WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)–Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-California) on Tuesday, May 10, introduced H.R. 1790, the “Defund United States Assistance to Pakistan Act of 2011,” after last week’s successful raid to Kill Osama Bin Laden made it clear that Pakistan’s leadership concealed, protected and enabled the al-Qaeda leader for many years. Pakistan has received over $18 billion in U.S. aid since 2001.
“We can no longer afford this foolishness,” said Rohrabacher. “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 outlines several accounts of Pakistan’s duplicitous behavior toward the United States including recent reports of Pakistani leadership lobbying Afghan President Hamid Karzai to move away from “imperial” America and to embrace Communist China. The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Adm. 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 the Taliban, to Communist 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. During last week’s raid in Abbottabad, a specially configured stealth U.S. Special Forces helicopter crashed and even though our soldiers attempted to destroy it, the tail was left intact and recovered by the Pakistanis. Rep. Rohrabacher has demanded immediate return of the debris for fear of American military secrets being compromised.
“If this is not done immediately, it is probable, given Pakistan’s history, that our technology has already found its way into the hands of the Communist Chinese military that is buying, building, and stealing the necessary military technology to challenge the United States,” said Rohrabacher.
According to a May 9, 2011 report in Defense News, the wreckage has seemingly disappeared, leading to speculation that pieces may have been shipped to China or made available to Chinese engineers in Pakistan.
The PRC and Pakistan have signed a Memorandum of Understanding calling 2011 the “Year of China-Pakistan Friendship” and the Pakistan leadership reaffirmed its alliance with China yesterday, calling them their “all weather friend.”
H.R. 1790 prohibits assistance to Pakistan under any provision of law and would take effect on the date of enactment.
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Preceding provided by Rep. Rohrabacher, a senior member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs and Chairman of the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations.