US 'Biggest' Threat Say (59%)Pakistanis

[tekisui]

Source: Al Jazeera

A survey commissioned by Al Jazeera in Pakistan has revealed a widespread disenchantment with the United States for interfering with what most people consider internal Pakistani affairs.

The polling was conducted by Gallup Pakistan - a separate organisation affiliated with the US-based Gallup Inc - and more than 2,600 people took part.

Interviews were conducted across the political spectrum in all four of the country's provinces, and represented men and women of every economic and ethnic background.

When respondents were asked what they consider to be the biggest threat to the nation of Pakistan, 11 per cent of the population identified the Taliban fighters, who have been blamed for scores of deadly bomb attacks across the country in recent years.

Another 18 per cent said that they believe that the greatest threat came from neighbouring India, which has fought three wars with Pakistan since partition in 1947.

But an overwhelming number, 59 per cent of respondents, said the greatest threat to Pakistan right now is, in fact, the US, a donor of considerable amounts of military and development aid.

more: http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia/2009/08/20098910857878664.html

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

1. Awww..they're just ungrateful soreheads because we're killing their people. K&R

[tekisui]

2. Why aren't the drone attacks winning hearts and minds?

:banghead:

[timeforpeace]

3. Maybe those unmanned drones dropping bombs and Hellfire missles has something to do with it.

[tekisui]

4. It tells you something when a people are more than 5 times threatened

by us than the fuggin Taliban.

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

6. Even more, 3X India.

:wow:

[stray cat]

9. Why would the taliban be afraid of the taliban?

[tekisui]

11. You think all of Pakistan is the Taliban?

Did you read how they conducted the survey?

[NightWatcher]

5. not like we have a history of bombing brown people for no cause or anything

I'm afraid of Americans
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=slKNd22GGaQ



and so should the rest of the world

[LooseWilly]

7. Hearts and what now?...

[stray cat]

8. Pakistan is such a peaceful democratic country

:sarcasm:

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

10. Not to worry, the humanitarian American military will bomb it into peace and democracy.

:sarcasm:

[tekisui]

12. What does that have to do with the people who live there feeling

threatened by us?

[tekisui]

14. So much more peaceful than the USA!

:sarcasm:


Wars without end....

[timeforpeace]

13. Excellent thread. I believe if Obama leaves Afghanistan, his legacy will look great. If not...