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I couldn't agree with you more. If any foreign country was conducting raids in my country, I would be pretty pi$$ed about it. And yes, letting off Raymond Davis - an American citizen for killing Pakistani citizens must have been deeply insulting.
Clearly your sovereignty has been compromised - but it is the job of your Government and your armed forces from stopping these drone attacks and laying down rules of engagement. What exactly is stopping you from showing the Americans, the CIA or whichever agency it is the middle finger and telling them to get lost. I think it is nothing but dependence on American aid. If there is something I missed here - please enlighten me.
It is no secret that whatever hammering we are giving the American administration on its vicious and vile acts of killing random people in NWA through drones, we are giving an equal amount of heat to our government for allowing it. Hopefully this will translate into a massive electoral defeat for them and bring forth the guys that do take out the drones.
how is there a comparison between some one who assisted in the identity of a known terrorist and Pollard?
The result is immaterial. If you help an organization such as the CIA, which has killed people in Pakistan to even illegally pluck flowers, the same sentence would have been given. The problem is - working with the CIA.
Anyway, the damage is done. The 'West' has an agenda to pressurize Pakistan. And Pakistan has given it one more tool to beat Pakistan with.
There was another issue, Americans were giving statements that Pakistan is illegally holding Afridi without pressing any charges.
Once charges were pressed the courts got involved. He came from the tribal areas, and hence tribal court was involved and they are pretty swift.
The thing is, its not really swift, this will now go to a sessions/district court, then to high court, then if need be to supreme court.
So what you are saying regarding negotiation is already on the cards. There was no escaping the pressure tactics, best to get your arguments out there at an early stage. Right now the Americans can't confront the issue without also acknowledging they have done the same over and over to punish spies who were also involved in good causes.