Pakistan and America
Thursday, June 4, 2009
Daily News, Pakistan
opinion : Brian Cloughley
Pakistan and America have different problems concerning terrorism. And one of the greatest problems is the arrogant presumption by Washington that Islamabad must do as it is told
The American General David Petraeus said last week that “anti-US sentiment has been increasing in Pakistan”, and that if more of the appalling photographs of torture of US-held prisoners in Iraq and Afghanistan were released by the Pentagon to be seen by the world, then loathing would become even more intense.
He is right about the level of anti-American feeling, and acknowledged that “63 percent of Pakistanis still oppose cooperating with US counter-terror operations”. It is doubtful, however, that release of another batch of pictures showing American soldiers subjecting people to the most hideous indignities would raise that percentage by much.
But nobody can blame anyone in Pakistan for objecting strongly to the fact that American “counter-terror operations” involve illegal attacks on the sovereign territory of Pakistan that have killed so many women and children.
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opinion : Brian Cloughley
Pakistan and America have different problems concerning terrorism. And one of the greatest problems is the arrogant presumption by Washington that Islamabad must do as it is told
The American General David Petraeus said last week that “anti-US sentiment has been increasing in Pakistan”, and that if more of the appalling photographs of torture of US-held prisoners in Iraq and Afghanistan were released by the Pentagon to be seen by the world, then loathing would become even more intense.
He is right about the level of anti-American feeling, and acknowledged that “63 percent of Pakistanis still oppose cooperating with US counter-terror operations”. It is doubtful, however, that release of another batch of pictures showing American soldiers subjecting people to the most hideous indignities would raise that percentage by much.
But nobody can blame anyone in Pakistan for objecting strongly to the fact that American “counter-terror operations” involve illegal attacks on the sovereign territory of Pakistan that have killed so many women and children.
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Labels: Drone Attacks, Extremism, Militancy, Taliban, Terrorism, US Pakistan Relations
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