U.S. To Spend $7.5 Billion To Rebuild The Economy.....In Pakistan

[lib2DaBone]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/07/19/pakistan-aid-hillary-clin_n_650776.html#


ISLAMABAD — U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton sought Monday to convince skeptical Pakistanis that American interest in their country extends beyond the fight against Islamist militants by announcing a raft of new aid projects worth $500 million.

The projects, which include hospitals and new dams for badly needed electricity, are part of a $7.5 billion aid effort to win over Pakistanis suspicious about Washington's goals here and in neighboring Afghanistan, where U.S. troops are being killed in ever greater numbers in an insurgency with roots in Pakistan.


These projects and several others focused on promoting economic growth will cost some $500 million and will be funded by legislation approved by Congress to triple nonmilitary aid to $1.5 billion a year over five years. The initiatives mark the second phase of projects begun under a new and enhanced strategic partnership.

[Arctic Dave]

1. Tons of money for them. Not so much if you are Haiti.

Haitians need to start a chapter of Al Quackery so they can have the money dump truck go to their country.

[Jack_DeLeon]

2. I wish we would stop sending so much money to countries that hate us...

money cant buy us their love.

I'd much rather that money be spent on NASA instead of it being cut, or even better keeping my tax rate at 10% instead of bumping it up to 15%.