The stated grounds. that such aid contributes to shortterm economic welfare and warmaking potential. are laughable: the gesture was purely punitive and the party that is to be punished is not the government nearly so much as the impoverished people of India. A more telling abuse of foreign aidat a more delicate moment. when a new aid bill is hanging by a thread in conference--could not be imagined. As we have said before. India deserves sharp criticism for its calculated use of the refugee crisis to promote the dismemberment of Pakistan. although such criticism ill befits any government. such as the American government. which tolerated Pakistans manufacture of that crisis. Where was the quick clampdown on arms aid to Pakistan then? Indias invasion of West Pekistan and its nowopen designs on Pakistanheld Kashmir are entirely unsupportable.