The Pakistani military has been caught red handed assisting the Taliban from Pakistan to Afghanistan. US Forcess are fired on by Pakistani forces as the Taliban cross back into Pakistan while under persuit. Pakistan has been harboring Al Qaida & Taliban fighters for decades.
Many attacks on the US embassies were conducted & planned on Pakistani soil before the war.
Now that Pakistan Take Billions in Aid is it Time to Shut it Off??? This is Just Outrageous! Pakistan pays U.S. lobbyists to deny it helped bin Laden
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2011/05/06 12:33:25
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Pakistan's Washington lobbyists have launched an intense campaign on Capitol Hill to counter accusations that Islamabad was complicit in giving refuge to Osama bin Laden.
Alarmed by lawmakers' demands to cut off billions of dollars of U.S. aid after bin Laden was found living in a Pakistani safe house for six years, President Asif Ali Zardari has ordered a full-court press to quell mounting accusations that it helped the al Qaeda leader avoid capture.
Mark Siegel, a partner in the Washington lobbying firm of Locke Lord Strategies -- which is paid $75,000 a month by the Pakistani government -- told Reuters on Thursday he had spoken twice to Zardari since U.S. special forces killed bin Laden on Sunday, and "countless" times to the Pakistani ambassador in Washington.
"They are certainly concerned," Siegel said, adding that suggestions the Pakistani government knew about bin Laden's whereabouts was nothing more than speculation.
Read More: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_binladen_pakistan_lo...
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luigi1- in god we trust 2011/05/06 14:32:31
bin laden dead = millions in aid to pakistan
billions vs. millions
you can do the math
I wouldn't give them jack
They LISTEN to lobbyists who visit their offices.
Know WHERE politicians would go if there were no lobbyists?
Some would go HOME and listen to constituents problems. (What a drag I can hear them say.)
Some would just go play golf until the next session is ready to meet.
There REALLY is not much to DO, if you don't have lobbyists taking you to lunch...is there?
Humm. How would America react to seeing their Congressmen and Congresswomen out on the golf courses of America, pulling in over $100,000 a year? What a cushy job, right?
I found most Congressmen and Senators open, friendly, and very good listeners. Their secretaries also make great coffee. But hard leather seating is not my idea of comfortable.