A Republican US Senator has said that he would
soon introduce a bill to end US aid to Pakistan.
Rand Paul who represents Kentucky in the US
Senate posted a video on Twitter and YouTube in which he said Pakistan had
always back-stabbed the United States and should not receive even a penny of US
taxpayers' hard-earned money.
He says the US should not give even one penny
to countries like Pakistan, that burn the American flag and chant death to
America.
He asserts that countries like Pakistan that
stonewall access to information in fighting terrorism don't deserve American
money and goes on to appeal, "I say we should stop now sending the
hard-earned tax dollars to Pakistan. We have sent Pakistan over $33 Billion
since 2002. What did we get for it?"
Highlighting Pakistan's double-dealings and
treachery, he further says, "Pakistan didn't help us even in finding Osama
bin Laden even though he was living in one of their cities for years. Then they
jailed the informant who helped us get bin Laden. They have allowed suspected
terrorist to operate from their country. Some say Pakistani intelligence agents
actually aid and abate terrorists. It is wrong."
Senator Rand Paul ✔ @RandPaul
01:05 - 5 Jan 2018
Citing US President Donald Trump's New Year Day
announcement a breakthrough, that enough was enough and no more aid to Pakistan
as the country had only lied and deceived America in the name of helping in the
war on terror in spite of receiving $33 Billion of US aid in last 15 years,
Rand says he is going to introduce a bill in coming days to end aid to
Pakistan.
"President Trump has publicly called to
end their aid, and is currently holding up over $200 million of it. I want to
end all of it and I am introducing a bill to do just that in coming days",
he added.
He says his bill intends to take the money
that would have gone to Pakistan and put it in an infrastructure fund to build
roads and bridges back at home.
In another video message posted on YouTube
that shows people in Pakistan burning Indian, American and Israeli flags and
demonstrating against Donald Trump, Senator Paul asks some tough questions.
He says the continued US gesture makes no
sense, "What I find particularly troubling is, US continues to give money
to Pakistan over a billion dollar of taxpayers' money, to a country that
imprisons the gentleman, the physician who helped us get Osama bin Laden"
and concludes that as Pakistan only understands negotiation from strength so he
is proposing a vote on ending aid to the country.
Senator Rand Paul has been fighting to end US
aid to countries like Pakistan and in fact came up with a bill to stop US aid
to the Palestinian authority in 2015. And the time seems opportune this time as
both, Pakistan and Palestine, are on Donald Trump's radar.
President Trump has threatened to stop US aid
to Palestine as well.
After Trump's New Year Day shocker, his
administration has, in fact, increased pressure on Pakistan manifold and the
message is clear, shape in or shape out.
First America withheld a scheduled $255
million military financial assistance to Pakistan the same day Trump tweeted
his intent. Then White House came with a statement asking Pakistan to do more
in the war on terror.
Yesterday it sent Pakistan a list of 27 Haqqani
Network terrorists and demanded action against them by 15 January and shortly
before Rand Paul's video message, in another decisive blow to Pakistan,
announced that it was suspending all military, technological and financial
assistance to Pakistan till it shows proof that it has taken decisive action
against terrorists.
©SantoshChaubey