Trump suspends at least $900 million in security aid to Pakistan

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This is most welcome and long overdue. The Islamic Republic of Pakistan is no friend or ally of the United States and never has been. For years its government has been fooling the kuffar, pretending to fight the Taliban and al-Qaeda while actually aiding them, often with the money we gave them to fight them. The Pakistani government knew where Osama bin Laden was for years and protected him from us. The Pakistani government was involved in the bloody and horrifying massacre in Mumbai in 2008. The Pakistani government is aligned with the jihad force, and we should never have been giving them a penny. Let’s hope this aid isn’t just “suspended,” but canceled altogether.

“U.S. suspends at least $900 million in security aid to Pakistan,” by Arshad Mohammed and Jonathan Landay, Reuters, January 4, 2018 (thanks to Inexion):

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States said on Thursday it was suspending at least $900 million in security assistance to Pakistan until it takes action against the Afghan Taliban and the Haqqani network militant groups.

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The U.S. State Department announced the decision, saying it reflected the Trump administration’s frustration that Pakistan has not done more against the two groups that Washington says use sanctuaries in Pakistan to launch attacks in neighboring Afghanistan that have killed U.S., Afghan and other forces.

The department declined to say exactly how much aid would be suspended, saying the numbers were still being calculated and included funding from both the State and Defense departments.

Pakistan has long rejected accusations that it fails to tackle the militants battling the Kabul government and U.S.-led foreign forces in Afghanistan, from sanctuaries on its side of the border.

On Friday, Pakistan criticized what it called “shifting goalposts” and said the U.S. suspension of aid was counter-productive.

U.S. officials said two main categories of aid are affected: foreign military financing (FMF), which funds purchases of U.S. military hardware, training and services, and coalition support funds (CSF), which reimburse Pakistan for counter-terrorism operations. They said they could make exceptions to fund critical U.S. national security priorities.

CSF funds, which fall under Defense Department authority, are covered by the freeze, said Pentagon spokesman Commander Patrick Evans, saying Congress authorized up to $900 million in such money for Pakistan for fiscal year 2017, which ended Sept. 30. None of that money has yet been disbursed.

The freeze also covers $255 million in FMF for fiscal year 2016, which falls under State Department authority and whose suspension has already been announced, as well as unspecified amounts of FMF that went unspent in earlier fiscal years.

Briefing reporters, U.S. officials stressed the suspension did not affect civilian aid to Pakistan and that the money could go through if Islamabad took decisive action against the groups.

“Our hope is that they will see this as a further indication of this administration’s immense frustration with the trajectory of our relationship and that they need to be serious about taking the steps we have asked in order to put it on more solid footing,” a senior State Department official told reporters.

“We’re hoping that Pakistan will see this as an incentive, not a punishment,” he added.

The Trump administration briefed Congress on its decision on Wednesday….

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normfunk
normfunk
6 years ago

We did not know Osama was down the street from out military academy, we cannot find the terrorists who have the same sattelite phones as our wonderful security services.

ExposeThem
ExposeThem
6 years ago
Reply to  normfunk

But NBC News found him & they all sat down for an interview.

Thorsten
Thorsten
6 years ago

… in short: “jizyah” protection money https://quran.com/9/29
-> “… this is how the mafia operates” p166(vers.2) @AliSinaOrg

Thorsten
Thorsten
6 years ago

“… been fooling the kuffar”

-> extreme degrading word for unbelievers, “the worst of creatures” https://quran.com/98/6-7
https://www.instagram.com/p/BcrNRI7nWbD/

Commieobamie
Commieobamie
6 years ago

Cut funding to ALL U.S. enemies; islamo countries.

Trump can't ban islam
Trump can't ban islam
6 years ago
Reply to  Commieobamie

too little, too late. islam belongs in USA now.
muslim population in USA
2001: 0,9%
2010: 2,1%
2017: 4,1%…… and GROWING!
step by step? muslims are taking over USA

santashandler
santashandler
6 years ago

Now don’t worry. Your delusions of grandeur will soon subside. Just side effects from the lithium and shock therapy. It’s obvious you need higher dosages. Cheers!

dad1927
dad1927
6 years ago

we put the Japanese in camps…

Just wait till we enforce the laws on the books. Still beating your wife and visiting animal brothers?

Virginia Jenkins
Virginia Jenkins
6 years ago

America will never be Saudi Arabia with Rock Worship in Mecca ! Americans are the People of President Harry Truman with the Constitutional Power to Handle the Problem of Japan in year 1945. Americans have Christian Power to Live FREE FROM MUSLIMS WITH OUR SECRET WEAPON OF POWER !

Stephen Honig
Stephen Honig
6 years ago

He’s definitely slowing them down. What would you say if Hillary won?

brock marks
brock marks
6 years ago

apparently someone is butthurt

mztore
mztore
6 years ago
Reply to  Commieobamie

I’ll be happier when the numbers are in the BILLIONS, instead of just millions. These numbers are not enough.

Midnattsol
Midnattsol
6 years ago

Good but he needs to freeze funding to Pallystine.

Mahou Shoujo
Mahou Shoujo
6 years ago

muslims do not understand “incentives” they see them a weak compromise, they only thing a muslim understands is brute force and ignorance. Stomp pakistan, then stomp it again.

