Time to declare Pakistan a terrorist state

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton with Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, Admiral Mike Mullen addressing a news conference at the US embassy after meeting with the Pakistani leaders in Islamabadally"

When Osama Bin Laden was killed in a large, custom-built million dollar mansion where he had been living for five years in an area that included Pakistan's military academy, Islamabad's duplicity was proven without any doubt. It is preposterous to think the world would buy the explanation that Osama lived so close to an army compound and 30 miles from that country's capital and that Pakistani leaders, its army and the ISI knew nothing!

To cap it all, our Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on a visit to Pakistan commented to reporters, "US had absolutely no evidence that anyone at the highest level of the Pakistani government knew the whereabouts of Osama bin Laden." She also said she would return to Washington "ever more committed" to the relationship. What did she mean by "more committed?" Did she mean that more of our tax dollars would be sent to our enemies? Is she out of her mind? Of course Pakistani bigwigs knew.

Everyone there knew for years. Come on, Hillary, either you are delusional or you're only fooling yourself with your lies. Let me ask you one thing Ms. Clinton - is not the discovery of bin Laden in Abbottabad proof that Pakistan's leaders have been enabling al Qaida and the Taliban? How many 911's will it take for the US to stop giving aid to that two timing, terrorist-harboring corrupt nation called Pakistan that shelters terrorists for money and on the other hand bilks the US of billions of dollars all in the name of fighting terrorism? More than $20 billion has been given to Pakistan since Sept. 11, 2001. President Obama is proposing almost $3 billion in aid for its "ally" in the War on Terror for fiscal year 2012. That includes: $1.6 billion for police and military; $150 million for what the State Department calls "good government and democracy building"; $122 million for health, AIDS and "family planning"; $145 million for education. The rest goes to economic development and humanitarian assistance. And yet, a 2010 BBC poll had found that 52 percent of Pakistanis disliked the U.S. So why do we continue to support Pakistan?

Congressman Dana Rohrbacher, a key lawmaker, has rightfully introduced a bill in the House of Representatives to stop American aid to Pakistan, saying the killing of Al Qaeda chief in Abbottabad has made it clear that Islamabad concealed, protected and enabled him for many years. "We can no longer afford this foolishness," he said after introducing the 'Defund United States Assistance to Pakistan Act of 2011.' "The time has come for us to stop subsidizing those who actively oppose us. Pakistan has shown itself not to be America's ally."

The bill says that terrorist outfits based in Pakistan, especially Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), had been responsible for terrorist strikes inside India including the Mumbai terrorist attack in November 2008, in which 166 people including six American nationals were killed. It outlines several accounts of Pakistan's duplicitous behavior toward the US including recent reports of the Pakistani leadership lobbying with Afghan President Hamid Karzai to move away from "imperial" America and to embrace Communist China.

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Michael Mullen said the Pakistani intelligence service has had a long relationship with the Haqqani terror group that is right now "killing Americans" in Afghanistan. In 1998, Pakistan's military and intelligence services facilitated the transfer of an unexploded American Tomahawk missile recovered by Taliban to China. The Chinese were then able to reverse-engineer the missile and dissect its components allowing them to learn its vulnerabilities and defeat its capabilities. In the face of all this evidence, it will be foolish of the US to continue to aid Pakistan because Islamabad has been treating us like fools. We've been giving money to someone who obviously is working against the basic interests and national security interests of America and its new allies i.e., the terrorist attack in Mumbai, India. Burying our head in sand regarding Pakistan's double game will not make America's problem disappear. And we as Indian Americans need to rescue US from the clutches of that untrustworthy "friend" and unite to boycott terrorist-harboring nations.

-VRN