So are you acknowledging that TTP was never an American Ally but a pathetic conspiracy theory invented by Zaid Hamid to explain Pakistan's failure in controlling these Taliban beasts?
Check the news about your parliament's resolution around relations with America..
You just called your parliament, Gen Kayani, your Prime Minister, your president and foreign minister a liar...Really, not sure if trolling or serious. Or just choosing to be plain delusional. Not sure where you were for the 7 months when the supplies were stopped. Or that we got an apology (and yes, that's what happened - unless you choose to be delusional).
Btw, just to bring this up again..
I was talking about how you guys continue to contradict yourself, i.e. you say that Pakistan supports Taliban/Al Qaeda/Haqqanis but Pakistan is subservient to US. You REALLY don't see the problem with such an argument - the very obvious inconsistency?
Your response was that Pakistan does both and that there are multiple power centers in Pakistan.
Clearly, Pakistan CANNOT do both. By using the word 'Pakistan is doing x', you're making Pakistan a monolith, in which case you have a straightforward contradiction. Either Pakistan army is doing y or civilian government is doing z, not Pakistan is doing X..
So please tell me, who is doing what? Who is being subservient and who is supporting these groups you mention? Choose your answer very carefully, because it'll be easy to dissect almost any answer.
If you don't have an answer then quit the crap about how Pakistan is being subservient.. how does supporting these group translate into being subservient?
You can argue semantics all you want, but as has been reported in the majority of the Western and Pakistani press, 'sorry' was taken as an apology, given the context in which it was used.
Perhaps not publicly, though the chain of events that led to the attack happening in the first place has been analyzed and will be rather unlikely to occur again, given the Pakistani reaction, so a purpose was certainly served and an advantage for Pakistan gained.
The US is releasing between 1 to 2 Billion USD in pending CSF reimbursements, which ends up totaling more than the transit fee charge, so I'd say that one way or the other Pakistan obtained the 'fees' it was looking for.
That did not happen, and was unlikely to change without a significant escalation by Pakistan (UN and/or ICJ or shooting down the drones).
Pakistan got about 50% if what it was looking for - given than the final outcome was always going to be a 'compromise', not too bad.
But Clinton did not say 'I am sorry that you are foolish', she said 'sorry for the deaths and mistakes made' - the context makes it an apology.
Ask Panetta about that - Pakistani officials have clearly, and officially, stated that there was never any $5000 demand on the table. US officials have not stated officially that such a demand was placed on the table, all we have are insinuations and anonymous sources claiming this and that. Seems to me that the $5000 story was planted in the media by the US to whip up anger against Pakistan.
The pieces in the Pakistani media (most of them) calling this a 'non apology' fall into two categories:
Quick question... from where did Taliban attacked when they captured our troops and behead them.... also where is fazlullah hiding???Why would they need to hide in Afghanistan when they fully control the FATA territory of North Waziristan?
Please stop repeating Zaid Hamid's nonsense.
Just because US withdrew from Kunar province because it had no strategic value, nor any major population centers, that gave Zaid Hamid this golden opportunity to invent this buffonish conspiracy theory that all TTP are in Kunar Province.
Get a grip of reality.
Pakistani Taliban are in Pakistan.
Whats next? India supporting the Swat Taliban and they are hiding in Indian Kashmir?
