Don’t make me laugh …US General: Pakistanis Image of US “worst ever”
2009:
So right after ”W” goes home Pew does a survey in Pakistan of how they view a bunch of things including the USA.
16% think of us favorably
Then after we offed Bin Laden they took another look, and gee, guess what now we are down to another number, even lower. To put it in context as many Pakistanis view the USA favorably as American do Congressional performance.
11-12%.
So excuse me when I hear some WARFIGHTER (?? AYFKM??) too worried about PAKISTANI PUBLIC OPINION to think clearly about WINNING THE GODDAMN WAR?
5%, 2%… WHO CARES?
General: Worst U.S. image in Pakistan ever
President Obama promised to restore the international image of the United States, but the recent NATO airstrike that killed Pakistani soldiers comes as a historic setback, at least in Pakistan, to judge from remarks made by Army Gen. Martin. E. Dempsey to British media today.
Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said that the average Pakistani’s respect for the United States is lower than ever. “[The average Pakistani who] doesn’t know the United States, doesn’t read about the United States or just watches something on television about the United States, at that level, [the relations] are probably the worst they’ve ever been,” he explained, according to the American Forces Press Service.
He added that the relationship between the U.S. government and Pakistan’s government is “on about as rocky a road as I’ve seen.”
The general expressed limited optimism for rebuilding that relationship. “I think if we understand the seriousness with which this event is being viewed in Pakistan, and they understand we are taking it seriously, then I think we will have at least the beginnings of a opportunity to find our way through it,” he suggested.
Hey dude, you know that horse you rode in on, YEAH…. HIM TOO
US suspects NATO forces lured into deadly raid
NATO forces may have been lured into attacking friendly Pakistani border posts in a calculated maneuver by the Taliban, according to preliminary U.S. military reports on the deadliest friendly fire incident with Pakistan since theAfghanistan war began.
The NATO airstrike killed 24 Pakistani soldiers over the weekend in an apparent case of mistaken identity, The Associated Press has learned.
A joint U.S.-Afghan patrol was attacked by the Taliban early Saturday morning. While pursuing the enemy in the poorly marked border area, the patrol seems to have mistaken one of the Pakistan troop outposts for a militant encampment and called in a NATO gunship and attack helicopters to open fire.
U.S. officials say the reports suggest the Taliban may have deliberately tried to provoke a cross-border firefight that would set back fragile partnerships between the U.S. and NATO forces and Pakistani soldiers at the ill-defined border. Officials described the records on condition of anonymity to discuss classified matters.
The incident has sent the perpetually difficult U.S.-Pakistan relationship into a tailspin.
On Tuesday, Pakistani Gen. Ashfaq Nadeem called the incident a “deliberate act of aggression” and said it was “next to impossible that NATO” did not know it was attacking Pakistani forces.
You know, in 1861 at Bull Run there were some Rebel troops in Union type uniforms and they were fired on by the Confederates. They returned fire immediately. When questioned later by a General the Colonel who commanded those troops said, “Dammit General, we will fire on anyone who fires at us.”
As this story shpes up (what they TELL US OF IT), it sure looks as if Taliban fired on American troops from Pakistani Army positions, knowing it was win-win no matter what we did.
PAKISTAN IS TODAY’S LAOS AND CAMBODIA. Except the Pakistani PEOPLE hate our guts, and have already via the ISI, Taliban and those the abet, that they will kill Americans sipping coffee at work in Manhattan and Washington.
The Viet Cong just wanted Vietnam.
This is a sure loser as presently configured.
We have set ourselves up to GET OUR ASSES KICKED and FLY HOME A LOT OF BODY BAGS.
It is THIS admin’s job to WIN. Not leave. WIN.
Unless they feel a few more thousand dead americans here at home one day 5-10 years from now is ok if they can just win a few more elections.
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