Tuesday, July 31, 2007

Hold The Carrots

from Investor's Business Daily

It's plain that sloshing around money has not bought the cooperation against terrorist elements we'd hoped for. It's time to hold these half-hearted allies accountable. Last month Congress passed a bill to block aid to Saudi Arabia unless it shows better anti-terror results. It's crafting a similar one designed to box in Pakistan. It's a good start. But the final bills should be drafted in a way that closes a legislative loophole that in the past allowed the president to waive these bans by invoking requirements of its war on terror. Unless Pakistan and Saudi Arabia can prove they're cooperating fully against terrorism, they should not be rewarded. In fact, they should be treated as terror-sponsoring states.

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