On Monday, Reps. Sheila Jackson Lee of Texas and Jim Banks of Indiana introduced a resolution in the House of Representatives welcoming Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan to Washington and recommitting the United States to “continuing support and commitment to the long and enduring friendship between the United States and the Islamic Republic of Pakistan.” Far from accomplishing anything for U.S. national security, diplomacy, or peace and stability in South Asia, the resolution should become a case study in what happens when congressmen apparently allow lobbyists to write legislation for them.

Its obsequiousness insults U.S. servicemen who have fought and died in Afghanistan.