Monday, May 16, 2011

No more money if I can’t kill you (Update)

So it is, Pakistan telling America to stop coming into its country using drones to kill its people. The reply from America is:
‘Take your pick. It’s simple. No more drone attacks, no more money so shut up and sit down! I’m busy!’

US drone attack kills 25 in Pakistan's tribal belt
Read more at
http://www.rediff.com/news/report/us-drone-attack-kills-25-in-pakistans-tribal-belt/20110422.htm

They hate us for our freedoms
By Glenn Greenwald
Excerpt:
For the second time in three days, a night raid in eastern Afghanistan by NATO forces resulted in the death of a child, setting off protests on Saturday that turned violent and ended in the death of a second boy. . . .

And
There's nothing much new to say here, but every now and then, it's worth highlighting not only what we are doing, but what the results are. Just imagine the accumulated hatred from having things like this happen day after day, week after week, year after year, for a full decade now, with no end in sight -- broadcast all over the region.
Read more at:
http://www.salon.com/news/opinion/glenn_greenwald/index.html


As always,
BB

(Update)
Destroying Democracy in Pakistan
By BRIAN CLOUGHLEY
Excerpt:
Likewise, Pakistan’s Parliament is powerless against the arrogant might of the United States. It can pass resolutions until the drones come home, and nobody in Washington will pay the slightest heed.

And
Likewise, Pakistan’s Parliament is powerless against the arrogant might of the United States. It can pass resolutions until the drones come home, and nobody in Washington will pay the slightest heed. It seems that for Pakistan legislators to declare “such drone attacks must be stopped forthwith” is a direct invitation to increase the carnage. Pakistan can’t do a damn thing about this blatant provocation. The indignity inflicted on Pakistan as a nation is not only insolent and illegal, it is lip-smackingly, sneeringly triumphal.
Read more at:
http://counterpunch.com/cloughley05192011.html

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