Dr. Shakil Afridi was convicted of treason in Pakistan on Wednesday for helping the United States find Osama Bin Laden.
In the kind of double game that has been
characteristic of the Obama era, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton
called for his release. But where was the administration during Afridi’s
arrest and trial? Four months ago, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta
openly admitted that Afridi had run a hepatitis B vaccination program in
order to gather DNA samples from members of Bin Laden’s family, who
were thought to be living nearby. When Afridi was charged with treason
in January, Panetta lamely said that Pakistanis should be against the
charge, because they were threatened by terrorism, too: “For them to
take this kind of action against somebody who was helping to go after
terrorism, I just think is a real mistake on their part.”
A “mistake”? How about a cataclysmically
immoral, terrorist-supporting decision that would not be accepted by
the United States under any circumstances?
2 comments:
the good doctor didnt find him, obama did! how dare you spread lies about my lord n savior!
I hope there's some sort of back door diplomacy going on that results in this gentleman being freed.
Other articles I've read indicate Pakistan is looking to prosecute others who abetted this operation yet is doing little to nothing to those who aided in hiding the Bin Laden family.
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