[taesrom]

The fact that Mr. bin Laden was living a comfy existence in a fortified mansion in a military-dominated town in Pakistan has led to heightened questions about Pakistan's suitability as an ally -- much less a country receiving a great deal of U.S. aid and, as I understand it, military hardware, in exchange for cooperation in the ongoing conflict with al Qaeda/Islamic extremists.

With tough economic times at home and faced with a situation where, despite our enormous military/financial aid, we are compelled to conduct overhead air attacks or special ops raids into Pakistan to deal with terrorists there, I think the question has to be asked: Are we getting our money's worth from this relationship?

It's a complicated situation based on the existing agreements so I think we can talk about, at least, scaling back aid to Pakistan. What do you think? Should we de-friend Pakistan?