Pakistan Is Pissed The Untied States Is Droning Their Soldiers

[unhappycamper]

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unhappycamper summary of this article: The Pakistanis are pissed about the droning of their soldiers. I can't say I blame them.....



Pakistan Cuts NATO Supply Line After Airstrike
September 30, 2010
Associated Press

PARACHINAR, Pakistan -- Pakistan blocked a vital supply route for U.S. and NATO troops in Afghanistan on Thursday in apparent retaliation for an alleged cross-border helicopter strike by the coalition that killed three Pakistani frontier troops.

[WinkyDink]

1. We are mad. As in, insane.

[MadHound]

2. Not to mention the fact that we're sending troops into Pakistan now

<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/03/AR2008090300523.html>

So much for ending the wars, it seems as though the Obama administration is trying to expand it.

[bighart]

3. Drone attacks are way up according to the info I can find.

2004 to 2007 estimated deaths between 86 and 109

2008 estimated deaths between 263 to 296

2009 estimated deaths between 413 and 709

These numbers are for attacks in Afghanistan but the point is this seems to be the new philosophy on how to fight these wars.

[unhappycamper]

4. According to Leon Panetta, at least 20 CIA done strikes were authorized for September 2010:

CIA Chief Warned Obama in ‘09: Drone Strikes Won’t Win War