Comments on: A Mafia in FATA: Haqqanis and Drones

By: ofilha

ofilha — Wed, 05 Jun 2013 13:50:15 +0000

zbrowne,
But it’s okay to forget who attacked whom? The US was attacked from Afghanistan and their leadership never gave up the Alqaida leaders. Mohammed Omar fully supported Alqaida, gave them sanctuaries while they went on their merry way bombing and maiming innocent people all over the world.
Your argument is very neglectful of what went on and is either ignorant or purposely one-sided. I am no war hawk but it sickens me when i see people being so one sided and ignorant about current history.

By: ofilha

ofilha — Wed, 05 Jun 2013 13:46:09 +0000

@NeilMcGowan,
Nice thoughtful reply. I guess you have never had a daughter, sister or mother or son for that matter mutilated by these thugs.

By: zbrowne

zbrowne — Tue, 04 Jun 2013 04:57:22 +0000

No one invited the U.S. to be on the ground. Although they claim that they were chasing AQ, in reality NATO is in Afghanistan for one and one reason only: blocking China’s access to Iranian oil. There probably would never be Mafia in Afghanistan or Pakistan if it had not been for U.S. and its allies. So just leave and let these people sort their own affairs out. Their atrocities are not worse than NATO has committed, and probably less. So lets not forget who invaded whom.

By: NeilMcGowan

NeilMcGowan — Thu, 28 Mar 2013 05:29:18 +0000

Breezinthru

You are scum. I hope someone kills you in your house with a drone attack, and that you die amid your family’s own blood.

By: NeilMcGowan

NeilMcGowan — Thu, 28 Mar 2013 05:28:18 +0000

>> “When their bodies were found, one victim had been disembowelled; both had been crushed by boulders, had scalding iron rods shoved through their legs, and shot through the head.” << And frankly, it's what they deserved. You help yankee scum murder women & children?? This is what you get. Expect to get more of it.

By: breezinthru

breezinthru — Sat, 20 Oct 2012 08:52:20 +0000

Excellent article. I regret that it was published in August and that it took this long for me to read it.

I expect that there will be much less opposition to the drone strikes on the part of the average US citizen in the aftermath of the Malala Yousufzai story.

I’d like to read about Gretchen Peters and Myra MacDonald’s take on that. I wonder if the Haqqani and Taliban are seen in the same light by ordinary Pakistani’s and just how unfriendly that light is?