holding dr. afridi. we refret both the fact that he was convicted and the severity of his sentence. his help after all was instrumental in taking down one of the world s most notorious murders. he should be getting a medal. honored by the pakistani government. instead, they are putting anymore prison for 33 years, absolutely disgraceful. bret: the doctor was a doctor on the ground in pakistan helping the c.i.a., helping the u.s. intelligence community get usama bin laden. numerous ways. he has been rounded up by the pakistanis, as you heard there, tried of high tryson and sentenced to 33 years in prison. now critics are saying it s because he was, he was rounded up because of administration loose talk about the bin laden raid. the administration is pushing back on that. let s bring in our panel. bill kristol, editor of weekly standard. charles lane, opinion writer for the washington post. syndicated columnnist charles krauthammer. bill, pete king, congressman
sensitivity about the nuclear nation. i could have made it 330 million and taken all the money. i don t want to do that yet. i want a working relationship. this is nuclear arm nation. this f this is not a wake-up call to pakistani government regarding their behavior and supporting terrorist, i don t know what will be. bret: there is the line. wake-up call. well, there have been many such efforts to pushback in congress over the years. pakistanis seem to ride them out altogether. i think what is especially emotional and should be emotional about this one is the kind of almost vindictive spirit of what the pakistanis have done here. it wasn t just that they have jailed an american agency. they jailed him for helping him fete bin laden of all things. the very thing that the pakistanis said they want to cooperate on with us. and therefore, i think this one will as bill suggests, will are lasting impact. the pakistanis are wide awake. they know we are leighing. th leaving.
the real strategic shift is begin to talk to india that shares our interest in non-jihadist south asia. begin to understand they have to bear the burden we are. we are leaving afghanistan. in the end, we will have rough relations if none with pakistan. ind what is the place we want to work with. that in and of itself will scare pakistanis. perhaps to being more reasonable. bret: next up, friday lightning round. instead i g heartburn. [ horse neighs ] hold up partner. prilos isn t for fast relief. try alka-seltzer. it kills heartburn fast. yeehaw!
from new york is charging that it was because of this loose talk that the pakistanis started rounding up people. eventually led to from alphieti. hard to judge from the outside. too much loose talk in general. we know they are concerned, briefing the filmmakers about how it happened and producing the navy seals in the unusual way from the defense department to make sure the hollywood movie came out. i guess whether it was loose talk or pakistanis discovered it on their own. bret: the bottom line here is that there will be some look in to this, chuck, to see how this happens. everyone is pushing back saying that the pakistanis are over the line with this action. there was a shot to cut their aid by $33 million. that is appropriate. the best way for the administration to come back from this is to be aggressive
and unequivocal about getting this man to freedom. if he cooperated with the u.s. intelligence, we don t know that he knew anything to do with bin laden. he was working for us. taking huge risks. the u.s. has an obligation to make sure he s out of jail sooner than later. bret: there was talk about taking dna samples. open discussion about doctors helping on the ground to make sure that somebody ti tied to bn laden was in the compound. the critics say that s what started this. pakistanis found the doctor on their own. identities are sacrosanct. other people will be daried to work with the u.s. this is bad day for us for gathering of intelligence in the future. i don t think anybody is