Posted on 07/19/2010 7:57:09 AM PDT by opentalk
ISLAMABAD U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton sought Monday to convince skeptical Pakistanis that American interest in their country extends beyond the fight against Islamist militants by announcing a raft of new aid projects worth $500 million.
The projects, which included new dams for badly needed electricity and hospitals, are part of a $7.5 billion aid effort to win over Pakistanis suspicious about Washington's goals here and in neighboring Afghanistan, where U.S. troops are being killed in ever greater numbers in an insurgency with links to Pakistan.
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Forgot that we have been giving $$$$ to Pakistan for a while. Just a kneejerk reaction to this clown when he sends our money anywhere. It won’t go to it’s publicly announced purposes.
--US president Barack Obama has unveiled plans to triple non-military aid to Pakistan in exchange for its commitment to act against extremist activity. The new legislation allocates $7.5 billion for building schools, roads and clinics but also calls for more effective efforts against the Taleban and Al-Qaeda.
Aren’t these people trying to kill us?
Yes! And that makes this all the more worse.
--Only 1.5% of 170M Pakistanis pay taxes..
I thought only Congress had the authority to spend money. How come she can run around the world throwing taxpayer money at every government she’s trying to impress? Who gave her the authority? Inquiring minds want to know.
Tie this “aid package” to Hillary Clinton’s statement last night that we are “very near” capturing Osama Bin Laden...I think it is merely a bribe. I doubt that any of this “aid” money makes it to the intended target, but into the pockets of the corrupt politicians. This would be the only way Obama or Clinton could win election in 2012, and I doubt even the capture or killing Bin Laden could help.
Merely listening to Obama pronounce PahKeeStahn disturbs me.
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