The negotiation between the US and Pakistan on reopening a border crossing into occupied Afghanistan took a major turn for the worse today after a US drone pounded a village in North Waziristan killing 10.
Pakistan’s parliament has made reopening the border conditional on the US ending strikes. Though the US has ruled out doing so, Pakistan’s cabinet allowed some supplies in last week and authorized the military to negotiate a permanent opening.
The drone strikes have been enormously unpopular in Pakistan, and have killed a large number of unidentified tribesmen. Anger at the US over the attacks has made it a key issue for Pakistan’s next election, with a number of opposition leaders attacking the ruling PPP for its pro-US stance.
The Obama Administration has defended the drone strikes as a vital part of its overall strategy in the region, and President Obama has ruled out ending them under any circumstances. This is likely to make finalizing a deal on the border issue all but impossible for the current government.
The drone strikes happening in Pakistan will soon be coming to local communities in America and the Pakistanis will be able to watch it all unfold on their TV screens. Drones are officially in use for domestic law enforcement in America and their great leaders are now debating (making official) the right to arm those drones. I realize this doesn´t help the victims and their families in Pakistan, but justice (the murder of innocent people) will prevail on both sides of the ocean soon with regards to drone stikes.
Poetic justice they call it?
Yes they are using them In America. The American people are tired of our government stepping on our rights.
Do they work like skeet?
Every time the "tensions rise" in Pakistan, the price of the bribe goes up.