Saturday, September 25, 2010

Is International Aid To Pakistan Only Helping To Increase Support For Terrorism? -- A Commentary

Pakistanis prepare to unload the next cargo of crops to arrive aboard a U.S. Army CH-47 Chinook helicopter at Rubicon for transport to flood-affected areas in Swat valley, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa region, Pakistan, Sept. 19, 2010. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Reese Von Rogatsz

Black Hole For Foreign Aid -- V.S. Subrahmanian, Aaron Mannes and Amy Sliva, The Washington Times

As U.S. funds increase, so does terrorism.

As Pakistan approaches the international community for massive assistance for the third time in six years, donors face difficult choices. Three disasters, starting with the 2005 earthquake in Kashmir, then the 2008 financial crisis, and now the massive flooding, were not Pakistan's fault. Nevertheless, as violence and terrorism emanating from Pakistan increase, donors must ask if aid to Pakistan is improving international security.

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My Comment: After funneling billions and billions in aid to Pakistan .... we now have a country that is seething with hatred towards many Western aid donor countries (the U.S. included), and a society that is producing even more hard core Jihadists who wish to spread terrorism around the world.

From where I am standing it is clear to me that something is terribly wrong.

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