Re: His name is Khan, and he is not a terrorist
I am not sure why you are combining the two. Those are two separate and independent issues. He was asked about drones and he was asked about his being a supporter of Taliban. For the first one he said that he wants to stop them, and for the second one he said that he is not a supporter of Taliban and opposes US policies only in a few matters.
He says that he is against some of US policies, but this is the talk to win liberal votes. On the other hand, he goes to Akorra Khattak (the bastion of Taliban), he refuses to clearly disavow Taliban on their savagery, he wants to stop any military action against Taliban, and he continues to call this war against Taliban an American war. All this to win conservative votes.
Just a few weeks back there were major violent rallies happening all over Pakistan against the US. They were not against the drones but against US refusal to stop an anti-Islam movie. This is just one example of the anger and hatred against the US our people have.
America really doesn’t care about what kind of medieval system we implement in Afgh and Pak, because it already is a great friend of similarly medieval society of Saudi Arabia.
What it really wants is that all terrorism activities be stopped from Pakistan. But Imran doesn’t think it is Pakistan’s problem at all. This is why he says that there was no terrorism before 2003 when US invaded Afghanistan and Pak joined in.
But he ignores that the reason of it was that Pak was overlooking Taliban’s terrorist activities elsewhere in the world.
Now America wants Pakistan to stop allowing its territories to be used for such acts. If Pakistan does it then Taliban terrorism in the country will continue. This is why it is our own war. Not just America’s war. And if Imran doesn’t agree with this argument then he will continue to be in bad books of America. Even when drone attacks are stopped.