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Faisal Mahmoud / Reuters
Hafiz Saeed, the head of Jamaat-ud-Dawa and founder of Lashkar-e-Taiba, attends the funeral of Muslim cleric Moulana Showkat Shah in Islamabad April 11, 2011. Saeed is now wanted by the U.S. for $10 million.
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- The United States has offered a $10 million bounty for the founder of the Pakistani militant group blamed for the 2008 attacks in the Indian city of Mumbai that killed 166 people, a move that could complicate U.S.-Pakistan relations at a tense time.
Hafiz Saeed founded Lashkar-e-Taiba in the 1980s, allegedly with Pakistani support to pressure archenemy India over the disputed territory of Kashmir. Pakistan banned the group in 2002 under pressure from the U.S. but has done little to crack down on its activities.
Saeed operates openly in the country, giving public speeches and appearing on TV talk shows. The U.S. also offered up to $2 million for Lashkar-e-Taiba's deputy leader, Hafiz Abdul Rahman Makki.
Bin Laden widows sentenced to jail, deportation from Pakistan
The bounties were posted on the U.S. State Department Rewards for justice website late Monday, the U.S. Embassy in Islamabad said Tuesday.
The reward for Saeed is one of the highest offered by the program and is equal to the amount for Taliban chief Mullah Omar. Only Ayman al-Zawahri, who succeeded Osama bin Laden as al-Qaida chief, fetches a higher, $25 million bounty.
Khuram Parvez / Reuters
Images of daily life, political pursuits, religious rites and deadly violence.
U.S. Undersecretary of State Wendy Sherman announced the bounty for Lashkar-e-Taiba's leader and deputy on Monday during a visit to India, according to The Times of India newspaper.
"[The bounty] sends a strong signal to Lashkar-e-Taiba as also its members and patrons that the international community remains united in combating terrorism," Indian ministry of external affairs spokesman Syed Akbaruddin said on Twitter.
Al-Jazeera's correspondent in Lahore reported that Saeed has denied any links to militancy.
Troubled Pakistan-US relationship
The move comes at a particularly tense time in the troubled relationship with the U.S. and Pakistan. Pakistan's parliament is currently debating a revised framework for relations with the U.S. in the wake of American airstrikes that killed 24 Pakistani soldiers in November at two posts along the Afghan border.
Pakistan retaliated by kicking the U.S. out of a base used by American drones and closing its border crossings to supplies meant for NATO troops in Afghanistan.
At least two dozen Pakistani troops along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border were killed by NATO aircraft, straining already tense relations between the U.S. and Pakistan. NBC's Atia Abawi reports.
The U.S. hopes the parliamentary debate will result in Pakistan reopening the supply lines. The closure has been a headache for the U.S. because it has had to spend more money sending supplies through an alternate route that runs through Central Asia. It also needs the route to withdraw equipment as it seeks to pull most of its combat forces out of Afghanistan by the end of 2014.
But it's unclear whether the U.S. will be willing to meet Pakistan's demands, which include higher transit fees for the supplies and an unconditional apology for the airstrikes, which the U.S. has said were an accident. Pakistan has also demanded an end to American drone strikes in Pakistan, but it's unclear if that will be tied to the reopening of the supply line.
Msnbc.com staff and The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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Screw it: Let's just withdraw all military and financial support from Pakistan and see how long it is before they come back begging on their knees.
Good point (mine, exactly) however the final point should be ---- who cares if they come crawling back?? It is NOT our problem. None of the problems of the outside world are ours, we have way too many within our own borders to fix. Again, good point/post.
Admiral Ackbar
Screw it: Let's just withdraw all military and financial support from Pakistan and see how long it is before they come back begging on their knees.
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Great idea. Then these terrorists and or others like them can overthrow the "too moderate" "liberal" "leftist" Pakistani gov't and share the nukes with their fellow wingnuts.
Juvies and teens who know nothing of the complexities of reality should be prohibited posting on issues about which they know nothing, especially as their vapid naivete is based upon the dreamland delusions of doddering simpleton Ron/Rant Paul and their methamphetamine addict Soviet emigre Czarist god Ayn Rant.
Pakistan has been conducting military exercises with China for 4+years...
China is supplying Pakistan with military equipment...
China just helped build a 'Deep Water Port' in Pakistan. In exchange for Military access to the facilities...
