I'm confused about politics,why does the U.S. continue to aid Pakistan?

According to the news Pakistan was harboring Osama Bin Laden and the U.S. in fact does drop drones on Pakistan. Why does the U.S. continue to aid Pakistan if we have still have conflict with them. I recently saw pictures of people in Pakistan burning U.S. flags and it wasn't too long when Pakistan held Raymond Davis in prison.





Please help me understand|||The US believes in helping others no matter how much ''A LOT'' of them hate Americans.Ive seen them threatening America on the news myself, I see it all the time, so to be honest it confuses me also. Some believe Pakistan is using the money to make more nuclear weapons to try and attack the US, so it looks like we may very well be paying them to hurt/kill us, so to speak.Nobody knows the real reason we continue to aid countries who are so eager to show the US how much they would like to destroy us, if they got half a chance.Some deny that Pakistanians want to hurt Americans, but they just need to open their eyes, they show demonstrations of the hate constantly on the news.Only our government knows the real reason why the US is supporting people like this, and they're not letting we as the public know the real reasons for this, nor are they asking our opinions on this matter.You can ask 100 people and they'll all give you a different reason as to why, but the truth is, ''we do not know why''.|||Those pakistanis you saw burning the U.S. flag are extremists who support al-Qaida and the Taliban. The pakistani government has to fight off pakistani extremists who aim to take control of the country. It's a matter of mere survival for the current government but it is also a vital matter for the world because Pakistan has nuclear weapons. Should these nuclear weapons fall into the hands of extremists, there's a high risk they'll use them regardless of consequences. So the US funds the pakistani government and its military to make sure armed integrists won't take control of Pakistan and its nuclear arsenal.|||Best answer I can give is called the "carrot and stick".


In the hopes of getting them to do our bidding, we give


them aid.|||The US needs pakistani cooperation in its supply routes through the region.