Post Osama bin Laden‘s death, the question of US aid has come under scrutiny.
Aid to Pakistan has been/is being diverted to ISI,terrorist groups and other Fundamentalist Groups of Islam.
“U.S.financial assistance to Pakistan should continue, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said here today.
“I think we have to proceed with some caution. We do have significant interests in Pakistan,” Gates told reporters during a briefing that he and Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, held today at the Pentagon. “I think my own view would be [that] … we need to continue the assistance that we have provided that benefits the Pakistani people.”
That the funds have been used by the ISI to fund Al-Qaeda and other terrorist out fits can not be wished away.
In addition we have Saudi Arabia pumping in Petro-Dollars to Madrassas to recruit and train terrorists.
CHENNAI: Four months before she was dismissed as Prime Minister of Pakistan for a second time, Benazir Bhutto spoke to U.S. officials about the existence of training camps that could be spawning terrorism, as well as an orchestrated plot to overthrow her.A diplomatic cable ( 833: secret) dated July 14 1996, accessed by The Hindu through WikiLeaks, records a conversation that Benazir had with American businessman and diplomat Frank Wisner and U.S. Ambassador to Pakistan Thomas W. Simons Jr. It cites Benazir’s concern about “picking up disturbing intelligence of the existence of religious madrassas and other institutions, including youth training camps which could be spawning terrorism.”Dawood Ibrahim ,Interpol notified criminal and a terrorist himself is funding terrorism in Pakistan.
Following is the analysis of Dawood Ibrahim by the ISI .
7. A press release of the US Department said: “Dawood Ibrahim, an Indian crime lord, has found common cause with Al Qaida, sharing his smuggling routes with the terror syndicate and funding attacks by Islamic extremists aimed at destabilizing the Indian government. He is wanted in India for the 1993 Bombay Exchange bombings and is known to have financed the activities of Lashkar-e-Tayyiba (Army of the Righteous), a group designated by the United States in October 2001 and banned by the Pakistani Government — who also froze their assets — in January 2002. “
http://isianalysis.blogspot.com/2009/04/dawood-ibrahim-gang-16-9-2006.html
The Funds intended to fight terrorism are not being used for that purpose and in fact are utilized to spawn and nurture terrorism.
Under the circumstances it is not wise for the US to continue aid to Pakistan.
The very fact that US funds Pakistan drives more Pakistanis into terrorist fold.
By accepting money, majority in Pakistan feel that their Sovereignty is compromised.
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