After six days of officially defending the attack against Pakistani soldiers in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas as “self defense,” the United States has made an enormous U-turn in official rhetoric, publicly apologizing today.
“Only yesterday Pentagon spokesman Geoff Morrell was shrugging off the killings as nothing more than an “unfortunate incident,” saying that the helicopters assumed the long-standing border base to be a “new fighting position.”
But the killings sparked massive political opposition as well as violent attacks on NATO supply convoys. It is likely no coincidence that today’s apology came in the wake of the largest such attacks, which saw at least 57 tankers torched.
NATO had offered their own apology days ago, but coming as it did with repeated insistences that US policy along the border would not change it did little to improve the situation. The US apology may do more, but it will likely depend on whether the cross border raids end.
Wow times have changed. It used to be when you bought yourself a colony the vassal state acted like one. The seeping flood of US arrogance came up against the immovable object of Pakistani pride.
But this is what happens when you allow Uncle Sam to give you "foreign aid," he then thinks he owns you. End foreign aid and you end the empire.
Pakistan doesn't reopen border despite US apology:
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM…
Uncle Shmuel yells "Uncle" in short order, but it is all blah-blah with no substance. The FedGov will continue to blast the auxiliaries whenever the "fearless" bringers of death from above decide to have a little fun at the Pakistani Army's expense.
What a bunch of lying bastards. One moment they shrug and don't give a damn and the next they kowtow with a middle finger extended. You just can't make this stuff up.