Despite accusing Pakistan’s government only days ago of secretly being in league with the Taliban, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates insists that the United States will not pursue the Afghan Taliban leadership into Pakistan.
“Pakistan is a sovereign government. We are in a partnership with them. I think at this point it’s up to the Pakistani military to deal with this problem,” Gates insisted.
Yet the United States has been launching attacks on Pakistani soil, with the private consent of the Pakistani government, for years and only last week it was reported that the White House had approved yet another escalation of these strikes.
While Pakistan has had little problem with the US strikes into North and South Waziristan, but is reportedly in opposition to the latest escalation, which would have CIA drones lobbing missiles deeper into Pakistani territory.
Taliban racket … When ' apperantly ' Pakistan is eager to host the Unocal Co. pipe line and the profits from it , why would they harbour Taliban while allowing US to hunt them at the same time ( BUT only in certain areas ! ) . It appears that Pakistan understands that NATO/US/Zionists will never be their friends and so the faith of the Unocal Co. pipe line is set to fail . Maybe thery don't want to upset the balance of world power by weakening Russia through the oil/gas leverage . Maybe they read the Unocal address to Congress suggesting Only US controlled governments for the pipe line teritory .
But for now Pakistan can surelly use US drones to clean up some tribes that both Afghanistan Taliban and Pakistan do not like . I smile because in doing so the US strikes will actualy strenghten in the future the Afgano-Pak Taliban .
Another point , the American Army generals should understand by now the revolving-door game Pakistan plays by hosting the Taliban , yet not Whistleblowing it shows that Petreus , McChristal at al are traitors to their county , never mind Obama .
Secretary Gates is a lying sack of crap. And we're hearing the same line of bovine scatology from Secretary Clinton, whose penchant for utter inanities is legion. Sovereignty? The word means an absence of external control. Let's compare that simple definition with the reality on the ground.
Are we to believe that the Pakistani government is free to dictate policy within its borders without interference from the global supercop? All those countless billions stolen from the American people that magically find ways into secret bank accounts of "independent" Pakistani officials is not interference? Please.
And the drone strikes that kill innocent civilians? Are we supposed to believe that this is all the work of an independent Pakistani government? Let me turn off my BS meter before it overheats.
The Obama administration must take us all for fools. Do they really think people are buying this nonsense? It's insulting. If they're going to murder thousands in order to "protect" us, could they at least have the decency to be candid about what they're doing?