Congress Has 30 Days If It Wants To Block Sale Of F-16s To Pakistan

TruNews.Com ^ | 16 Feb 2016 | Rick Wiles

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The U.S. just approved the sale of eight F-16 fighter jets to Pakistan ostensibly for humanitarian reasons, but GOP Rep. Dana Rohrabacher finds the sale appalling, saying it will disturb the peace.

"He is appalled by the sale, which is not conducive to peace in the region, the security of Balochistan, or our own national interest," Kenneth Grubbs, communications director Rohrabacher, told The Daily Caller News Foundation.

The Department of State announced Friday it was pushing ahead with the $700 million deal with Islamabad. With the F-16s in hand, the U.S. hopes Pakistan will ensure militants are unable to maintain any operations in Pakistani territory.

An official said that members of Congress complained about the financing of the sale by the U.S.'s Foreign Military Financing account, as opposed to the sale itself, which appears to be true based on a letter sent by GOP Sen. Bob Corker , who serves as chairman of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations.

Corker also stated that Pakistan provides cover for the Haqqani terrorist network and possibly even supports it.

"This is highly problematic given the Haqqani's clear involvement in killing the very Afghan army and police we have worked for years to train," Corker said in a letter to Secretary of State John Kerry on Feb. 9.

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http://www.trunews.com/pakistan-joins-saudi-arabias-operation-northern-thunder/

[DoughtyOne]

[Darteaus94025]

GREAT!!

Congress now has 30 days to put the screws to India for something!

[AnotherUnixGeek]

With the F-16s in hand, the U.S. hopes Pakistan will ensure militants are unable to maintain any operations in Pakistani territory.

Oh brother. Pakistan wants militants to maintain operations in it's territory. It nurtured the Taliban in it's territory before inflicting them on Afghanistan. Pakistan harbored Osama bin Laden for a decade in it's territory, within walking distance of a military academy. These F-16s are destined to be used against India, not against any militants.

[Zathras]

Can we sell them with a small block of C4 attached to the engine?

[glorgau]

Sure, sell them the jets - as long as it’s not being paid for through “foreign aid”.

[gop4lyf]

When we sell weaponry such as this to foreign nations that have a pretty good chance of turning against us or our allies in the future, do we include some kind of kill switch or backdoor to the software?

[fella]

Nothing is more humanitarian that a F-16 barreling down on a Hindu celebration with the rotary cannon blazing away as it releases some cluster bombs.