China has built two nuclear power facilities and is going to build two more...
China is helping to develop Pakistan 'Natural resources' for export to China...
What has the US done except; pay bribes, fund terrorist, and violate Pakistan's sovereignty???
Why are we going after this guy? The Mumbai attack was an Indian/Pakistani affair.
Let them sort it out and let us stop acting like world policeman all the time.
India is our ally, when one ally attacks another ally of the U.S. we have to step in as moderator. If we don't put a bounty on his head, India might just blame all of Pakistan for the wrong doings of this one person. Not that Pakistan had nothing to do with it. But, If we want to befriend both nations we have to divert attentions.
We only have to step in to support our allies in time of war. Otherwise, the first obligation is for the two nations involved to settle their dispute. In this case, it's not even nation versus nation, it's a terrorist group based in Pakistan. Also, putting bounties on people's head is just as terroristic as some of the acts aimed at us. Now we feel the right to kill without trial. What makes US different now?
Just as we pull our troops and money out, have the Navy Seals go in and take the nukes that they have stored, they will then be at the mercy of India.
We have evil-doers in this country that do the same - but they are known as POLITICIANS
THere's a simple answer for everything (unfortunately it's almost always wrong.) In Pakistan this rule is een more true than in most places as Pakistan has not had the benefits of even minimallly competent governance for a long long time. Instad of engaging with their people they are focusssed on their rivalry with India and their theoretical stake in Afghanistan. If only they had a strong charismatic leader with a pre 9/11 that could convincve them that what they neeed to do was invade India to look for WMD things would be OK!!!!!
Don41331, the US is next. Hope a directed drone will do the job.
Don't we have some left over nerve agents to dispose of? I can think of no better dumping ground than aour "friend" Pakistan--at least the Swat Valley and other ungoverned areas. Of course a population reducing release in Karachi wouldn't hurt either. The sad thing is that Pakistan is just as ignorant and backward as Afghanistan, only much larger.
Bullsh!t.
It's getting involved in something that's not our business.
You want to truly "divert attentions" then start by looking towards our southwest border and the invasion of drugs and illegal aliens. That's where our attentions should be.
Yes, ignore what happens in remote regions like Afghanistan. It is not our concern.
That is approximately the paradigm at work prior to the 9/11 attacks. Worked pretty well, didn't it?
Seriously, we cannot simply ignore what is happening in other parts of the world, like an ostrich sticking its head in the ground. For one thing we have economic ties and dependencies to almost every region on earth. For another, as we learned on Sept. 9, 2001, what happens in places like Yemen, Sudan or Afghanistan has the capacity to reach out and touch us, and not in a good way.
That does not mean we have to fix everything, as we attempted to do in Iraq. But just closing our eyes and repeating the mantra, "Screw them" doesn't work either.
No, oldsarge, the sad thing is that even in this country one hears people espousing genocide as a solution to our security issues.
Not only is your idea amoral, it would not work.
And we don't have to get involved in every aspect around the world, either. The Mumbai incident was no concern of ours.
No wonder this attitude of yours breeds resentment.
The only question is why are we still sending any aid at all to Pakistan. They have not been behaving like an ally for some time now. They harbor terrorists, with their government either passively letting them operate from the country or in some cases, like the Mumbai attacks, actually supporting the terrorists operations. It is time to cut our losses and just stop all support to Pakistan. We should also make it very clear that if any concerns arise over the security of their nuclear weapons and facilities that we will simply come in and secure them ourselves by removing them from the country and destroying the facilities needed to produce the weapons. Pakistan is currently a borderline terrorist state with nuclear weapons and represents a grave threat to the entire world. I doubt the government would ever use the nuclear weapons in a first strike scenario, but their military is so infiltrated with terrorist sympathizers that the security of their nuclear weapons and associated technology is a major concern. It is definitely not beyond possibility that rogue elements within their military might "accidentally" allow nuclear weapons and technology to fall into the hands of terrorists or terrorist states.
For those who are still whining because they didn't win Mega Millions this weekend, there you go. I wonder if that is taxable Income.
dog gone it i need 10 million...
