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906 Million in foreign aid to Pakistan by the US. Giving taxpayer money to an oppressive regime that believes it is okay to order a woman to her death for a car
by friendlydog 5y ago
906 Million in foreign aid to Pakistan by the US. Giving taxpayer money to an oppressive regime that believes it is okay to order a woman to her death for a cartoon seems inappropriate.
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Aneeqa Ateeq shouldn't be murdered over a cartoon.
- s1artibartfast 5y agoDo you think the good done with the 900 million is outweighed by this death? Do you think Pakistan would overturn blasphemy law if it were threatened or the funds taken away? Do you think a more liberal and prosperous government would form were the current regime overthrown?
- friendlydog 5y agohttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pakistan_and_weapons_of_mass_destruction https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pakistan_and_weapons_of_mass... They need 0 US tax payer dollars.
- smegsicle 5y agoare you suggesting they threaten israel for funding?
- s1artibartfast 5y agoI'm not seeing the connection.
- josephcsible 5y agoWMDs are expensive. They wouldn't need aid if they would have used that money instead.
- s1artibartfast 5y agoThanks, I never would have gathered that was their point from the article.
- phendrenad2 5y ago> Do you think Pakistan would overturn blasphemy law if it were threatened or the funds taken away? Yes
- awb 5y agoPer the article, many of those accused of blasphemy don’t even make it to the courthouse before vigilante justice happens, and if they do judges are pressured to convict and impose harsh sentences, as in this case. So, it’s not just the government, it’s the culture as well which can’t be easily be changed with funding threats. Also, the funding probably won’t just disappear. Another world power (or powers) would likely step in to fill that influence vacuum. Plenty of rich countries out there that already severely punish people for their speech and happy to defend the power of the state over the people. Still, it does puzzle me how much money we give to countries with drastically different values.
- zapdrive 5y ago> Giving taxpayer money to an oppressive regime that believes it is okay to order a woman to her death for a cartoon seems inappropriate. Hundreds of men rotting in Pakistani jails on false blasphemy charges waiting execution, and the aid should be stopped because a woman was sentenced?
- josephcsible 5y agoWe should have stopped giving them aid for that too. I don't see your point.
- Brian_K_White 5y agoI do.
- hulitu 5y agoThe aid is not gor these "criminals". The aid is for the Pakistani government to help spread the "democracy".
- josephcsible 5y agoIt's not intended for them, sure, but they invariably end up getting their hands on it anyway.