Pakistan + Terrorists = Mega Bucks
The Bush administration is trying to shift $230 million of anti terrorist funds to Pakistan to upgrade that country's F-16 planes, equipment ill suited to fight the terrorists residing in the rugged geography neighboring Afghanistan, but congress is balking.
Since 9/11, the U.S. has dumped more than $10 billion in military aid into Pakistan with more than half of that specifically intended to fight terrorist. Little if any evidence exists to suggest that the funding has been effective in combating Al Qaeda and the Taliban. (See The New York Times story.)
On July 24, 2003, George W. Bush violated federal law by autographing the American flag, in Livonia, Michigan. Naturally, the Dude was completely unaware that writing on the American Flag was an act of desecration. After all, if the Dude does it, it can't be illegal, can it?
The Bush administration is trying to shift $230 million of anti terrorist funds to Pakistan to upgrade that country's F-16 planes, equipment ill suited to fight the terrorists residing in the rugged geography neighboring Afghanistan, but congress is balking.
Since 9/11, the U.S. has dumped more than $10 billion in military aid into Pakistan with more than half of that specifically intended to fight terrorist. Little if any evidence exists to suggest that the funding has been effective in combating Al Qaeda and the Taliban. (See The New York Times story.)
On July 24, 2003, George W. Bush violated federal law by autographing the American flag, in Livonia, Michigan. Naturally, the Dude was completely unaware that writing on the American Flag was an act of desecration. After all, if the Dude does it, it can't be illegal, can it?
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