Weren't these the people who were hiding Bin Laden?
From
Breitbart:
US quietly releasing $1.6B in Pakistan assistance
The U.S. has quietly decided to release more than $1.6 billion in military and economic aid to Pakistan that was suspended when relations between the two countries disintegrated over the covert raid that killed Osama bin Laden and deadly U.S. airstrikes against Pakistani soldiers.
Officials and congressional aides said ties have improved enough to allow the money to flow again.
American and NATO supply routes to Afghanistan are open. Controversial U.S. drone strikes are down. The U.S. and Pakistan recently announced the restart of their "strategic dialogue" after a long pause. Pakistan's new prime minister, Nawaz Sharif, is traveling to Washington for talks this coming week with President Barack Obama.
I can see sending food and medical supplies, sending teams of engineers to dig water wells for villages, that kind of thing. Sending cash and guns will not improve the lives of the Pakistani people. The guns and cash will just be appropriated by those in power and the poor will not see a dime.
We have enough problems at home to be blowing this kind of money abroad. India is a lot closer to us as a nation.
Posted by DaveH at October 19, 2013 12:58 PM