Pakistan’s Defense Minister Chaudhry Mukhtar has confirmed today that the Pakistani government has ordered the United States to leave the Shamsi Air Base, an air base in Balochistan from which the US had been launching drone strikes.
The move comes as repeated Pakistani demands for the US to stop launching unilateral drone attacks have fallen on deaf ears, and in the wake of repeated escalations of the strikes. The Shamsi Air Base has been under the operational control of the United Arab Emirates since the 1990s.
US officials have repeatedly downplayed the seriousness of losing Pakistani support for the drone strikes, saying they could just as easily launch the attacks on Pakistan’s tribal areas from neighboring Afghanistan. Continuing to do so is likely to have serious consequences for US-Pakistan relations, however, which Mukhtar confirmed have grown steadily worse since the Abbotabad raid.
Still, Mukhtar defended the military and the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) agency, despite US allegations that the two are secretly in league with militant factions. He insisted that the Zardari government has full confidence in both,
Forgive my cycnicism but I just can't see the US actually allowing Pakistan to decide matters in their own country. So far Pakistan has playeed the part of subservient colony to a colonial master and I don't see any change other than mere rhetoric.
And this he said with a straight face and a wink and a nudge.
Its about time the the world needs to demand with war not that I like war but they need to demand the USA stops illegals fighting wars with less powerfull countrys.The US if smart wopuld listen or they would be fighting Afganistan,Iraq,Lybia,Pakistan,Yemen,North Korea,China,Russia and I
'm sure there are more.The US has allies mainly but not only Eroupe but as shown in Lybia Eroupe is like ancle bitters they can't even do nothing against Lybia without the US.How much help would they be against China and Russia alone?South Korea would mabe fight the North but not sure how much they agree with the US government ordering Illegal wars that not only kill many civilians but many American young men and women are dieing and are being commanded to fight wars that go against the US constitution they swore to uphold.In the end the troops dieind don't bennifit at all.The rich and military industrial complex benifits from being illegaly breaking the constitution.They better hope Japan is willing to help they now 9/11 was a fauls flag withch lead to a more iperial government and lose of freedom antone that helps America is no the wrong side.Americans and the miltary dieing need to demand a stop to illegal wars or refuse to fight.
I'm cntinueing my last post.I'm from Windsor Ontario with lots of friends that are American we are the most Americanized city in the world.I know more about about American polotics than Canadian alot due to the fact we get American tellivision.I'm learning from the internet about Canada but the US is invlved in so much corruption to keep up I have to spend 1 hour a day on America.But americans have thew right in the constitution to overthrough there government if crimminal.Now for that to happen they would need millions from all the large citys to protest for the government to follow the law.Also in small communitys as many as are avalible need to do the same.The military could refuse to fight the illegal wars that go against the constitution that thewy swore to uphold.The military industrial complex and the rich bennifit well troops get killed and recive nothing well the country is being put in dept that they will never recover from.Just watch U-Tube and mant American soldiers are against the wars and now abou the 9/11 lies anbd the fact they are illegal and should not be fighting.I wish the American Citizens and the world the best.GOD bless.