Indus River "Paks" Big Punch

While the front page of Fox News displays an article about the sorrow caused by failing American businesses following the bailout, flood waters continue to rise in the Hyderabad region of Pakistan. Six million people have already been affected with two million being treated for disease. 7,000 more Pakistanis are being treated for snake bites, the result of the rising waters effect on snake habitats. This leads many to wonder, did the Pakistanis not learn from the floods of 2010?

The answer is not so simple. In July, 2010 a flood swept across Pakistan, affecting twenty million people. Foreign aid poured in and the Pakistani government promised to allocate the funds in the most effective way to help those in need. Sadly, most of the money was siphoned off to other government projects. The argument that not enough foreign aid was supplied to Pakistan is beyond absurd, considering the Pakistani governments corrupt distribution of funds. No preventative measures were even put in place to assure that civilians could be evacuated safely come another flood.

However this raises a separate issue. Is it America's responsibility to provide aid to countries that may or may not use it to benefit those in need? Is it worth it for America to spend $21 billion a year in foreign aid to Pakistan while they misuse it? This question was brought to light when the American heroes of SEALS unit 6 killed Osama Bin Laden. Are we really supposed to believe that the Pakistani government knew nothing of Bin Laden's whereabouts, while he resided in a compound half a mile away from an army installment? and yet we are aiding a country that was harboring the brutal murderer of so many innocent American lives! If the debt is such a problem, then why don't we cut down on wasteful foreign aid. The money that we pump into Pakistan should be used to fund the great army of The United States. Give the money to the real heroes, our Navy SEALS, instead of handing it over to ruthless terrorists.