Sineva
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If the drones were operating inside pakistan,and killing pakistanis,with the full knowledge [and permission] of the pakistani government,then why did it lodge a protest with the us government over these continued strikes?I may not agree with the other guy but should put the record straight, you put it as if we couldn't stop them, as if the drones were carried out without the consent of the state. We openly allied with US, didn't we? Targets inside Pakistan were each given permission by Pakistan and they were mostly accurate and naturally there will be collateral damage. It was highly politicised and political parties took advantage. It is why govts mostly lied and didn't tell the truth, we have a huge percentage of emotional zealots that dont think through. We are a democracy and our ppl are highly independent, unlike in dictatorships and where supreme leader reign supreme for life. Bin laden incident was also fake and he had died years ago, we could have shot down the choppers but decided not to.
It is wrong to compare all that with iran shooting passenger plane, or unable to protect nuclear scientist, these are clear incompetencies. While being a major non NATO ally, their CIA agent couldnt escape after killing a low tier intelligence operative and was caught, let alone successfully killing nuclear scientist.
https://embassyofpakistanusa.org/press-releases-06-08-2013/
I wont even bother with your claim of the "Bin laden incident was also fake",tho if it was,then why on earth did the americans even bother engaging in this insane charade that not only damaged us-pakistani relations,but also embarrassed pakistan internationally.
Seems an odd thing to do to a "major non-nato ally",doesnt it?
Also,I`m not saying that you couldnt stop them,its actually worse than that in fact,I`m saying that your government deliberately chooses to do nothing and instead just allows these actions to continue.
Your post is actually a rather beautiful example of something that I`ve seen more than a little bit of in certain sections of this site.Its called Rationalization,and it stems from a psychological phenomena known as Cognitive Dissonance.
Essentially it boils down to this:
1.Pakistan is [supposedly] a major non-nato ally,that has been openly aligned/allied with the us/west for decades.
2.However,if pakistan is a "major non-nato ally",then why is it being treated in such an obviously non-ally way?
3.Since it is clear that pakistan is not being treated as a "major non-nato ally",then why does the government [and military] of pakistan not act to stop what are very clearly unfriendly acts?
4.Now how does one manage to explain [rationalize] this very obvious contradiction...?
5.Read post #90 in this topic.