Pakistan Freed Of Anti-Terrorism Obligations; U.S. Billions Flow Instead -- McClatchy News
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration has refused for the first time to declare that Pakistan is making progress toward ending alleged military support for Islamic militant groups or preventing al Qaida, the Afghan Taliban or other extremists from staging attacks in Afghanistan.
Even so, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has quietly informed Congress that she’s waived the legal restrictions that would have blocked some $2 billion in U.S. economic and military aid to Pakistan. Disbursing the funds, she said in an official notice, is “important to the national security interests of the United States.”
Clinton’s decision illustrates how far the administration apparently has determined that it must go, after a near-breakdown in relations, to ensure Pakistan’s cooperation in the uphill U.S. effort to prevent Afghanistan collapsing into all-out civil war when American-led international combat forces complete a withdraw by the end of 2014.
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Update: US winks again at Pakistani terror tactics -- The Hindu
My Comment: In the meantime the Pakistan doctor who helped the CIA find Bin Laden and who has repeatedly warned about Pakistan duplicity still remains in jail .... all but forgotten by Hillary Clinton and her ilk.
I need to throw up.
2 comments:
"throw up" ... Why? What is the US supposed to do? Go to Pakistan and free him by force. as far as I know, they've tried to get him freed.
Thank you Liam for your comment. I am throwing up over the $2 billion. More good money after bad.
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