Tom Dickson
Tom Dickson
6 years ago

Pakistan is now Pakiskaput. Hahahahahaha. PAKISKAPUT armies won’t have soldier boots to wear now, and their missiles must need to take Pakiskaput busses to reach their targeted destinations. Hahahahahaha.

dad1927
dad1927
6 years ago
Reply to  Tom Dickson

that money enriched the dictators, not the people

Mahou Shoujo
Mahou Shoujo
6 years ago

pakistanis burn the American flag, Americans stop payment of pakistan’s welfare cheque.

mztore
mztore
6 years ago
Reply to  Mahou Shoujo

Not enough stopped. Want more taken away. It doesn’t go to those in need anyhow.

aebe
aebe
6 years ago

Money spent in approval of Pakistan’s war against India ? Country is full of heathen hindoos and rascally Christians , anyway .

Validate your 2nd Amendment Rights….. Carry

saftalily
saftalily
6 years ago
Reply to  aebe

India is an ally.

dad1927
dad1927
6 years ago
Reply to  saftalily

Paki-land is as good as Iran for an Ally

aebe
aebe
6 years ago
Reply to  saftalily

Yes , and India has Pakistan , Bagladesh willing to fight right now , south Asia is full of islamites . China will be India’s only secure border .
Islamites on Vietnam’s south coast were pirates during the Vietnam war .

mztore
mztore
6 years ago
Reply to  saftalily

Not really any more.

ExposeThem
ExposeThem
6 years ago

We are broke and in debt. We can’t afford to send money to any other country. And do we really think money we send to help the people actually reach the people? Let’s take care of our own first. Our infrastructure desperately needs upgrading, our soldiers are underpaid, social security needs to stop being robbed.

saftalily
saftalily
6 years ago
Reply to  ExposeThem

Exactly! Borrowing money to send to dictators and terror funding countries. Madness.

dad1927
dad1927
6 years ago
Reply to  ExposeThem

Vets freezing on the streets and we bring muslims to live off welfare? https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=7&v=XVfLnqRHYb4

saftalily
saftalily
6 years ago

Do NOT suspend aid to Pakistan. STOP the Aid totally. And, STOP all funds to the perfidious UN. STOP all aid until the national debt is paid; billions being paid in interest. Demcracies are borrowing from whom, hmmmm
– democracies are in debt?

mztore
mztore
6 years ago
Reply to  saftalily

Maybe if we quit giving so much money away, we wouldn’t have to borrow from another country.

santashandler
santashandler
6 years ago

So, let’s get this straight. They burn the U.S. flag, and they expect us to reverse our decision? WTF? Besides the ashes from our most respected icon (our flag), what does the U.S. get out of sending that kind of money to that hell hole. Nothing. The next time they want to burn an American flag on our dime, perhaps we could include, as part of the show, a couple of shiny Tomahawks, personally autographed by Trump. They would level a couple of city blocks and make those motherfu*kers think twice about burning another U.S. flag. Cost to burn an American flag: $900M. Price to see the look on the Paki’s faces as the Tomahawk is speeding towards them: Priceless!

Alleged-Comment
Alleged-Comment
6 years ago

That money was NEVER to be given to foreign countries. Does not say that in the Constitution. All foreign aid should be stopped. You’ll just find they need more and more every year.

Such a political policy is bankrupting America. Took a businessman to realize this. Not a practicing professional politician.

Merlinever
Merlinever
6 years ago

“Trump suspends 900 million in security aid to Pakistan”.
“suspends” !!??
“security aid” !!??
“The United States began providing economic assistance and military aid to Pakistan shortly after the country’s creation in 1947.
In total, the United States obligated nearly $67 BILLION (in constant 2011 dollars) to Pakistan between 1951 and 2011.”
As all Muslims refer to us as “the Great Satan”, want to destroy our country and kill us, to be giving ANY U.S. money to ANY Muslim country (Pakistan is 96.4% Muslim) is treasonous!
Why should we be aiding people who want to take over the world by any means necessary, drag us all back to the Arab/Muslim version of the 7th century, and destroy civilization?comment image

Pakistan: US Development Strategy

Aid to Pakistan by the Numbers

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What the United States spends in Pakistan
The United States began providing economic assistance along and
military aid to Pakistan shortly after the country’s creation in 1947.
In total, the United States obligated nearly $67 billion (in constant
2011 dollars) to Pakistan between 1951 and 2011.

Pakistan: US Development Strategy

Aid to Pakistan by the Numbers

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The data on this page was last updated September 2013. Read the related blog post here.

What the United States spends in Pakistan
The United States began providing economic assistance along and
military aid to Pakistan shortly after the country’s creation in 1947.
In total, the United States obligated nearly $67 billion (in constant
2011 dollars) to Pakistan between 1951 and 2011.

IzlamIsTyranny
IzlamIsTyranny
6 years ago
Reply to  Merlinever

What a waste of money. I wonder how much of it DIRECTLY funded islamic terrorism against Hindus in India?

Mahou Shoujo
Mahou Shoujo
6 years ago
Reply to  Merlinever

pakistan, you are your own death.

Stephen Honig
Stephen Honig
6 years ago

That’s the way to go Trump. I love you!

IzlamIsTyranny
IzlamIsTyranny
6 years ago

I’d like to see verification the State Dept. is actually withholding the funds and not merely lying about doing so. Let’s remember Shillariah used to run this department of traitors.

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