“The Pakistanis are really trying to put as much of a wedge between our countries as possible and they are winning. Congress is fed up with them, fed up with them,” said Fair.

In the past 10 years, analysts say the United States has provided Pakistan with about $20 billion in military and civilian aid.

With America facing major economic difficulties and its relationship with Pakistan severely frayed, the future of such aid appears to be very much in question.