Hillary Clinton gives clean chit to Pakistan

[Hindustani]

Pakistani activists from Jamiat Ulama e Islam (JUI) burn a US flag during a Karachi …
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.US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Friday told Pakistan that the country needed to understand that anti-Americanism and conspiracy theories will not end its problems.

"Pakistan should understand that anti-Americanism and conspiracy theories will not make the problem disappear," Clinton told a news conference following talks with Pakistan's military and civilian leaders.

Pakistan was left humiliated and angry after an American raid killed Osama bin Laden two hours' from the capital on May 2.

The unilateral operation has fuelled widespread anti-American sentiment in the country, which has long been high over a covert CIA drone war against militant commanders in the country's northwestern tribal belt.

The chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, Admiral Mike Mullen, who accompanied Clinton in her meetings pleaded for greater co-operation between the two wary allies in the war against the Taliban and Al-Qaeda.

Clinton denied that the meetings, held under blanket security, were tense and said she had heard Pakistan commit to "some very specific action", saying the country deserved more credit for its efforts in the war on militants.

"I return to Washington ever more committed," to the relationship, she said.


Anti-Americanism will not help Pakistan: Clinton - Yahoo! News

 

[RezRoll]

Any sort of hatred will never help anyone The rest of the world is moving ahead fast.. Wake up guys

 

[khanz]

too little too late they have a puppet government but they have forever "lost" pakistan they will never get the public masses on their side and they will never be able to come to pakistan as a welcome guest they will never be able to leave their consulates and embassies due to public anger against them.

 

[mirage 5000]

90% of pakistani public hate USA more then any other country on earth .hailry should move her face from our land and take her diplomatic mission from pakistan we will be so happy without USA.

 

[Guest01]

too little too late they have a puppet government but they have forever "lost" pakistan they will never get the public masses on their side and they will never be able to come to pakistan as a welcome guest they will never be able to leave their consulates and embassies due to public anger against them.

The public anger against US is clearly motivated by the Pakistani Army. Wikileaks has published the facts on how Kiyani has supported drone strikes and also in fact asked for more at certain times. Once the screws have been on Pakistani Army to move away from their double speak strategy, clearly they do not want to do it and want to use terrorists as their strategic assets in some sort of end game. Rather they should be worried that in the preparation of that end game, hopefully they will not doom the end of a lot of good things in Pakistan.

Once the right kind of media starts highlighting the benefits that US has been extending including military and non military aid + also arms and ammunition to the Pakistani army itself then the opinion can change in the public perception.

It is clear that Pakistani army needs a declared enemy of Pakistan to continue governing the affairs of the country. Earlier it was India but since that people are maturing and India does not seem to be a big enough threat, they needed someone on the western border as enemy to continue the army's hegemony in Pakistan. That enemy is now US.

However what the Army does not understand is that in this short sightedness and dichotomy, they are continually and incrementally hurting Pakistan. Look at the kind of attacks that Pakistani civilians and public has to go thru in the last days after the OBL raid. The Pakistani army ensures that no one in Pakistan is asking why OBL was there. They are continually bringing up the question of why US killed OBL directly. OBL death has clearly hurt the army's strategy and ruffled the scheme of things that they had planned. Hence the increasing vitriol via the misinformation. I suggest that you read some of the saner voices also in the Pakistan press who seem to love Pakistan more than the Pakistan army. Like I said, it is a short term scenario because the army has fooled Pakistan for a long time but cannot continue fooling the people all the time.

 

[ajpirzada]

anti amercanism will help us reduce American presence in Pakistan....
that is the only way otherwise our leading elite (including army) gets sold out very easily

they came and used us time and again or should i say screwed us?? our leaders assisted them for their own self-interest....... hence we r anti-(all of them)

 

[RezRoll]

90% of pakistani public hate USA more then any other country on earth .hailry should move her face from our land and take her diplomatic mission from pakistan we will be so happy without USA.

too little too late they have a puppet government but they have forever "lost" pakistan they will never get the public masses on their side and they will never be able to come to pakistan as a welcome guest they will never be able to leave their consulates and embassies due to public anger against them.

I can understand the public anger against the US government, but the anger against anything and everything American is un-justified... Half of the people in the US have nothing against the normal muslim people and the other half are just ignorant as it gets.. I felt more discriminated in UK than i did in the US. This coming from someone who has stayed years in America

 

[Invincible INDIAN]

ISLAMABAD: US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Friday she was even more committed to Pakistan after Osama bin Laden's killing, but said the country needed to do more in its battle with Islamist militants.

Clinton is the most senior US official to visit Islamabad since relations between the wary allies went into freefall over the US Navy SEALs raid on May 2 that killed the al-Qaida chief in the city of Abbottabad.

Shrouded in blanket security, she met Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani, before talks with army chief Ashfaq Kayani and the chief of Pakistan's intelligence agency Ahmad Shuja Pasha.

The discovery that the world's most-wanted man was living just a stone's throw from Pakistan's equivalent of West Point raised troubling questions about whether anyone in the Pakistani establishment was protecting him.

She said the United States had "absolutely no evidence that anyone at the highest level of the Pakistani government" knew where bin Laden was and said she would return to Washington "ever more committed" to the relationship.

"This was an especially important visit because we have reached a turning point. Osama bin Laden is dead but Al-Qaeda and his syndicate of terror remain a serious threat to us both," Clinton said.

"There is a momentum toward political reconciliation in Afghanistan but the insurgency continues to operate from safe havens here in Pakistan," she added, saying she believed that Pakistan and the United States had the same goals.

