Re: Drone strikes
Yes, but what if the answer to your question is “No”?
Nobody likes sovereignty of the country violated but there are few things which come in mind:
- Do we really have sovereignty in the areas like Waziristan which are totally under control of Taliban mufsideen? Army can not even enter those areas.
- For those people to whom sovereignty is the biggest issue then instead of trying to stop the most effective tool to eliminate Islam’s enemies, such people should work for transfer of technology to Pakistan or buying of drones, so that we can carry out those attacks ourselves.
- There is no confirm reports of exactly how many civilians or terrorists are killed in those strikes. Whenever a strike happens, the mufsideen seal off the area. So all figures are nothing but estimates or conjectures.
- Civilian deaths, no matter what the figure is, can be further minimized by better ground intelligence. This is what is needed.
- Similar effective action taken by Pakistan army will result in huge collateral damage. Compared to tha, t drones are very accurate.
- Drones are the ONLY things which khawarij fear. Otherwise they are not afraid of America, Pakistan, Pakistan Army, judiciary, political parties, or Imran Khan.