Funding Pakistan's double game for another round, even while reports emerge of bin Laden and al-Zawahiri living in Pakistan under ISI protection, and even after years of Pakistan's demonstrable aiding and abetting of jihadists, including the ISI's backing of the Taliban inside Afghanistan.
The U.S. is allowing itself to be blackmailed, sending Pakistan the message that Washington can be leveraged with the choice of the ongoing, duplicitous policy, or losing even the friendly lip service to cooperation, such as the insistence of Pakistan's Foreign Ministry spokesman: "Let me reiterate that Pakistan is committed not to allow its territory for terrorist actions anywhere in the world."
Except when it does. Funny how that keeps happening.
According to Bob Woodward's book, Obama's Wars, the status of U.S. relations with Pakistan was like a "cold shower" for the Obama administration. And yet, Pakistan is in line for another $2 billion funded on the backs of the American taxpayer. "Sources: U.S. finalizing aid package to help Pakistan fight extremists," by Elise Labott for CNN, October 18:
Washington (CNN) -- The Obama administration is putting the final touches on a security assistance package totaling as much as $2 billion over five years to help Pakistan fight extremists on its border with Afghanistan, senior U.S. officials and diplomatic sources tell CNN.
The aid is expected to be announced later this week when Pakistani officials are in Washington to hold high-level talks.
The package aims to address Pakistan's insistence it does not have the capability to go after terrorists, and needs more support from the United States, the sources said. The aid will help the Pakistanis purchase helicopters, weapons systems and equipment to intercept communications.
They need more support, they say, after squandering money financing the jihad against India and propping up jihadist groups in Kashmir.
It falls under the United States' Foreign Military Financing (FMF) program, which provides grants and loans to countries to purchase weapons and defense equipment produced in the United States. It also includes more counterinsurgency assistance to Pakistani troops and a program allowing members of the Pakistani military to study at American war colleges.
The $2 billion package is on top of billions of dollars the United States already gives Pakistan in military aid and a $7.5 billion aid package over five years in non-military counter-terrorism assistance approved by Congress last year.
"They [sic] key is to beef up their ability to go after militants, it can't be diverted to other threats," one senior U.S. official said.
Pakistan has long claimed its military is geared toward defending itself against threats from countries like India, and does not have the kind of equipment it needs to fight insurgents. U.S. officials said they recognize Pakistan's current military hardware is not perfectly suited toward such operations, but made clear the new aid must be directed toward fighting extremists, rather than India....
There is that military adage: "Hope is not a method." What substantive measures is Washington willing to take to avoid funding the jihad with taxpayer money via Islamabad?
I'l bet the Taliban can hardly wait to get their hands on a fair proportion of that money because let's face it, they couldn't operate if it wasn't for the Pakistani government and to an extent, Iran.
I know this statement is represents one of my interests bleeding over into the other but, I'd rather see the money go to NASA.
Giving Pakistan more money to better interdict our supply lines when the time comes.
Brilliant.
Why this Obama government squandering the tax payers dollars in billions to Islamic countries-particularly Pakistan,Egypt and Syria? Billions of dollars aid to Pakistan for what? So far they have proved tobe of no use. They are using America as a sugar daddy ,and go on breeding more and more terrorists in their land by providing them training in terror. Somebody must tell Obama to stop this ,as those dollars can be used to avert poverty and help homeless people,which is a growing trend in USA.
Pakistan and Afghanistan are not worth the blood of another Western person. Leave them to their Islamicism and mooning over peach-bottomed boys.
I CAN SAY VERY CLEARLY AND STRONGLY THAT EVEN IF US GOVERNMENT CONTINUE PAYING SUCH HUGE AMOUNT OF MONEY TO PAKISTANI GOVERNMENT OR AFAGANESE GOVERNMENT,THE TERRORIST ACTIVITIES OF ISLAM WILL NEVER EVER STOP ALL OVER THE WORLD.THEY WILL BE VERY HAPPY TO ASK AND RECEIVE MORE FROM US.JIHAD FOR GLOBAL CONQUEST WILL CONTINUE UNTIL ISLAM CONQUERS ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD.IT IS ONLY A WASTE OF AMERICAN RESOURCES.
Aid Package = Payoffs to the backstabbers. What genius thought that one up? And the Muslim street won't care that we are trying to get along.
Pakista is the epic centre of terorism. You can't find any single terorist in Afghanistan. From where shahzad the time square bomber got $ 19 k Al Queda. From where Al queda got the money ? From ISI of Pakistan. From where ISI got the money? From Pakistani Govt. From where Pakistani Govt got the money? From UNITED STATES of AMERICA!!!. From where American GOVT got the money? From Tax payers belongs to America. Until or unless CIA change its policy sorry Americans you can't achieve what you are looking for. See the mossad how effectively they managed released their citizens kidnapped in Kashmir? With Pakistan you don't have an option only "4th protocol". Even if one democrate get elected it will be a death bell for America. A democratic Pakistan is never viable for America's interest in this war on terror.
Pakistan, along with Saudi Arabia and Iran are the "Triad of Terror," responsible for the majority of jihad worldwide. By paying the jizya, the POTUS is demonstrating, once again, that the United States is nothing more than a weak and submissive apologist and dhimmi to Islam.