is intended.
Episode 1.12 -- 'He Shall, From Time To Time...'
Original Airdate: January 12, 2000, 9:00 PM EST
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