Posted on 09/14/2009 2:27:53 PM PDT by OldSpice
The United States today said it is taking seriously revelations by former Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf that aid provided by America for the war against terrorism was diverted during his tenure to strengthen defences against India.
A state department official said the US takes all such allegations seriously and there is a procedure to investigate any violation, diversion of its aid by any country.
But the official refused to confirm if any investigation in this regard was in place with respect to Pakistan.
At the same time, he said, the allegations were not specific and as of now the US was not aware of any such violations.
"This is a former president who has made these allegations. We take seriously any allegations like this. But we simply don't have the details to be able to respond to the allegations," State Department spokesman Ian Kelly told reporters at his daily press briefing when asked about the latest revelation from Musharraf.
In an interview to a Pakistani news channel, Musharraf admitted that he had violated the rules governing the use of the military aid, but justified his action, saying he had "acted in the best interest of Pakistan".
I am SHOCKED!! I am so glad the trillions and trillions of dollars we spend here in the USA get spent as intended.
We’d have invested our money better if we had just napalmed the poppy fields and the mountain tops.
"I'm shocked, shocked to find that gambling is going on in here!"
Washington is chock full of both the naive and the subversive.
America could have won the WOT with much less $$$, instead virtually lost the war spending trillions.
The question now is, did we finance the Mombasa terror attacks?
Dang it, I meant Mumbai.
Indirectly, yes.
This guy like the rest of the Islamic world makes fools of the West over and over.
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So what? Tim Barnes Phares, Pak jihadi lobbyist on FR, keeps saying otherwise.
/sarc
Not entirely surprising. Nonetheless, Musharraf provided much valuable assistance in the War on Terror — not as much as we would hve liked, but about as much as the realities of Pakistani politics would allow.
India was being quite militarily active in the region. At one point, India took advantage of the US and Pakistan cooperating to find bin Laden to mass troops at teh Line of Control, so Musharraf was forced to divert some of the troops to th LOC from the Osama hunt. (This is one of many reasons we have not been able to find bin Laden.)
India seeks hegemony in South Asia and India is NOT our friend. They routinely murder Christians, Sikhs, Dalits, and other minorities. They have a long anti-American record.
No, but there is a strong possibility that India did.
Spoken like a true fan of Beytullah Mehsud.
Your goat is on the way as a reward - have fun tonite. ;)
Pak jihadi lobbyist alert
Yes; and they’re aided and abetted by their paid jihadi minions like TBP upthread.
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