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[Magnus]

US House approves $650m cut in Pakistan aid
By Huma Imtiaz
Published: July 20, 2012

WASHINGTON:

The US House of Representatives voted to cut $650 million in military assistance to Pakistan on Thursday, acquiescing to Republican demands for deeper reductions in aid to Islamabad.

The move, led by Republican Congressman Ted Poe, took place when the House was debating the Department of Defence Appropriations Act for 2013, which allocates money for the US military budget.

Addressing the House floor, Rep. Ted Poe, said it was time for a new strategy with Pakistan, while describing Pakistan as a “Benedict Arnold” nation. Benedict Arnold was an American general who defected to the British side during the Revolutionary War.

“They (Pakistan) have proven to be deceptive and deceitful and a danger to the United States,” said Rep. Poe, adding that Pakistan did not deserve US money.

Rep. Poe had initially demanded a cut of $1.3 billion, but on the intervention of ranking member Rep. Young, he was asked to amend it, leading to a cut of $650 million.
The fresh cut follows Washington’s recent efforts to bridge the gap with Pakistan. The inflammatory rhetoric and cheerful endorsement in the US House may not be reassuring for the Obama administration as it tries to rebuild relations with Islamabad.

“More money is not going to solve the problem. … Pakistan is playing America.”

Poe went on to add that Pakistan was a bad ally before they closed the Nato supply routes, adding that they didn’t need to pay Pakistan to betray the US as Islamabad would do it for ‘free’.

“The only thing Pakistan’s military rulers understand is dollars, and as long as we keep the money flowing, they have no incentive to change their evil ways.”

Congressman Dana Rohrabacher, who had earlier called for Balochistan to be given the right to self-determination, said Pakistan is a war profiteer, and was “laughing all the way to the bank.”

He urged the House not to give assistance to Pakistan until Dr. Shakil Afridi, a government surgeon who helped the CIA uncover Osama bin Laden’s whereabouts, was freed. The issue of Dr Afridi could further imperil US aid to Pakistan, as Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) says he has enough votes in the Senate to end all aid to Pakistan.

“If Dr Afridi is still in jail next week, I will force this vote,” Paul said on the floor Tuesday morning.

Rep Norman Dicks (D-Wash), the ranking Democrat on the House Appropriations Committee, appeared to agree to the compromise. The action came as the House took up the underlying bill, a $608.2 billion defence appropriations measure for the coming year, including $88.2 billion in emergency funds for overseas contingency operations, chiefly for Afghanistan and Pakistan.

The amendment to cut assistance to Pakistan was agreed to by a voice vote. The defence bill has yet to be approved by the Senate.
Published in The Express Tribune, July 20th, 2012.

http://tribune.com.p...n-Pakistan-aid/

[BaburMissile]

Yanks are liars. I've heard such rhetorical threats before. Yanks never put money where their mouth is. Dogs with no teeth. I wish the Yanks ended their farcical bribe transaction for once and forever. Pakistanis don't seek US bribe aid which ends up in the offshore accounts of NRO thieves and generals. By the way, NRO thieves whom were selected and elected by the Yanks. Who are these stupid Yanks kidding? The Yanks are kidding themselves if they believe that ordinary Pakistanis give one iota about a handful of bribe dollars being cut for once and for all. Pakistanis pray each day that Yanks stop interfering in their matters and mind their own Yankee business. I dare these Yanks to put their money where their mouth is. Cut the aid and bless the ordinary Pakistani.

To those compromising apologists, what next now? First you supported the re-opening of the supply routes due to fear and backlash. What excuse and weakness are you now going to present? This is your reward for being lenient.

[platinum786]

Good stuff i hope it goes through. We the people gain nothing from this money, only the bank balances of the ruling elite will miss it.

[rungroot]

platinum786, on 20 July 2012 - 05:49 PM, said:

Good stuff i hope it goes through. We the people gain nothing from this money, only the bank balances of the ruling elite will miss it.

+1

[faizan khaliq]

they can take the remaining amount up  there ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, too

[Pak_Afaz]

No American money means a collapse of the illuminati's institutions in Pakistan.

[Caesar]

So the US congress cuts aid and these bastar.d generals respond by restoring nato supply line. I have to have to say these people are the worst people on this planet. They are just a disgraceful bunch.

[clutch]

Good riddance to bad blood money... I hope they cut all "AIDS" they bribe pak with in the near future!