The United States Is Fighting In Pakistan

Why is the United States fighting and killing people in Pakistan? When was a war declared? Did Pakistan send a nicely embossed invitation asking us to come over and kill people? What is going on over there?

From Bush and Zardari in terror talks:

The two men will meet at the UN General Assembly in New York as anger grows in Pakistan at US forces in Afghanistan violating Pakistani sovereignty.

The US has launched several attacks on militant targets in Pakistan recently.

Pakistan and the United States have been in deep disagreement since 3 September when the US conducted its first ground assault in Pakistani territory on what it said was a militant target in the South Waziristan region.

The Pakistan government reacted with fury at the unauthorised incursion in which they said US troops killed 20 innocent villagers.

On two occasions since then Pakistani troops have opened fire to thwart US forces trying to cross the border. There have also been a succession of US drone missile attacks along Pakistan's tribal areas bordering Afghanistan.

In a recent interview on American television, Mr Zardari again insisted that only Pakistani forces were authorised to operate on Pakistani soil.

Our correspondent says Mr Zardari cannot accept any military activities which will increase the mood of anti-Americanism in his country and from his perspective make the fight against militancy more difficult.

A little known group calling itself the Fidayeen-e-Islam said it carried out the bombing at the Marriott hotel. It has called for an end to all American involvement in Pakistan if further attacks are to be avoided.

The approach used by the United States government in its “war on terror” baffles me. We are told that our presence is not wanted in other countries. Sometimes the message is a violent one. We label this opposition as terrorist activity, and increase, rather than decrease our presence. We also increase the violence. From this we expect peace. Please allow me to visit George W. Bush, and punch him in the face. For peace.