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India-Pakistan
US senator proposes suspending all Pak aid
2012-05-31
[Bangla Daily Star] A conservative senator called on Tuesday for the United States to suspend all aid to Pakistain and grant citizenship to a doctor who was placed in durance vile
... anything you say can and will be used against you, whether you say it or not...
 for helping hunt down the late Osama bin Laden.
... who is now sometimes referred to as Mister Bones...
American politicians have already sought to cut or freeze some assistance to Pakistain, the third largest recipient of US aid, after a tribal court last week sentenced CIA recruit Shakeel Afridi to 33 years in prison on treason charges.

Senator Rand Paul, a Republican from Kentucky and leader of the Tea Party movement, proposed going further by ending all aid to Pakistain until Afridi's sentence is overturned and also granting the doctor US citizenship.

"Pakistain must understand that they are choosing the wrong side," said Paul, who pledged to introduce the bill when the Senate returns to session next week.
Posted by:Fred

#7  Yes.

Never bankroll your enemies.
Posted by: mojo   2012-05-31 11:29  

#6  Let them beg to China or Saudi as they do feck all for Western aid.Dosent even reach their poor people does it because they might eventually rise against their leaders and work out the problem is in house not the West!
Posted by: Fester Clunter7205   2012-05-31 09:02  

#5  since when was he appointed "leader of the Tea Party movement"? Nice biased reporting, slipping that in
Posted by: Frank G   2012-05-31 08:27  

#4  Foreign Aid should be discontinued across the board. Borrowing money to give it away is insane. Doubly insane is giving foreign aid money to Pakistan.
Posted by: Besoeker   2012-05-31 07:59  

#3  Doesn't the US realize the terrible consequence of cutting aid to Pakistan?
Think about all those rapidly emptying Swiss bank a/c's and what about the ISI sponsored Ramadan bonuses for the Taliban?
Posted by: tipper   2012-05-31 05:58  

#2  3 cheers for Rand Paul!
Posted by: Water Modem   2012-05-31 01:32  

#1  "Pakistain must understand that they are choosing the wrong side,"

Not so much choosing the wrong side but wanting to choose all sides simultaneously. But choices have consequences. Just how badly do you want the cash?

Perhaps we could offer the good doctor a SEAL-flavored escort.
Posted by: SteveS   2012-05-31 00:22  

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