Pakistan has suffered a wave of attacks since the May 2 raid, with the country's main Taliban faction vowing to strike Pakistani and American targets to avenge his death in the American raid.

On the eve of Clinton's visit, 35 people were killed in a suicide car bombing outside a Pakistani police station in the northwestern town of Hangu late Thursday.

Islamabad's alliance with Washington is deeply unpopular in Pakistan, where the bin Laden operation and a CIA drone war against militant commanders in the tribal belt fuels widespread anti-American sentiment.

"America cannot and should not solve Pakistan's problems. That's up to Pakistan," she said.

"Pakistan should understand that anti-Americanism and conspiracy theories will not make the problem disappear," she added.

The chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, Admiral Mike Mullen, who accompanied Clinton in her meetings went on to plead for greater co-operation between the two wary allies in the war against the Taliban and Al-Qaeda.

Clinton denied that the meetings, held under blanket security, were tense and said she had heard Pakistan commit to "some very specific action", saying the country deserved more credit for its efforts in the war on militants.

"We both recognise there is still much more work required and it's urgent."

Her visit was seen as an effort to demand more cooperation from Pakistan in the fight against Al-Qaeda and Taliban militants but also smooth over relations with Islamabad humiliated by the US raid that killed bin Laden.

Kayani has said any similar raid would prompt a review of military cooperation with the United States and Washington is reducing the strength of US military personnel to a minimum following a request from Islamabad.

Western officials have long accused Pakistan's intelligence services of playing a double game by fighting Islamist militants who pose a domestic threat, but protecting those who fight against American troops in Afghanistan.

"They are now having to look at some very tough questions that they either tried to avoid or which they gave inadequate answers to before," a senior US official told reporters travelling with Clinton.

The United States has long put pressure on Pakistan to lead a major air and ground offensive in North Waziristan, the most notorious Taliban and Al-Qaeda bastion used to launch attacks across the border in Afghanistan.

Pakistan has always maintained that any such operation would be of its own time and choosing, arguing that its 140,000 troops committed to the northwest are too overstretched fighting against militants who pose a domestic threat.

Pakistan has been fighting homegrown Taliban for years in its northwest and militant attacks have killed more than 4,400 people across the country since July 2007 in revenge for the government's US alliance.

Is it really a clean chit?

 

[roadrunner]

but being pro-american will help

it's possible, but not as much as being pro-chinese will help.

Pakistan doesn't need the US, it's a thorn in its side.

 

[S.M.R]

Anti-Americanism will not help pakistan: Clinton

What if we dont need that "HELP" which have provided more than anyone.

 

[S.M.R]

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.US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Friday told Pakistan that the country needed to understand that anti-Americanism and conspiracy theories will not end its problems.

"Pakistan should understand that anti-Americanism and conspiracy theories will not make the problem disappear," Clinton told a news conference following talks with Pakistan's military and civilian leaders.

Pakistan was left humiliated and angry after an American raid killed Osama bin Laden two hours' from the capital on May 2.

The unilateral operation has fuelled widespread anti-American sentiment in the country, which has long been high over a covert CIA drone war against militant commanders in the country's northwestern tribal belt.

The chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, Admiral Mike Mullen, who accompanied Clinton in her meetings pleaded for greater co-operation between the two wary allies in the war against the Taliban and Al-Qaeda.

Clinton denied that the meetings, held under blanket security, were tense and said she had heard Pakistan commit to "some very specific action", saying the country deserved more credit for its efforts in the war on militants.

"I return to Washington ever more committed," to the relationship, she said.


Anti-Americanism will not help Pakistan: Clinton - Yahoo! News

Did your Master show that burning flag as well while saying so? Pathetic troll intention.

 

[Rafael]

Lol somebody needs to tell her that its American senators and American media who is on Anti-Pakistan roll.


Mod Edit: please dont loose decency. thanks

 

[Guest01]

but being pro-american will help

it's possible, but not as much as being pro-chinese will help.

Pakistan doesn't need the US, it's a thorn in its side.

That is the mirage that the army wants you to see. For them it is not important which is the sanest voice, for the army it is important that the voice that is more profitable for the army should prevail in Pakistan. Do not know that it is a good thing or a bad thing that this is the last card that the army can play. There is nothing beyond China on this road for Pakistan. A nation for the army!!

 

[Guest01]

anti amercanism will help us reduce American presence in Pakistan....
that is the only way otherwise our leading elite (including army) gets sold out very easily
they came and used us time and again or should i say screwed us?? our leaders assisted them for their own self-interest....... hence we r anti-(all of them)

That is the only travesty. The anti americanism is also being encouraged by the army because US does not agree anymore to the fact that the army has a birthright to govern Pakistan. So now the next stop is the friendlier China. Army's victory if achieved but what about Pakistan?

 

[roadrunner]

That is the mirage that the army wants you to see. For them it is not important which is the sanest voice, for the army it is important that the voice that is more profitable for the army should prevail in Pakistan. Do not know that it is a good thing or a bad thing that this is the last card that the army can play. There is nothing beyond China on this road for Pakistan. A nation for the army!!

the US is more supportive of Pakistan's Army than Pakistan's people. It gets free military hardware though it also cuts off its supply when it wants. It's unreliable as a supporter of Pakistan Army + china is much better (more reliable + nearly as good technology).

it's the people of Pakistan that don't get any benefit.

Pakistanis see the Chinese providing them with ToT from the latest aircraft and taking a Pakcentric approach to all the problems.

Long term development aid that people can see is another thing, no chinese drone strikes, along with other things. That gets them support from the masses.