NATO air attack on Pakistani troops was in self-defense

A more troubling explanation would be that insurgents in the area were operating under the nose of Pakistani security forces." It could be a tragic accident, but unfortunately, there is enough examples to be shown

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/17/w...ates-american-troops-in-afghanistan.html?_r=1

http://www.washingtonpost.com/world...icions-reign/2011/11/10/gIQAWj4PKN_print.html

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-15445047

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/nov/26/nato-air-attack-pakistan-soldiers

 

' Self - defence ' you say ?

 

So it's only highly likely that we killed them but we definitely killed them in self defence.

 

Hypocrisy is like lying, they say. You have to have a good memory.

 

Apparently there is more and more evidence mounting up that there was indeed fire coming from the Pakistani check points which is why the air strikes were called in.

It seems like the Pakistanis are claiming they were only firing "warning shots" again at the NATO troops. Not sure about you guys but if someone is firing at me in a war zone continually I'd probably call down the heavy cav as well. Maybe they should stop firing these "warning shots" directly at nato troops?

Lol.

 

I agree. The easiest thing to do is to refuse to make distinctions about Pashtuns. Treat them all the same way.

 

well lets look at it this way... lets say Chinese troops are in Canada fighting the maple leaf Taliban. news comes that Chinese troops bombed the (*)(*)(*)(*) outta two american checkpoints at the Canadian border killing 28 american troops and they say we shot at them first... how would you feel then? any different than how Pakistan feels? just saying...

 

Pakistan is showing they are friends of the terrorist and no longer want our money

 

IDK, were the American troops firing at them?

 

Pakistan is showing they are friends of the terrorist and no longer want our money

 

It ain't ' your ' money, it's China's money. Yos skint.

 

Your BBC link is from before the attack and the Guardian link is full of if's, but's and maybe's.

 

I know. Why would someone post a link which disproves their theory more than it proves it?

It's gobsmacking!

 

Warning shots? WTF would they accomplish firing "warning shots" except to get bombed?

 

So when you get a loan it is not your money? LOL

 

And I would like Moon to explain to us how China is going to get it back if the USA doesn't want to pay back that loan. The USA can live without all the chinese crap but can China survive without the USA? They are already layoffing people and closing up factory in China presently.

 

"The NATO airstrikes that killed 24 Pakistani soldiers lasted almost two hours and continued even after commanders at the bases pleaded with coalition forces to stop, Pakistan's military claimed Monday"

http://www.washingtonpost.com/world...s/2011/11/28/gIQAZ35t3N_story.html?tid=pm_pop

 

What do you still make in America that anyone wants to buy? If China cut trade with America you'd be royally buggered. China can survive perfectly well without America; there is another place out there that isn't America which China trades with. You may have heard of it-it's called 'the rest of the world'.

 

They also said it was unprovoked but Afghan soldiers said they were being shot at

 

It was probably Americans shooting at them. You're not very good at soldiering but amazingly competent when it comes to 'blue-on-blue' incidents!

 

so you believe afghan soldiers but not pakistani soldiers?

http://www.youtube.com/embed/WYFkmAVOeLY

or would you believe these guys:

http://www.youtube.com/embed/v5jBk3IR5YU

you tell me who seems more competent and aware of their surroundings

 

Actually no. What china produce was first invented and designed in the USA or elsewhere. Without us they don't have anything to produce or sell and they collapse. We don't really need china per se. All that we need is some other cheap labor pool. Or we could restart the factory here.

 

It came from Pakistan. You can believe the lies of Pakistan but I do not

 

Just like Pakistan did not know Bin Laden was there. I do not trust or believe Pakistan.

 

What China copied, or didn't, is irrelevant. The fact remains that America's manufacturing base has shrunk to the point of insignificance. As to your assertion that without America China would be economically doomed, here's some stats for you-and note that they don't include the European Union, which is China's largest trading partner: http://uk.ask.com/wiki/List_of_the_largest_trading_partners_of_the_People's_Republic_of_China