The U.S. Government is soooo cheap. I mean after all, The New Black Panther Party has a $1 Million Dollar "Wanted Dead or Alive" Reward for George Zimmerman.....Is that against the law ???....Should Eric Holder be arresting them ??...Or did he "review the evidence" like the Philly NBPP Voter Intimidation case and found no cause and dismissed the charges ( after the Government already won the case, I might add ) ???
Kashmir is much more of an important regional issue than most of the posters on here seem to realize.
1) This is the result of British mischief left over from when they were forced out of Sub-Asia. The British carved up the Raj in such a way as to guarantee that there would be situations like this for decades if not centuries. Then made India a majority Hindu country, but included enough Muslims that the minority would always be a threat. They created Muslim Pakistan, but created it in two parts West Pakistan and East Pakistan (now an independent Bangladesh) separated by a salient of India. Then on the border they created the Muslim majority disputed state of Kashmir and gave control to India. This insured that would be trouble along the border for ever.
2) The British put the US into a position where it had to choose between India and Pakistan. Careful use of its diplomatic clout pushed India into being an "enemy" of the West and Pakistan to be our friend. During the Cold War, relatively severe sanctions were placed against India because they bought arms and made other deals with the Soviet Union. All the while we armed Pakistan. India is stil not officially a "friend" and Pakistan is still not officially not a friend. The US taking sides in this way will sell extremely well in India, where we need some good press for a change.
3) During the Mumbai terrorist attack, the NSA was monitoring ISI cell and satellite phone calls. It actually gave the "shift key" to the Indian police so they could track the calls in real time as well. It was obvious to intelligence people in both the US and India that while Saeed was the nominal leader of that particular terrorist attack, the recruiting, financing, tasking, and overall control lay with the Pakistani Army ISI.
4) Major elements within the ISI would like to see the focus moved away from al-Quaeda and the Taliban back to the "real enemy" of Hindu India. It seems to evade most Americans that Muslims in Sub-Asia see not the US, but India as the major threat. The ISI knows well that the greater the supposed threat from India, the more unified the people are behind the Pakistani military. Most analysts seem to believe that reactivation of the Kashmir crisis would precede a military coup that would put the Pakistani Army (controlled by the ISI) in control. While you almost never see it mentioned in the media, Pakistanis see India as the true "Great Satan."
5) Both India and Pakistan are nuclear armed and have advanced missile technology. India's military is pretty stable, bus susceptible to infiltration by Muslims. But Pakistan's military is just the opposite --- corrupt, money-driven, constantly maneuvering for power. The major problem is that India is much larger than Pakistan and has a much better military. But should Pakistan find itself losing in a conflict with India, it would use nuclear weapons without hesitation. The Pakistanis believe that the georgraphy of India's major cities would increase the destruction of nuclear weapons while the rugged terrain of Pakistan would actually blunt the effect of nukes.
6) But if Pakistan becomes unstable, they have an estimated 90-135 nuclear weapons that could change hands. India has somewhat fewer. Pakistan has dealt in nuclear technology in the past with Libya, North Korea, and Syria. (There are also accusations that the Egyptian military has gotten nuclear "promises" from Pakistan.) Right now Pakistani nukes are being shuffled by truck and rail car between about 250 storage facilities because they are afraid that if they leave them in one place too long US SEALs would capture them. But this shell game also leaves Pakistan's nukes vulnerable to being "lost" or captured by Muslim fundamentalists such as al-Quaeda. If the Kasmir conflict was to heat up much, it is likely that a few of Pakistan's nukes would be farmed out to Syria and possibly Iran in order to help keep options open.
@Phenominal,
You are wrong on several counts. India is NOT an ally. Period. India sided with the Soviet Union during the Cold War and still views the US with suspicion because of sanctions inposed on them. And the US seems unable to forget that India sided against us in the Cold War.
The Pakistani military (through its intelligence service, the ISI) most certainly did run the Mumbai terror attack. It was because the NSA was listening in on ISI phone traffic that we were able to hear the terrorists talking to their handler (Saeed) while the attacks were still going on. It appears that the communications traffic during that attack completely exposed the ISI involvement and Lashkar-e-Taiba's command and control structure. They had made the serious blunder of assuming that satellite phones were unhackable to the point that it would take months to decypher any given phone call. 'Tain't so, McGee.
Neither Pakistan nor India will permit the US to sit on the fence and not choose sides. For them, there is simply too much at stake to risk the unpredictability of American politics and diplomatic efforts.
