Pakistan's leaders dread US Democrats win but its households are praying for it

[Blain2]

Possibly. Though no one in Congress opposed FMS to Pakistan to upgrade its PAF F-16s. But if the US were paying for the upgrade, Congress would oppose it. In January, Congress will take a closer look at the cryptocurrency deal, the mining deal, and assorted deals that look shady on the surface.

FMS is "Sales" and not "Assistance". Pakistan pays for the upgrades it gets. Pakistan has not gotten any military assistance from the US since 2017 (when they had the ISAF funding intact).

 

[Blain2]

It's very important Pakistan gets the space to fix its economy and society after decades of war and terrorism.

Nitpicking its internal politics and finger pointing is not the way forward. It's combative, needlessly so.

If overseas Pakistanis are so concerned then they should go back to Pakistan instead of trying to dupe their local politician into making statements.

I hope El-Sayed's flippant remarks are not a precursor to democrat party conduct if it gets into power in the next elections and the next President is more pragmatic in its engagements with Pakistan.

Abdul El-Sayed threw in Pakistan along with Egypt and others to hammer the point that military assistance to any country, including Israel, should stop. He obviously is not aware that Pakistan does not get military assistance like Israel, Egypt and Jordan do. That has not happened for close to a decade in Pakistan's case.

 

[nahtanbob]

It's very important Pakistan gets the space to fix its economy and society after decades of war and terrorism.

Nitpicking its internal politics and finger pointing is not the way forward. It's combative, needlessly so.

If overseas Pakistanis are so concerned then they should go back to Pakistan instead of trying to dupe their local politician into making statements.

I hope El-Sayed's flippant remarks are not a precursor to democrat party conduct if it gets into power in the next elections and the next President is more pragmatic in its engagements with Pakistan.

El-Sayed does not determine Congressional policy. but he was crystal clear on telling local Pakistani Americans that he considered Pakistan not to be a democracy. He compared Pakistani government with that of Egypt. He is of Egyptian ancestry