Comments on: The Only Thing Pakistanis Hate More Than Drone Strikes: al-Qaeda And The Taliban http://washingtonindependent.com/32482/the-only-thing-pakistanis-hate-more-than-drone-strikes-al-qaeda-and-the-taliban National News in Context Tue, 31 Jan 2012 02:40:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: a http://washingtonindependent.com/32482/the-only-thing-pakistanis-hate-more-than-drone-strikes-al-qaeda-and-the-taliban/comment-page-1#comment-35667 a Sat, 07 Mar 2009 06:47:23 +0000 http://washingtonindependent.com/?p=32482#comment-35667 Except that the poll's author claims most respondents not only hate drone attacks less than they do the Taliban but actually support them.<br><br><i>A little under two-thirds want the Americans to continue the drone attack because the Pakistani army is unable or unwilling to retake the territory from the Taliban.</i> Except that the poll's author claims most respondents not only hate drone attacks less than they do the Taliban but actually support them.

A little under two-thirds want the Americans to continue the drone attack because the Pakistani army is unable or unwilling to retake the territory from the Taliban.

]]> By: a http://washingtonindependent.com/32482/the-only-thing-pakistanis-hate-more-than-drone-strikes-al-qaeda-and-the-taliban/comment-page-1#comment-21183 a Fri, 06 Mar 2009 22:47:23 +0000 http://washingtonindependent.com/?p=32482#comment-21183 Except that the poll's author claims most respondents not only hate drone attacks less than they do the Taliban but actually support them.<br><br><i>A little under two-thirds want the Americans to continue the drone attack because the Pakistani army is unable or unwilling to retake the territory from the Taliban.</i> Except that the poll's author claims most respondents not only hate drone attacks less than they do the Taliban but actually support them.

A little under two-thirds want the Americans to continue the drone attack because the Pakistani army is unable or unwilling to retake the territory from the Taliban.

]]> By: TPile » Blog Archive » Pakistanis Heart Drone Attacks, Survey Says http://washingtonindependent.com/32482/the-only-thing-pakistanis-hate-more-than-drone-strikes-al-qaeda-and-the-taliban/comment-page-1#comment-20634 TPile » Blog Archive » Pakistanis Heart Drone Attacks, Survey Says Thu, 05 Mar 2009 15:01:04 +0000 http://washingtonindependent.com/?p=32482#comment-20634 [...] ‘fear and terror in the common people’ is a very large figure," he writes. "Just because it’s a narrow minority that lives in fear of having a missile descend out of nowhere .... That’s a number that doesn’t indicate a great margin for error. Indeed, [...] [...] ‘fear and terror in the common people’ is a very large figure," he writes. "Just because it’s a narrow minority that lives in fear of having a missile descend out of nowhere …. That’s a number that doesn’t indicate a great margin for error. Indeed, [...]

]]> By: Joshua Foust http://washingtonindependent.com/32482/the-only-thing-pakistanis-hate-more-than-drone-strikes-al-qaeda-and-the-taliban/comment-page-1#comment-20669 Joshua Foust Thu, 05 Mar 2009 13:08:13 +0000 http://washingtonindependent.com/?p=32482#comment-20669 That's funny -- Roggio made fun of me hardcore for suggesting that establishing legitimacy and integrating the FATA into mainstream Pakistan was the long-term solution to militancy in the area. I don't trust this poll one bit (there is no way in hell they got a good sample), but it does support my analysis.<br><br>Which is nice. That's funny — Roggio made fun of me hardcore for suggesting that establishing legitimacy and integrating the FATA into mainstream Pakistan was the long-term solution to militancy in the area. I don't trust this poll one bit (there is no way in hell they got a good sample), but it does support my analysis.

Which is nice.

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