http://news.antiwar.com/2009/10/20/pakistan-shutters-all-schools-as-war-picks-up-pace/ Original and up-to-date news Fri, 10 Feb 2012 23:47:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://news.antiwar.com/2009/10/20/pakistan-shutters-all-schools-as-war-picks-up-pace/comment-page-1/#comment-5442 Tariq Wed, 21 Oct 2009 15:45:08 +0000 http://news.antiwar.com/?p=6726#comment-5442 @handyman, US does not pay for anything. Pakistan only receives peanuts, nothing more The way US is handling this situation, this problem is only going to get worse, and the taliban stronger. hasnt the past 4 years been proof of that? heres a suggestion for obama: give pakistan the drones, and instead of dropping bombs, drop millions of small food packages for the civilians in the tribal areas. every package should have an american flag, and a note in Urdu as well as english explaining that the previous administration made a mistake by bombing pakistan and the current one is now going to make up for it. This way the drone bombings will continue, albeit in a better managed way, and US will win the hearts and minds of the hungry and poor people in the tribal areas. @handyman,
US does not pay for anything. Pakistan only receives peanuts, nothing more
The way US is handling this situation, this problem is only going to get worse, and the taliban stronger. hasnt the past 4 years been proof of that?
heres a suggestion for obama:
give pakistan the drones, and instead of dropping bombs, drop millions of small food packages for the civilians in the tribal areas. every package should have an american flag, and a note in Urdu as well as english explaining that the previous administration made a mistake by bombing pakistan and the current one is now going to make up for it.
This way the drone bombings will continue, albeit in a better managed way, and US will win the hearts and minds of the hungry and poor people in the tribal areas.

]]> http://news.antiwar.com/2009/10/20/pakistan-shutters-all-schools-as-war-picks-up-pace/comment-page-1/#comment-5437 HandyMan Wed, 21 Oct 2009 12:04:50 +0000 http://news.antiwar.com/?p=6726#comment-5437 The US appears to pay the Pakistan military to launch offensives in civilian areas. Then the US provides aid money to pay for maintaining the million or so refugees created by these offensives. The US did this for the Swat assault and now has passed a multi-uear package deal to cover annual assaults for the next five years. The US appears to pay the Pakistan military to launch offensives in civilian areas. Then the US provides aid money to pay for maintaining the million or so refugees created by these offensives. The US did this for the Swat assault and now has passed a multi-uear package deal to cover annual assaults for the next five years.

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