Our relationship with Pakistan is tenuous at best. It is believed that the government of that country has large numbers of Al Qaeda people working in its military and government. The current government is in an awkward posiiton if it wants to stay in power. Pakistan has thus been very quiet about helping us in the war on terror.<\/p>\n
According to a story in the Chicago Tribune<\/a>, Diane Feinstein’s statement Thursday that unmanned CIA Predator Drones operating in Pakistan are flown from an airbase inside that country is likely to embarrass the Pakistani government and complicate its counterterrorism collaboration with the United States.<\/p>\n According to the article:<\/p>\n “Phil LaVelle, a spokesman for Feinstein, said her comment was based solely on previous news reports that Predators were operated from bases near Islamabad.<\/p>\n “We strongly object to Sen. Feinstein’s remarks being characterized as anything other than a reference” to a article that appeared last March in the Washington Post, LaVelle said. Feinstein did not refer to newspaper accounts during the hearing.”<\/p>\n The Predator strikes have been very successful in dealing with Al Qaeda leadership, and I hope Senator Feinstein’s statements do not force us to tie our hands behind our backs in the fight with Al Qaeda. All of our Senators need to realize that the war on terror is not a conventional war and it is very easy to give our enemies information that can be used against us either through propaganda or on the battlefield.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Our relationship with Pakistan is tenuous at best. It is believed that the government of that country has large numbers of Al Qaeda people working in its military and government. The current government is in an awkward posiiton if it … Continue reading