Pakistan backs drones’ aim, not method: Khar

[Banu Umayyah]

It absolutely amazes me how little Pakistan values its own sovereignty. How many innocent children and families died because of drones exactly?
Apparently not enough.
Some times I think we should just offer to replace US aid just stop these atrocities

 

[Banu Umayyah]

 

[mjnaushad]

In other words, if Pakistan uses these drones, then its ok, but if America uses these drones over Pakistan, then its not.

I do understand her point but Pakistan will leak this technology to China and Pakistan cannot be trusted to go after Haqqanis, Afghan Taliban and other terrorists as they are seen by the Pakistani Army as a strategic asset to use in future wars with India.

Still hanging on that 15 year old news buddy..... If that was the case why NLI was sent on Kargil mission and not Haqqani and AT.


The method means Pakistan consent should be taken before the strike.....If US fly drone over US before firing a missile they will think 100 times of civilian deaths however the case wont be the same when they fly it on other nations. If Pakistan is involved they will consider civilian deaths more seriously. Not exactly a rocket science.....

 

[p(-)0ENiX]

I don't see any such meaning from this news report...
Pakistan has the right to use its resources inside its territory. Can we attack inside Afghanistan to take down Terrorist camps there? No. why? because we have no right to do so, any such adventure will escalate a big trouble.

Here is what she is saying..

I think you know the problem with allowing US drone strikes or US forces ground operation in Pakistan, if its allowed for one single time U.S will keep on repeating it using that "one time" as the main case.

Its no hidden secret that these drone strikes and the ongoing un lawful CIA program in Pakistan is yielding no better results. The worst part is that Pak Governments are repeating same words and same tone since 2004...but actually nothing is implemented. No foreign policy change is made, no resolution is put in UN. Good speeches and emotional words are never going to change our fate.

I agree; there is no point in begging people to stop the drone attacks either. While Pakistan does need to do more to annihilate militants seeing as it truly is our country's fight, our government needs to make more of an effort at guarding the state's sovereignty too. It's not just about the state's sovereignty thought, it's also about protecting the lives of the innocent people that are harmed or terrorized by these strikes.

By the way; what is your opinion of the claim that the government secretly allows the strikes to continue while publicly opposing them to appease the populace?

Pakistan ‘categorically rejects’ claim that it tacitly allows US drone strikes

Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry has bluntly rejected claims by the Obama administration that it tacitly approves CIA drone strikes on its territory, saying that ‘drone attacks are illegal, counterproductive, in contravention of international law and a violation of Pakistani sovereignty.’

The remarks came after the Wall Street Journal revealed that US claims of legality appear built on a monthly fax from the CIA to its ISI counterpart which goes unanswered, and on Pakistan’s apparent acceptance of ’no fly zones’ over the tribal areas which enable the drones to operate.

Islamabad’s foreign minister Hina Rabbani Khar also waded into the fray, telling an audience in New York that ’What the drones are trying to achieve, we may not disagree… If they’re going for terrorists — we do not disagree. But we have to find ways which are lawful, which are legal. The use of unilateral strikes on Pakistani territory is illegal.’

According to the Bureau’s data, at least 2,570 people have died since 2004 in 346 US drone strikes. Senior Pakistani officials have labelled the attacks ‘illegal’ on more than a dozen occasions this year. Pakistan’s High Commissioner to the UK recently told the Guardian that CIA strikes were ‘a violation of the UN charter.’ And on September 24 President Asif Ali Zardari, speaking at the UN General Assembly said that ‘drone strikes and civilian casualties on our territory add to the complexity of our battle for hearts and minds through this epic struggle.’

Despite these public protests, US officials still hint that they have Pakistan’s tacit permission to carry out the attacks. Obama’s chief counter-terrorism adviser John Brennan insisted recently that ‘We do not use force whenever we want, wherever we want… The United States of America respects national sovereignty and international law.’

A similar article from a Pakistani source is linked below.

Pakistan denounces media report on 'tacit complicity on drones'