USA wants to help terrorists

With the economy in shambles, costs mounting and the Iraq situation nowhere near to being over, the US is in an unprecedented situation. People in the country are being forced to cough up more money to live their lives. Jobs are hard to come by with unemployment reaching new highs.

But in spite of this the current Bush administration wants to help its dear darling friend Pakistan. Pakistan is the state that offers refuge to some of the world’s most dangerous terrorists like Bin Laden. Pakistan is a country that allows dangerous underworld gang leaders like Dawood Ibrahim to stay within its boundaries and lies to the world about them. Pakistan is a country that maintains training camps for dreaded terrorists. Pakistan is the country that is thwarting US advances to capture and wipe out the Al Qaeda. Despite damning evidence, the US government still wants to help Pakistan.

This time the US government wants to help Pakistan upgrade its F-16 fleet. The premise is that it would help in the fight against terror in the borders of Afghanistan. The total cost of the upgrade is $891 million. Of this Pakistan would be paying $414 and the rest would be bourne by the US. Thats more than half the amount!!! Reportedly already around $200 million has been arranged by the US and for rest its waiting on the congress. Can US afford to do this? Shouldn’t the US invest this money into its economy?

Even after providing Pakistan with financial and millitary help through the years what has Pakistan given back? Has it helped in curbing terrorism? No. Has it helped the US in capturing the Al Qaeda? No. Has it handed over the dangerous fugitives that it harbours to the countries requesting extradition? No. So why then does the US want to help Pakistan? What is in it for the US?

Of course the money that Pakistan gets from US is used more for funding terrorism than for any other purpose. So indirectly US is actually helping the terrorists in Pakistan and terrorism on the whole.