Obama to propose 2.8 billion dollars military aid for Pakistan

[cali]

Lahore, Mar. 31 : President Barack Obama has planned to propose 2.8 billion dollars in aid for the Pakistani military to intensify the US-led war on terror along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border.


The military aid would be in addition to the civilian aid--1.5 billion dollars a year for five years.

According to Fox News, the military aid will be dedicated exclusively to "equipping, training, and building infrastructure directly related to counterinsurgency operations."

The channel quoted General David Petraeus, as telling that the plan will be called the "Pakistani Counterinsurgency Capability Fund".

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http://newkerala.com/nkfullnews-1-13248.html

[ixion]

1. How very disappointing.

:(

[cali]

2. Honestly I don't know how we should deal with Pakistan

What's happening there is pretty disturbing. I have a knee jerk reaction though when it comes to Petraeus, and I don't like the details in this.

[Mari333]

3. oh christ on a stick. the never ending black hole of taxpayer money.

more money being thrown awayyyyy for nothing.

[tekisui]

4. Pakistan's military and ISI are full of Taliban and Al-Q supporters.

Giving the Pakistan military money is giving money to the very people we are supposedly fighting a war over there for. This is stupid.

[Tim01]

5. At least we aren't giving more money to our military.

Oh, wait a minute. We're giving it to the military of another country. That can't be right. Can it?

[ThomWV]

6. Why would any nation that has a nuclear weapon require military aid?

[asjr]

7. I pray--dear God, don't let Pakistan become

another Vietnam!

[cali]

8. Hope that it doesn't become another Vietnam and you better hope

even more fervently that it doesn't become a failed state with the radicals seizing power- and nukes.

[madrchsod]

9. where have i heard that before.......oh i remember now

...after reading an article from a usn&wr during the current events class in 1964, my ex marine teacher said the boys in the room will be fighting in this war.

[Obamanaut]

10. Oh good. With our experience in counterinsurgency ops from

1952 to 1974 in SE Asia, that should go well. :sarcasm: