US Aid to Pakistan

Despite anger by lawmakers, a bill to freeze the $2 billion aid package to Pakistan failed to pass Congress. Now comes news the Obama administration has canceled $800 million of aid, purportedly to persuade Islamabad to do more to combat terrorism.

The world's most wanted terrorist was a block away from the army garrison. This incident is not the first time the Pakistan Army has made claims that strained credulity.

In an ideal world, the result of these revelations would be that taxpayers' money would stop being misused like this. But I think that in the current political climate, that is actually far too ambitious.

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