Pakistan Friend OR Foe

Pakistan Friend or Foe
Pakistan is supposed to be a long term friend to the United States of America and an ally against the fight on terror.
Since September 11, 2001 our intelligence forces have searched for Asama Bin Laden with the help of the Inter-Service Intelligence or the Pakistani intelligence. For quite some time it was believe by Laden was hiding out in mountainous caves and tunnels of Afghanistan. There was chatter about this murderous man with the ability to elude capture due to Afghan tribal protection and the fact he was out of Pakistani rule. We all saw the videos of the male figure riding a donkey across the rocky and isolated terrains. Many speculated that Bin Laden may be hiding out in Pakistan with the indirect help of the Pakistan Government. Former Pakistan president Pervez Musharraf has denied this as well as Azif Ali Zadari, the current president of Pakistan.

On May 1, 2011 Asama Bin Laden was killed in a three level multimillion dollar mansion in Abbottabad. This is the tenth largest city in Pakistan it's about 30 miles from Islamabad the capital of Pakistan and it's less than a hours car drive from the Pakistan's military head Quarters. With egg on his face Zadari denies having knowledge or helping hide Bin Laden. Zadari said, " He was never anywhere we anticipated him to be."

Pakistan has received over 20 billion dollars from the US. They will get at least 1.3 billion dollars of American tax payers money this year. I know we are not getting our moneys worth when I see the citizens of our so called allies chanting death to American in the streets because our navy seals killed the murderous man responsible for the taking of so many American lives during the 911 attacks.

Friend or Foe
Pakistan appears to supports Haqqani network that attacked our Khost CIA base in 2009.
ISI has ties to Lash Kar-e-Taiba, the terrorist responsible for the attack in Mumbai.(10 trained Pakistani militants planned the shooting and bombing attack which killed 164 pe0ple).
The ISI says it's their job to infiltrate these groups and gather intelligence.
Although Pakistan has launched attacks against the Pakistan Taliban, their army steers clear of the Haqqani network which concentrates it's attacks on the US, NATO, and Afghans security forces in Afghanistan.
In the past Pakistan(ISI) has turned a blind eye to Taliban raids on coalition forces across the boarders and released information about US troop movements and capabilities.


Our government hasn't outright accused Pakistani officials of hiding Bin Ladin. I don't think they have to. He was living a pretty good life in a multimillion dollar mansion not far from the people that said they didn't have any idea where he was. Any country or group that would

knowingly harbor such a cold bloodied murder or turn a blind to his whereabouts are no friend of ours. I don't believe for one minute that Pakistani officials were oblivious to the whereabouts of this heinous killer.

Not all people of the region hate us. Some Pakistani citizens expressed joy over the death of Asama Bin Laden.