Trolls, Ranters, GI Jihadists, pseudo liberals please ignore this post
During the Pakistani earthquake back in 2005, the American Chinooks bringing the relief goods to Azad Kashmir came under fire on at least two different occasions from ground based RGP fire, mercifully they were never in danger due to their height and speed, when they informed Pakistanis, the initial response was that those were actually dynamite exploding (to clear landslides) which were confused by Americans as RPGs, to which the Americans replied that they could differentiate between the smoke trails and sounds of RPGs from their experience of
RGP Ally in Iraq. The later investigations by Pakistani Army did find some evidence that suggested the work of the LeT & its Taliban clone jihadists that tried to get some cheap shots at Americans and score two goals by harming Americans and then destroying the relations between AUS and Pak Army and humiliate the Pakistani government in a very vulnerable time.
When for some animals utter hatred & 72 virgins are more important that humanity & morality specially at the times of a natural disaster of such a massive scale then the only solution is a quick pursuit & elimination of those elements and no such incident happened throughout the relief effort afterwards. But the terrorists did mark their presence later by attacking Rawalakot in Azad Kasmir few times.
The possibility of Pakistan army posts firing was ruled out because the Americans were operating far away from the line of control where the army positions are normally established. The perpetrators were Taliban opportunists holidaying from their Pak-Afgan front lines. But thankfully the Americans continued with their relief efforts brushing away the jeers of the Jamat Islami & Jamat Dawa activists who were shamelessly distributing the American & UN aid under their names.
In 2002, 4 Canadian soldiers lost their lives when their regiment was conducting exercises at night and it was mistaken for Taliban insurgents. A 500 lb LGB dropped by the American F-16 was the cause, the pilot was found guilty of manslaughter and the Canadians didnt get any US apology.
during March 2003, a pair of American A-10s strafed on British reconnaissance convey after confusing NATO markings for Iraqi rocket launchers and despite distress flairs by British indicating blue on blue. The result was 1 dead and 5 injured British and a lot of laughs & swearing y American pilots followed by sobbing & crying once the truth dawned.
Looking at the above incident it doesnt seem if replacing flares with tracers will help the Pakistani check posts with indicating the NATO aircrafts that they are intruding into Pakistani territories (although the fire is never aimed at the crafts but sideways to enable the crew to see). Maybe using a shared comm. Channel on the field will help? If the NATO soldiers can communicate with Afghan soldiers then I am sure the Pakistani soldiers on ground wont be any less able or more shy to do the same.
Better training ,use of technology and communication can reduce such incidents from happening but they cant be completely eliminated. These come with the job and the line of work all soldiers of the world have to face and accept.
Indeed trolls, time wasters, keyboard jihadists and pseudo liberals are so much divorced from reality that they just cant understand the line of work and everyday life of a soldier on the frontline in a conflict. They would continue to do what they do best, waste the web space.
Above were just a few incidents that have happened and I just wanted to use the opportunity to clarify that there is nothing "Pakistan specific hatred" or designs by the "evil" Americans in such incidents, although regrettable but are an unavoidable reality. if the Americans really want to do us harm then believe me that when it will happen then all the trolls and ranters would be even scared to fart or cough to avoid the American wrath. By the way does anyone know that Taliban have killed over 30K Pakistanis? I wish people have had shown even half the emotions to these daily atrocities not full just half to what they are showing against the Americans. Sadly the debates are going on and off are and on the web and print media about the American operation NOT on the fact that a symbol of utter hatred & the person responsible for tarnishing the Islamic image in the world, who had declared war against Pakistan was sitting in Pakistan for so many years. I didnt get the chance before but I will like to say. Thank you US Navy SEALS you were professional and also very considerate to Osama by firing a warning shot
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On his head.
