US drones hit targets in Pakistan
Posted on September 17, 2008 | 276 views
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It is being reported that few hours back, suspected US drones hit targets in Baghar Cheena, South Waziristan, Pakistan. Further, it is told that around 4 missiles were shot and atleast 6 people are dead.
It is not for the first that this has been done from across border by American and NATO forces such attacks are gaining the status of a routine in the region. In the light of the statement of British Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, that such military incursions on Pakistani soil will do no good, in fact, it will result in a fatal blow to so called War on Terror. Not only this but it offers a clear picture of American motives in the region.
Baghar Cheena is an area at a distance of about half a Kilometers from Afghan Border.
The attack came after the visit of Admiral Michael Mullen today who happened to meet top government officials in Pakistan including Pakistani Prime Minister and assured them of no further attacks by American forces in the Area.
In the wake of today’s attack, defense analyst and commentator Dr. Shireen Mazari thinks that Pakistan should take a firm stand on the issue and must stop facilitation of supplies to American and NATO forces in Afghanistan sent through Pakistan to Afghanistan. Further, Pakistani Ambassador to Washington may be called for consultation.
It is being speculated that this attack is a message to Pakistani authorities that the promise by Admiral Mullen was for something else and attacks like this will continue in future too. Hence, the tension between two nations is high.
Being a Pakistani national, I wonder to how I should take it? Do I consider it an aggression by a foreign nation? Do I think that it should be dealt diplomatically or militarily? It is quite clear that our military capabilities are nothing compared to America but it does not mean that weaker nations have no human rights? I want to ask at this moment that where the human rights advocacy groups are when this is being done in the guise of so called war on terror? What else Pakistan should do when its 100, 000 soldiers are already deployed there who are very much professional in performance of their duties and doing whatever humanly possible. Our military casualties are more than that of American casualties in the region than why we are target of such aggression? Don’t we deserve a much better treatment? In my view, it is a high time that international community should take up this matter and do the justice to those who are suffering in the hands of American and NATO forces else Pakistan must consider reviving its foreign policy including its stand regarding War on Terror.
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JIS KI LAATHI US KI BHAINS. They make the rules since they’re in that position, give us millions of dollars in aid to shut us up. As a Pakistani, I do not like it one bit …. but seeing how wonderful our leaders, it wouldn’t be beyond them to have actually agreed to letting the US attack inside our territory in exchange for more aid.
The War on Terrorism is a Lie
The war on terrorism is a lie because terrorism is not an enemy, it is a strategy.
Terrorism is a strategy employed by weaker states and non-state actors when fighting an asymmetric war against a more powerful opponent.
No state or non-state actor enters a conventional war against an enemy it has no chance of defeating conventionally.
Since the U.S. has declared that it will maintain military superiority without challenge, it has done everything in its power to do just that. The US defense budget for 2008 is some $700 billion. There is no single state or non-state actor on this planet that can defeat the United States in a conventional war.
Therefore, any single state or non-state actor that finds itself at war with the United States will be forced to fight an asymmetric war. That is, it will be forced to employ terrorism.
Therefore the war on terrorism is a war against anyone at war with the United States. Therefore the war on terrorism is a lie. It is not a war on terrorism at all, but a war to promote and defend US imperialism.
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