US House Votes to Cut $650 Million to “Traitor” Pakistan

The Pakistani doctor who helped the CIA uncover Osama Bin Laden’s hideout in Abbattabad was fired and jailed in Pakistan earlier this year. This was after leaks by the Obama Administration led to his arrest.

Pakistani authorities jailed Dr. Shakil Afridi for helping the US locate Osama Bin Laden. (Tribune)

The US House of Representatives voted today to cut $650 million to “traitor” Pakistan.

The US House of Representatives has passed an amendment unanimously that cuts down $650 million in military aid to Pakistan as Republicans sought to tamp down demands for still deeper reductions.

Congressman Ted Poe had demanded a $1.3 billion cut, but later settled for the 650 million cut.

“Pakistan is the ‘Benedict Arnold’ to America in the war on terror. They are disloyal, deceptive and a danger to the United States,” Poe, who had moved the amendment, said.

“This so-called ally continues to take billions in US aid, while funding the militants who attack us. And we’ve kept the money flowing. It’s time we turn off the tap,” Poe said in a statement after the amendment was passed by the House of Representatives with bipartisan support.

It will now go to Senate for apprival.

“By continuing to provide aid to Pakistan, we are funding the enemy, endangering Americans and undermining our efforts in the region. We don’t need to pay them to betray us; they are already doing it for free,” said Poe, a member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee.

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#1 July 19, 2012 at 8:32 pm
saveus commented:

Not one penny.
#2 July 19, 2012 at 8:37 pm
Deanne Harvey commented:

And the constitutional authority to give foreign aid to any country is found where exactly?
#3 July 19, 2012 at 8:39 pm
StrangernFiction commented:

Cutting funding to the enemy. Good stuff. /s
#4 July 19, 2012 at 8:39 pm
Tim in Cali commented:

“It will now go to Senate for approval ”

Whatcha you gonna do Harry..table it?
The whole country’s watching..it’s an election year Harry
#7 July 19, 2012 at 8:56 pm
Patty commented:

Thanks Senator Rand Paul. This is a great start.
#8 July 19, 2012 at 9:47 pm
donh commented:

One small step away from the New World Disorder…one giant step back to America.
#9 July 19, 2012 at 9:57 pm
Amjean commented:

What is the justification for giving them anything? Its a serious question. Does anyone
know?

We citizens are going to have to get more organized and march on Washington many
times annually. Or, we could get organized by state and march on our congress persons
offices speaking our minds about every subject we conservatives care about.

If the flash mobs can organize via cell phone texting, perhaps someone on the conservative
side can do something similar (without the robbing, beatings, etc. of course). Perhaps we
send millions of tweets to our congress.
#10 July 19, 2012 at 10:27 pm
Patty commented:

OT

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#11 July 19, 2012 at 10:30 pm
bigL commented:

due to ObamaNo CAre we will need doctors and we can start with the Jailed doctor.
#12 July 19, 2012 at 10:58 pm
Blacque Jacques Shellacque commented:

The US House of Representatives voted today to cut $650 million to “traitor” Pakistan.

Just $650 million?

I say whack it all.
#13 July 19, 2012 at 11:06 pm
Stan25 commented:

Just watch, Dingy Harry will block this one too. And the Dems (Barry in particular) say that this is a doing nothing Congress? They should look in mirror at themselves. Hell they can’t even pass a constitutionally mandated budget.
#14 July 19, 2012 at 11:12 pm
Stan25 commented:

Why stop with just Pakistan? The entire U.S. foreign aid program should be abolished. How many trillions of dollars have been spent and how many of those dollars went to where they were intended to go? Not very damn many. Most of those dollars went into the pockets of the bureaucrats and cronies of the government leaders.
#15 July 19, 2012 at 11:30 pm
I'm not a racist; I don't like Biden or Pelosi either commented:

wasn’t this (in part at least) to secure the release of Dr. Afridi? Wazzup with that?
#17 July 20, 2012 at 2:02 am
Contessa61 commented:

They should give some of that money to the family of the Doctor that is sitting in jail.
#19 July 20, 2012 at 5:21 am
More liberty commented:

Good start
#20 July 20, 2012 at 6:05 am
democraps suck commented:

how about cut it all….pull the troops let the rag heads kill eachother