Phenomenal112 India is not our ally, India is Russia's ally. We sided with Pakistan during the Pakistan-India wars, we even sent an aircraft-carrier battle group to threaten India not to destroy Pakistan when India was winning the war in the 1971, Russia sent 2 naval battle groups with nuclear subs to support India.
JUST ASK PAKISTAN where this guy is. He bombed Mumbai at the request of the State of Pakistan, which wages war against India with terrorism. Making Pakistan a lot like Iran, Syria, Hezbollah and Hamas.
romilio, true during the cold war, but not now. Actually India is a closer ally to the US than Pakistan. By the way, and that was before we knew they were hiding Bin Laden.
Then these terrorists and or others like them can overthrow the "too moderate" "liberal" "leftist"
AC Robertson
I agree with your proposal. China is closer to Pakistan in both proximity and culture. China has economic capacity and easier access to rebuild both Afghanistan and Pakistan. I think these countries should be satellites of China, not the US.
China, here is a gift for you, the allegence of Pakistan and Afghanistan along with all their resources. Don't bother to repay but with the gratitude of our mutual benefit.
Now we can leave, knowing that the people of these two countries are in good hands.
Thank you Chris for that very insightful and thoughtful analysis.
It has always amazed me how with all of our so called "Intelligence Apparatus" in place, how on earth we could not realize who our real friends are and who is simply an enemy.
Gandhi knew that if a separate Muslim nation were allowed to come into being that we would inevitably end up with the horror that is Pakistan. You cannot have a nation and government that supposedly is based on a religion and not end up with total corruption and a dictatorship mentality. How could you not? Such governments boil down to a bunch of narrow-minded, feudalistic, autocratic, prejudiced men -only comfortable with the narrow, fanatical "religious" training they were taught to blindly believe in - always doing their best to inflict their belief systems on everyone. -
We should be doing everything in our power militarily and economically to strengthen and build India and Bangladesh; the people who reside there are infinitely more akin to our own perspective and ideals; infinitely more attuned to respecting human rights and life than either Pakistan or that present day incarnation of the Borg - from Star Trek the Next Generation - China.
Don,
I understand your concern. I agree we shouldn't be concerned with every incident that occurs in the world. However Saeed is a dangerous man with dangerous intentions. Do you really think he isn't planning a strike against Americans or possibly on American soil? Its called being proactive and taking him out now could save lives in the future.
i have it from a reliable source he is holed up "underground" in texas with his ole buddies W and the kinder/gentler Dick newheart. he and the other two stooges are planning their next invasion...
No wonder all these terrorist are mad. They're all one ugly bunch of sob's.
Phenominal...
There is no reason for the US to offer up any bounty. If they wanted these characters they have more than enough money to offer up a reward, after all they are one of the BRIC countries.
If india wants to tap into us for intelligence, fine as that is what allies do. Cash rewards, no.
Bout time. F*ck Pakistan. It's time to side more with India. At least they are trying to improve. Pakistan is in a headlong race to see who can devolve back to the 1300's first.
I think India should take courage and send their spies or buy some Paki traitors to take this guy out. India should add another $15 million to the bounty. The terrorists should have no place in this earth and no country should be safe haven for these a*holes.
I disagree. This guy is a loose cannon. 2-plus years ago he was pointed at Mumbai. Tomorrow, who knows.
But... he is not solely our problem, or India. He is an issue for the world.
If I were Obama I'd launch a drone attack and cap his a$$.
Don41331 - your viewpoint is very narrow: let me explain why. in Dec 1999 an Indian civilian airline was hijacked and taken to Afghanistan where they asked for the release of 3 Pakistani terrorists incarcerated in indian prisons. India asked the US to help and they did exactly what you suggest and said - "we don't have to get involved in every aspect around the world, either. This incident is no concern of ours" (to paraphrase you). so the indians released 3 terrorists to get back the hostages - one of whom was Omar Sheikh. Omar Sheikh then went on to become the main financier of the 9/11 attackers, and also beheaded Daniel Pearl.
Hafiz Saeed was very vocal about getting these men released too - since they are his friends. you really think that now that he has accomplished the Mumbai attack he will not move on to what he considers 'bigger, better' targets?
I think we need to mind our own business. That's what I think.
