[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 6]
[House]
[Page 8436]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                            UNFAITHFUL ALLY?

  (Mr. POE of Texas asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. POE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, the more we learn about Pakistan, the 
more they sound like the Benedict Arnold nation in the list of 
countries we call allies. First, it was Osama bin Laden, the world's 
number one outlaw, living comfortably in a mansion in Pakistan for 
years, but Pakistan claims no knowledge of that.
  Now, a reporter in Pakistan, Syed Saleem Shahzad, has been murdered. 
He has been critical of the Pakistani Government. He reported that the 
naval base in Karachi that was attacked was done so by al Qaeda members 
of the Navy of Pakistan. Human Rights Watch says Shahzad was 
assassinated by members of the Pakistan intelligence agency, who 
previously had threatened him.
  Meanwhile, Pakistan is chumming up to the Chinese. Sounds like 
Pakistan is playing both sides in the war on terror. Seven in 10 
Americans believe we need to stop or decrease foreign aid to Pakistan. 
We should stop foreign aid to Pakistan until we know whose side they're 
on. We don't need to pay them to be unfaithful. They will do it for 
free.
  And that's just the way it is.

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