Insanity Round-up: Setting Fires the World Over

By Joshua Holland, AlterNet
Posted on September 19, 2008, Printed on May 27, 2012
http://www.alternet.org/story/99549/insanity_round-up%3A_setting_fires_the_world_over

Reading the news is getting painful these days.

Consider these stories ...

From the Times of India:

WASHINGTON: The United States is suddenly faced with the uncomfortable scenario of confronting the very same weapons and military hardware, including F-16 fighter jets, it has armed Pakistan with for decades.

The unsavoury prospect of having to take a crack at the its one-time ally has surfaced most starkly in the skies over the Afghan-Pakistan border this weekend after the Pakistan Air Force deployed its US-supplied F-16s to challenge the violation of its airspace by US drones, and in one case, an airborne assault that landed US Navy Seals inside Pakistani territory.

The turnaround of Pakistan from an ally to a potential enemy has alarmed lawmakers, some of whom are now questioning the continued supply of arms to Islamabad.

In July, the Bush administration sought to shift $226.5 million in US counterterrorism aid for .... F-16 upgrades.