Posts Tagged ‘air strikes’

Pakistanis Get Blunt With Secretary Clinton ‘We’ve Been Fighting Your War’

In Crime, News, Opinion, Politics, War, pakistan on 30 October 2009 tagged air strikes, airstrikes, Drone Attacks, Hilary Clinton, Hillary Clinton, pakistan, Peshawar, Secretary of State, Swat Valley, taliban, terrorism, war on terror with View Comments

In Pakistan today, Secretary Clinton greatly backtracked from her comments yesterday about the Pakistani government’s knowledge of terrorist activity as she faced much greater opposition from the people of Pakistan today. Whereas Afghanistan has been reeling from the horror of drone attacks for years now, the people of Pakistan are now taking the United States [...]

George Will REALLY Doesn’t Understand Afghanistan, Calling for Troop Pull-Out

In Afghanistan, History, News, Opinion, Politics on 31 August 2009 tagged Afghanistan, air strikes, Al Qaeda, Commentator, Conservative, drones, Economist, George F. Will, NATO, pakistan, Politico, Republican, taliban, U.S. Troops with View Comments

Conservative Economist George F. Will, is calling for a troop pull-out of Afghanistan. As with all people calling for a troop pull-out in Afghanistan, Will is short-sighted understanding neither the situation in Afghanistan nor the importance of US success in the embattled nation. For Will to call for increased drone and air strikes, that have [...]