Militants hang 8-year-old boy in southern Afghanistan

[Med911]

Re: Militants hang 8-year-old boy in southern Afghanistan

@pak-one

Med:

Your sources are absolute garbage because they are framed by their biases, promoting a specific agenda. In many cases, these “sources” have not even stepped in KP much less FATA.
I am neither claiming nor implying what the Americans intend to do, I am talking about what they have DONE. I am not some armchair quarterback “Analyst” sitting in the US of A, reading biased articles and drawing conclusions, like that nonsense West Point assessment that you posted. I am FROM the region, I have attended the namaz e janaza of little school children, I KNOW names of men and women who have perished in the drone attacks. I have seen the drones flying above with my very own eyes. So don’t write paragraphs to me about how the US is trying to minimize casualties. They see us nothing more than ragheads that are better off dead – I’m sorry to see other Pakistanis falling under the same twisted perspective.

I don’t support the Taliban, but when it comes to terror, the US has become an efficient killing machine.

The problem with you sir, is that you dilute your better judgement with your raw emotion. Thats where you bias arises from. You agree that the US doesnt intentionally target civilians. And the sources you claim are garbage say the same. Infact, the sources agree with you, but somehow, they are wrong in stating what you yourself believe, that the US does not target innocents.

I dont understand what your actual point is. I dont want to waste my time writing paragraphs, so lets break this down into to simple terms.
This is your entire argument consists of as far as I understand it.
The Taliban are bad.. YES

The Taliban kill innocent people? Yes.

Should they be allowed to continue such killings? No.

Should we fight terrorists? Yes

Who should fight the Terrorists? You dont know.

How should they be fought? With ZERO casualties.

The Pak Army could do the job, but would mean many death, and much destruction and death. Thats ok to you.

The drones do the same job without risking any lives, and are far more targeted.

But you dont support this.

Now before you accuse me of being some heartless monster, ofcourse we all feel for those killed, but how many people have actually died? You have gone to janazas, but have you ever gone to the Janazas of the children killed by those who have died in suicide bombings? How many innocent people have been killed unintentionally by those drones, and how many people have died as the promary target by Taliban?

Lets get something straight, just because you are from the region, does not mean you can monopolize on the emotion of this whole tragedy. We all know someone who has died in this war. You may feel terrorized by the Drones, but everyone in Pakistan feels terrorized. You cant go to the market without feeling the terror of a potential suicide bomber. You need to place the blame of this not on the US, or anyone else, but on the Taliban themselves.

Now one could either say, lets not fight this war at all. Or one could lets fight this war till those guilty are brought to justice. Now understand that you cannot fight this war without casualties. This is a reality and you will have to accept it. Now who should fight this? The Army, but they will cause far more problems. The drones do a far better job, and with far fewer casualties then the Pak Army would. Like I said, its a cold calculation, but this is the reality.