So far, he hasn't broken any US laws. If he's involved in any active plots against the United States, then I'd like to hear about it. Not just some railroad to score a brownie point with the Indian government. In the meantime, let India go after him. It's not our concern.
I realize maybe you are an Indian or a pro-Indian and are trying to whip up support on these boards. Foreign shills make up poor company here, pal.
This bounty is a great idea. This bloody terrorist needs to be brought to justice. Pakistan is a haven to terror and terrorists, including AlQueda, Haqqani, Lakshar, Taliban, etc.
Let's put a bounty out for the Christian Terrorist that set off a bomb outside a WI Planned Parenthood Clinic!! Look up the definition of terrorism and there is no difference from the actions of terrorists overseas or around the world.
Let's do both. Or at least learn to count beyond 1, and "think" beyond either/or.
BB-1100254
I agree Christian or Muslim a terrorist is a terrorist but when it comes to these animals why waste money. Wouldn't a professional hit man cost a lot less than 10 million bucks?
Does Obama really think there is not a 'wanted poster' with his picture on it???
They already got those guys so cut the red-herring bullsh!t.
It does not matter, they are just as much a Terrorist as any other across the world, we in this country have a democracy and do not wish to live under a theocracy, whether that me Christian or Muslim.
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GRAND CHUTE- A Wisconsin police chief says no threats had been received by a Planned Parenthood clinic in eastern Wisconsin where a small homemade explosive caused minimal damage over the weekend.
Grand Chute Police Chief Greg Peterson says a bottle containing a chemical was placed on the clinic's outside window sill about 7:40 p.m. Sunday. A small fire broke out when the bottle exploded, but quickly burned itself out.
"I think the potential exists that could have taken the entire building down in essence had that fire not extinguished itself," said Police Chief Peterson.
Wisconsin Right to Life Executive Director Barbara Lyons fights against Planned Parenthood, but is the first to say there's no room for threatening behavior. "We always ask people to act in a respectful and peaceful manor," asserted Lyons. "We fight hard, we fight aggressively, but we fight peacefully."
Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin CEO Teri Huyck says there was minimal damage to an exam room and that the clinic will reopen Tuesday. No one was in the building at the time.
Planned Parenthood didn't respond to TODAY'S TMJ4's request for an interview, but released a statement saying: "Women deserve safe and compassionate care. Rest assured, our doors will remain open for the thousands of women who rely on Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin each year for high quality health care.."
The Grand Chute Fire Department responded to the clinic's fire alarm and alerted police after finding the bottle.
Peterson says the FBI is helping investigate. No suspects are in custody.
Really, they caught those guys, I don't think so!!
Don41331, You might want to do your homework when posting, "Those guys" have not been caught and had you done your research before posting I would not have to make you look like a liar.
Yes it does matter because you're going after ghosts with your little tin foil hat a showin'
And I think you're a paranoid who needs to seek help. Until you have definitive proof an organized group was behind this then you are pissing in the wind. The act of a few delusional crazies like yourself don't count.
WHY is the United States offering ANY MONEY for this clown??? It is the problem of the UNITED NATIONS, NOT THE UNITED STATES!!! GOT IT???? We MUST get out of the "police the world" stupidity and TAKE CARE OF THE MANY MANY MANY MANY MANY MANY MANY MANY MANY PROBLEMS WITHIN, repeat, WITHIN OUR OWN BORDERS!!!!!
Right. Let's stick our head in the sand. No one would dare shoot a nuke up our butt while we were discussing dust to dust with the worms.
Well why don't you join Academi and save us from the rest of the beeg bawd world, macho man.
@Don41331
Randy 'Macho Man' Savage is dead. I don't think your talking to the right person here. He's dead and he isn't posting here anymore. I doubt that he ever has.
@Master of the Universe
Gee, was I talking to Randy? I don't even know who that is.
I know who I was talking to. Or is he one of your sock puppets? ;)
Why dont we give them all free cable tv with only cbs; nbc and abc. No way of getting in a good channel like FOX NEWS and they will shoot themselves, huh. Good idea huh. What the hell even throw in the TV.
Well put, Mr. BILL. I totally agree as we need to quit bullying the rest of the world!!! Enough is enough, I say!
@ mr bill.If the government fixed all the problems here they'd be out of a job.But hell they still get to keep all thier benefits for life
@JNagarya
Your comments are absolutely devoid of any intellectual discourse whatsoever. Please go away now.
