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"Nothing But Lies & Deceit"

• https://www.zerohedge.com by Tyler Durdan

Amidst slowly deteriorating relations and after pressure to curtail insurgent cross-border activity into neighboring Afghanistan, Pakistan's routine military aid from Washington has been cut after the vast chunk an originally planned total of $345 million in aid was temporarily suspended.

The Pentagon revealed Saturday that "it has made a final decision" to cancel $300 million in aid to the country this after another $550 had been stripped by Congress earlier this year, bringing the total withheld from Pakistan to $800 million

It appears President Trump is following up on prior personal threats to do just this, as his first tweet of 2018 had charged the longtime US ally with paying back American foreign aid with "nothing but lies & deceit". He also vowed, "They give safe haven to the terrorists we hunt in Afghanistan, with little help. No more!"


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