There was a general strike in the town of Miramshah in North Waziristan Agency today, as thousands of protesting tribesmen took to the streets to protest the continued US drone strikes against the region.
Shopkeepers closed their stores, tribesmen and religious leaders rallied with students, and speakers condemned the attacks, noting that they are killing large numbers of innocent civilians.
Protesters also expressed frustration that the Pakistani government wasn’t going anything to prevent the US attacks, and urged the Supreme Court to take official action. One shopkeeper demanded the Pakistani government move against the CIA for the killings.
US officials have rarely commented on the drone strikes, except on the rare occasions when they actually successfully kill a militant. Most of the Obama Administration’s attention towards North Waziristan has been demanding the Pakistani military invade the tribal agency and threatening to take further unilateral action if they don’t.
America making demands of China. America making demands of Pakistan. Is America controlling the world already?
I know it's been working towards that end ever since Vietnam, but I didn't know it had actually come to pass.
Should I buy an American flag and learn how to sing God Bless America? Or is it merely that America has finally gone mad and needs to be put out of its misery?
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re: "finally gone mad"
Mr. Grayling, I sadly concur. I bet Uncle Sam spends at least $6 billions a day on The National Security State. I mean to include everything from the prisons to The Empire about the globe. Yet still my neighbors live in fear; fear of this, fear of that, Muslim bombers, deceptive Soviets who never really went away, Chinese Yellow Peril, the guy next door smokes pot, arrggghhhh. It's like one of those Twilight Zone marathons on the TV.
Last week ran an ad in the fort newspaper: "What Does a Hero do after Discharge"? So much for the myth of the humble answering "the call of duty". How are ya gonna deal with a virtual generational slice of society who believe themselves "heroes"? Maybe the next war will produce demi-gods.
Is America controlling the world already?
What? You didn't get the memo? A couple hundred years ago, god died and left the US in charge.
Evil Empire aka Empire of terror, controls its client states just as USSR used to control states under its domination. Resistance and uprisings are the solution as all institutions in enslaved and occupied countries are under Quislings control.
How did that work out for the USSR. The USG/Mafia Industrial Complex is using the USSR as it's model for empire expecting a different result. It is the model of a failed empire and these goons in D.C. are so power hungry with greed it makes them more stupid everyday. When the cost to the imperialist, USG, exceeds the benefits derived from its colonies, that is the definition of a failed empire.
How many more wars can America fight?
Iran, China, North Korea??
The Evil Empire is fast running out of money to fight wars. They cannot borrow money from China to fight China.
I'm thinking that the entire world is "downrange" for the U.S. Waziristan, in whatever form, North or South, poses no threat to the U.S. Or for that matter, neither does Afghanistan. Neither of these entities had a role in 9/11. And though alleged 9/11 mastermind Osama bin Laden maintained a hooch near the airport in Kandahar and several hideaways in the mountains of Paktia, so what?
The Taliban attempted to negotiate with the Big Kahoona to rid themselves of a major distraction, but to no avail. The residency of OBL in Paktia, following his demonization in the U.S. press, provided the justification for the Big Kahoona to invade and occupy a resource-rich country with a minimum of criticism from the world at large.
Meanwhile, the Pentagon is shaking in their boots, I'm sure.