Yup, it is a shame that we bullied the NAZIs, Imperial Japan and the Soviet Union. I supose that we should have just kept supplying Imperial Japan with Oil and Steel so that they could kill millions more Chinese...I mean, none of our business what they did, right?
Oh... and the Communists and NAZIs... Naw...as long as you were on the side of the guy with power, you were mostly ok...but heck, none of our business what they did or do to their people, right?
Why not let India seek its own justice with its own $10,000,000?
No they will most likely attack all of Pakistan all together, they are at war already. U.S. is the C block blocking both nations.
Pakistan is a dangerous joke. They were a joke in the 40's, and they are a joke now. The only difference is they have nuclear weapons.
Who were the morons that allowed that?
USA USA!!!
Been counting this, and of all nations with nuclear capability, only one has used it!
And used it well.
@Sarcasticus,
The only nukes exploded in anger were not "well used." And the Japanese did not surrender because of the atomic bombs. Many years ago, when I was a young man in the 544th ARTW, I had the occasion to pull CQ with our deputy wing commender, LtCol Kermit Behan, the bombardier who dropped the second one. He gave me his thoughts on what happen and they were a great deal different from the popular US propaganda myth.
1) At the time of the dropping of the a-bombs, the B-29 was a seriously troubled aircraft. It was difficult to fly and had a myriad of mechanicaland design problems (mostly because it was such a leap in so many areas of military technology. Any continuation of dropping a-bombs would have been risky because these had not been resolved by Gen Curtis LeMay. There was reluctance to use the B-29 to drop the bombs but it was really the only aircraft with both the range and the payload to do the job.
2) After the second a-bomb was dropped, it was obvious to the aircrews and would soon been obvious to the whole world that it would be several months before a third weapon would become available. So the short-term fear factor was missing. Plus, the Japanese military had little inkling of what they were facing. To figure out "what hit them" would have taken the Japanese months.
3) There were no specific military targets in Nagasaki and Hiroshima. The two bombs were dropped as a "demonstration" rather than to achieve specific military goals. Japanese war industry was so dispersed that it offered very little in the way of either pinpoint or strategic bombing.
4) LeMay was in the final stages of his fire-bombing campaign that had already killed a half million people and left 5 million homeless. For example, Tokyo-Yokohama was already about 55% completely burned. This was how LeMay coped with the issue that there was little left that could be attacked with strategic bombing, nuclear or conventional. LeMay simply planned to firebomb every city, town and village in the country along with its forests. He was aware both of the issues surrounding the fire-bombing of Dresden and the abyssmal lack of success with strategic bombing using iron bombs. But LeMay knew that the American public was tired of war and wanted this one over with and he assessed (correctly) that they would not see the fire-bombing of Tokyo as a really bad thing.
5) The issue of economics was also very important. We had spent billions on developing the bomb, but the success we were seeing came from incendiary bomblets costing less than $5 apiece in today's dollars. You could effectively burn everything of value in Japan for the cost of one a-bomb.
6) Because of LeMay's success, the invasion of Japan had already been put on the back burner before the a-bombs were dropped. After Okinawa, no one was all that eager to invade the main islands of Japan. Everyone knew that it would be a bloodbath.
When the Japanese surrendered, it was not because of the two a-bombs. There were actually no less than six fire-bombings in the week before the a-bombs were dropped that resulted in more immediate casualties than either of the a-bombs. If you look at pictures of fire-bombed Tokyo, it is shockingly similar to those of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The Japanese military just treated the a-bombs as another form of fire-bombing. The actual surrender decision was more a direct result of the total collapse of all shipping and rail in Japan and the complete loss of air superiority.
The State Department still thinks we can buy allies. It never worked before, what has changed that it should work now?
Because foreign aid gives us leverage, howevermuch limited.
Ron "Dodder" Paul won't tell you that because he's too stupid to know it. Instead, he wants to "reduce" war by eliminating all foreign aid so then, lacking the force of the leverage of such aid, the only option would be war.
The United States doesn't buy allies .... it rents them.
If we cut all foreign aid expect a lot more terrorism from the Saudis and the price of gas to bump to 15 dollars per gallon if we are lucky.
