Pakistan Officials: US Should Stop Blaming Us for Afghan Violence
Urges US to Focus on Militants Operating Inside Afghanistan
Pakistani military officials today blasted the US over its focus on the Haqqani Network and accusations of Pakistani government ties to them, saying that it was time for the Obama Administration to stop blaming Pakistan for its problems in occupied Afghanistan.
“Whenever big attacks in Kabul or elsewhere in Afghanistan take place this blame game starts,” one official noted. Indeed, the US has repeatedly dismissed claims of responsibility by Taliban groups inside Afghanistan for recent attacks to blame the Haqqanis.
Instead, officials said, the US should focus on the militants operating inside Afghanistan, noting that many attacks inside Pakistan lately are coming from across the border in Afghanistan.
The Obama Administration’s repeated allegations against Pakistan seemed initially to be aimed at justification of the CIA drone strikes against Pakistani territory. Recent comments suggest it is becoming part of the ongoing US condemnation of Pakistan that has been a common aspect of the US war in Afghanistan.
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paulBass
September 19th, 2011 at 11:37 pm
apparently they forgot that obama got elected with a pledge to attack pakistan when ever he felt like it.
ghouri
September 20th, 2011 at 2:53 am
This blame game is not interesting for us.
America has lossed every thing and we should demand america to stop training, financing and equipping suicide bombers in Pakistan.
Jamie N
September 20th, 2011 at 8:26 am
America can care less about anything except kissing Israels A++.They make all countrys I've ever seen or studied look good and I'm 33.Like I saiod in another comment they have done prity much every thing Hitlar done and more.In my eyes they are more evil although I was not around when WW2 happened but know the facts always destorted by America like most of history.
Guest
September 20th, 2011 at 1:16 pm
Learn to take responsibility for your actions. You can thank that creepy Zia-ul-Haq for the situation Pakistan is in right now. your country has done nothing but sow thorns for others and this is karma.
Jaime
September 20th, 2011 at 4:16 pm
The difference between Nazi Germany and Nazi US/Israel is that the latter have the world media in their pocket, so they are more dangerous.
Nawaz
September 20th, 2011 at 11:23 pm
Well, US is the one that is responsibility for this mess
Facts Check
Last time I checked it was the US who used Pakistan for their Proxy War against Russians in Afghanistan for their so called Cold War with Russians.
“The Gentlemen are the Moral Equivalent of America’s Founding Fathers” Ronald Reagan, 1985
Does Operation Cyclone ring a bell?
Zbigniew Brzezinski then CIA director went to Pakistan to “Give the Taliban their Land and Mosques” Called them “Soldiers of God” and told them to “Double their Efforts” against the Soviets. Does that ring a bell?
Now please figure out yourself that who is responsible for “sowing thorns” for whom, and who is the “creepy one” that you should be thanking.