Its about frigging time.
Ever since I launched this blog I've been asking why has Pakistan received so much money in aid. Eleven billion dollars in aid has been given to Pakistan since 2002. There are countless examples of Pakistan turning a blind eye, assisting, helping, training and arming terrorists, who are actively fighting us. The worst part is that there has been little or no outrage from our political leaders regarding this situation.
With the recent Mumbai attacks and information coming out that the attacks were planned, the terrorists trained and attacks coordinated from Pakistan there seems to be a little momentum to stop giving Pakistan aid money. A few US congressmen have publicly called for stopping US aid to Pakistan. These congressmen include Frank Pallone, Robert Menedez andGary Ackerman. DawnWASHINGTON, Dec 16: US politicians with close links to India have quietly launched a campaign to persuade the incoming Obama administration to stop US aid to Pakistan.
“I do not believe in aiding countries that aid terrorism,” said US Senator Robert Menendez, a Democrat from New Jersey.
Declaring Pakistan a “failed State” Congressman Frank Pallone, another Democrat, said he opposed giving billions of dollars in aid to Pakistan because he believed it would be used against India.
Gary Ackerman, a pro-Indian Democratic Congressman from New York who has long advocated stopping US military aid to Pakistan, urged Washington to review its policy towards Islamabad after the Mumbai attacks.
“The implication for us is that there are bad guys still out there, and we’re going to have to learn how to deal with them, because our friends are getting sucked into this big-time,” said Mr Ackerman, who chairs the House subcommittee on the Middle East and South Asia.
Some of these lawmakers may move a resolution in the US Congress after the inauguration of the new president on Jan 20, strongly condemning Mumbai attacks and urging lawmakers to stop military assistance to Pakistan.
A $15 billion, 10-year aid package already proposes to attach US military assistance to Pakistan to its performance in the war against terror, authorising the US administration to stop the aid if it finds that Islamabad was not doing enough to fight terrorism.
Wednesday, December 17, 2008
Move in US to get Pakistan aid stopped
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It's enough to make you loopy , I never understood what drives politicians to jump on the band wagon with some insignificant Issues , and then be completely blind to other ones that have enormous implications to the U.S. , like this whole Pakistan problem
Put Egypt on the list too. Giving money to the pseudo-pharaoh while he is arresting bloggers and presiding over a government which turns a blind eye to mass sexual-harassment on the streets and mobs of thugs who intimidate Copts is a poor allocation of resources.
At least when we pull the rug out from under these countries it'll be a long fall. Let em slug it out with the radicals in civil war.
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