Age...well stated, our state department is a worthless, lazy, incompetent, bloated bureaucracy led by the totally inept Hillary Clinton. We only beg and grovel and throw money around in the face of threats. Get every American out of that worthless failed hate filled muslim country now, stop every dime of aid today and then fire every one of the state department people there!
Jack
Your hatred is showing...go back to Faux and drink TEA
NOW I KNOW I'M IN THE WRONG OCCUPATION ; 10 million , just to bring this guys head in on a charter. theirs got to be somebody out there , wanting a big fat tip , just to lead me to that brainwashed murderer !!!!!!
Wow! A macho tough guy manly man who doesn't speak the several languages in Pakistan!
But don't worry, tough guy imperialist: they'll accomodate you by switching their national language to English so you won't be in the linguistic dark.
SOOOOOOOO WHAT'S THAT SUPPOSED TO BE TELLING ME ???????? you're on their side , or something ??? he's gonna be caught , with or without me. but i'm gonna be the guy !!!!!!!!!!
Good luck going into a hostile country like Pakistan all on your own without the U.S. military helping you. Make sure no one puts a bounty on your head just for being there.
Saeed is 10lbs of sh!t in a 2lb paper bag. I don't care who takes him out as long as he becomes fly food. F'n pakistan ain't far behind him. Break the ties with those bastards and don't look back.
Its easy to call him a paper weight when you are safe here in the U.S. I don't see you going to Pakistan and claiming his head.
We got our PIG Osama, Let the other nations pay to hit the other Muslim PIGS
Send in the drones.........
OK, I'm gonna say it - what in the world is that "thing" on his forehead??? Skin cancer???
that's where he keeps bang'n his head...try'n to eat pickles...that are still in the jar...
Pakistan appears to already show which side it is on. You know the saying "With friends like these, who needs enemies"? They have proven time and again they are more like frenemies...they take money, OUR money, and "let" us use bases, intel, and supply routes...but in the same breath, they harbor these fugitives, and even attack more worthy friends (such as India) through these terrorist proxies.
We do need to send a message...if the government of Pakistan wants to be taken seriously, then it should take care of this problem. And that means we should put our foot down and give them the "proper" motivation.
True, but expect a few terrorist attacks from Pakistan.
Those mass murdering scumbags, like Osama bin-Laden in the past, are obviously being protected by forces in the Pakstani establishment. Offering bounties for the killers is a good idea. But maybe if the US and the EU would turn off the economic spigot that has poured $10s of billions into Pakistani pockets, those in power might turn the heat up on the protectors of the Islamic terrorists. It's going to take carrots as well as sticks to defeat Islamic terrorism that is waging a war of conquest in nuclear armed Pakistan.
Let's get the f$$%$% out of all these countries: EVERYTHING OUT (No troops, No military advisors, No aid, No nothing) IF businesses or tourists are DUMB enough to go over there, let them. If they get kidnapped or killed, too bad. AND LET'S GET OUT FOR GOOD. India, with all its problems, is a democracy. They are NOT going to let Pakistan or Afghanistan or any of those ISLAMIC WING NUTS take them down WITHOUT a fight, And Cbina is right next door. They are NOT going to let Al Quaids or the Taliban staart any bull in China. So, LET THESE MIDEVIL, BACKWARDS, POOR EXCUSE FOR A RELIGION ZEALONTS have their own private hell on earth. They don't want us there, They do not want to fight for their own country or freedom, SO GOODBYE FOREVER
The US needs to stop trying to police the world, nobody wants it. In or out of the US. The US has ruined its rep world wide because it keep sticking its nose into everyone's business. The US needs to stop taking sides in other people wars,. Because that what has brought all this terrorism to its shores.
The politics behind the Mumbai attacks goes back years. Arresting this "mastermind" will accomplish nothing, he will be replaced within hours. This will only put another bullseye on the US.
Sticking our nose into the business of others...is our business. Or maybe your the type that is really looking forward to living in a communist lead world. What a sack of sh!t world that would be.
Utter krap. Last time I checked, the Bolsheviks and Maoists never appeared at our doorstep. No evil dreaded "commies" have ships with nuclear warheads are sailing towards our coastline. Get a grip.
NOW I KNOW I'M IN THE WRONG OCCUPATION ; 10 million , just to bring this guys head in on a charter. theirs got to be somebody out there , wanting a big fat tip , just to lead me to that brainwashed murderer !!!!!!
