Emmie
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This is so ironic, Pakistanis complaining about the death of the same Hakimullah Mehsud who was personally responsible for the death of hundreds if not thousands of Pakistani soldiers and civilians.
Makes Pakistan look very weak.
It's more about subverting the peace dialogue than killing a terrorist. In a process of dialogue, whether justified or unjustified, you need at least two parties to make this process viable. Even if the Taliban had agreed to go ahead with negotiation with their malafide intentions, a fact remains intact that they were a party. Killing a head of a party on the eve of negotiation day do raise some suspicion, which is exactly politicians are turning to right now.
Although I don't believe in peace talks with TTP but still the logic politicians are presenting make sense. What could be the purpose of killing a terrorist (who heads the organization) ready to engage in peace process? I don't consider it justified even if he was not for real - the outcome could have unfolded some aspects, like fraudulence of TTP.
A pity that Pakistani principles stop at drones & doesn't continue to terrorists operating within their borders. Neither principle or sovereignty seems to extend there. Merely calling them non-state actors shouldn't be enough, either they are shredding both principles & sovereignty or they are not. If they are, more condemnation & action is necessary. Till then, the rest of the world will look at drones in a far more sympathetic light than they would otherwise.
Yeah this must also be encompassed. But I am afraid many things interrelate each other in this particular case, everyone will have to play its role.