Posted on 09/17/2012 8:15:18 PM PDT by Hunton Peck
GOP Rep. Ted Poe wants to de-friend Pakistan.
The Texas congressman has proposed a bill that would take away Pakistan’s status as a major non-NATO ally, saying the country’s “treachery” has led to the deaths of too many American men and women.
“It’s time to break with Pakistan,” Poe said Friday when introducing the bill. “Pakistan is the Benedict Arnold nation in the list of countries that we call allies. It’s time to remove a designation that brings privileges it does not deserve.”
Short of revoking Pakistan’s ally status, Poe thinks the United State should at least stop giving the county quick access to sophisticated U.S. weaponry.
He is not the first Republican lawmaker in recent days to propose legislative punishment for Pakistan.
Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul last week unsuccessfully tried to pass an amendment to cut off aid to Pakistan, saying the U.S. doesn’t have the money, especially for a country that has imprisoned one of its own citizens, Dr. Shakil Afridi, despite his help capturing Usama bin Laden.
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It’ll be done one way or another, sooner or later. The sooner, the better. No nation with a majority that hates us is an ally.
Tell it like it is, Ted!
Lump Egypt and Libya together with Pocky-stahn.
I really like that man.
well, it’s a super-majority of Pakis that hate us. I think I’ve read something like 80% see us as the enemy and barely 2% see us as a friend.
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