Hafiz Saeed is in pakistan. I'll take cash just as easily I would a check. Thanks!
Get out from these waste places and stop financing the Pakistan crooks!
Folks, six Americans were also killed in the mumbai attacks among the hundreds of other innocents that this nut led. Also what is this was just a practice run close bye, as a prep to do the same against the west. Putting a bounty on him is also a deterrent/ an attempt to warn that no one try that again elsewhere, or they will face justice..let's please keep that is context and because of which I think this is a right thing to do.
Wow 6 Americans...and how many from other countries? And where are THEIR bounties? Oh ..that's right, the US taxpayers are footing the bill for those as well! Go figure....
Pakistan NEEDS the U.S. more than the U.S. needs Pakistan. We will just as we did in the case of Bin Laden get these individuals WITHOUT their help. PLAIN AND SIMPLE!!! Youre either with us or against us...ITS YOUR CHOICE!!!
Bill, you seem to believe the U.S. government propaganda. The one thing we can be absolutely sure of is that the American government never tells the truth about anything, at any time, for any reason. If our government claims that someone is a bad guy, then it is safe to assume he is not a bad guy. A sure indicator that a person is a bad guy is when the U.S. government supports that person. Whatever our government says is almost always the opposite of reality.
Bill you are really believing this? The so top U.S. military has been unable to secure Iraq in ten years, they have not been able to secure Afghanistan and in most of the cases they had to take the tail and leave. It is a costly adventure to believe in those Generals which are like children, keep the war going so that can play with their toys.
Generals do what they are ordered to do; by politicians...they do NOT make policy. Solidiers dying is the result of politicians' failings....
PAKISTAN does not need the US...the corrupt Pakistani Government needs US in order to legitimize and do the Dirty work of its sugar Daddy, US wants the country to go into chaos and then they will Tell the World that HEY LOOK did we not tell you these "people" are barbarians; they Kill their leaders, they have nuclear arms, above all they practice a religion that tell them to kill the infidels, and now these bearded NUT jobs are going to take over the country...and then the world…this is unacceptable by any “civilized” country…and this is threatening US and the rest of the world.....OHHHH wait I think I have heard that line before....... most People here are like sheep driven by their Sheppard to the slaughter house.
The Average American believes that US gives BILLIONS of dollars to Pakistan and Pakistanis LIVE off of their bread crumbs… the only fact is that never in Pakistan’s history this has exceeded this amount per year and yet JUST last year in one quarter only the remittances coming from Pakistanis living aboard were 14 Billion….take your money and Shove it. US gives MY TAX dollars to another country that does not even deserve it let alone need it; the amount 10 Billion per year guess which country that is.
Get your Head out of the horses patoot….
Offer 10 million to the US taxpayers, who need to rebuild their homes, or cannot pay their mortgage. Bring all our troops home, make USA the greatest nation.
Exactly. If we only spent ONE TENTH as much time and effort in paying attention to our own affairs rather than sticking our noses into foreign matters where they don't belong, imagine what a great nation we would be.
The vast majority of all terrorism worldwide originates in Washington D.C.
WHAT! yu @!$%#ing puke, eat @!$%# and die.
hey dumbass,ever hear of muslims?
Well said, Red Herring! Obama and the US are trying to hide their own faults and poking their noses all over the world: WITH OUR TAX MONEY
Someone explain to me why the US is offering the reward when the attack occurred in India? Why isn't India offering a reward? Is the US the reward center of the world now as well as the world police? Geeeeze....no wonder we have a debt that's out of this world....
Hey JC. I was about to type your exact words when I came upon your post.
I totally agree with you.
$10 million ? The USA is dimming its own lights and our government needs to regroup.
Stop paying for our friendship.
I paid a lady for friendship once. She really didnt like me much but for the hour I was happy.
Then I figured that my money was all she wanted. Go figure.......
All of the middle east countries are whores.
how much is india offering for bounty??? why would we need to offer one?
Here's a "guy" who includes women and children among his murderous escapades...........speaks volumes about their targets...............I'd invite him to a "Fenway park Get-together", but where we'd come with fists and socks full of quarters, he's bring 30mm mortars and a bad haircut. Time to meet Allah, my friend, time ti die!