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Liberal and illiberal (II)

Letter April 06, 2012
The people killed in drone strikes are terrorists who have killed thousands of Pakistani civilians.

KARACHI: The people killed in drone strikes are terrorists who have killed thousands of Pakistani civilians. The only civilians killed are the ones who provide shelter and support to the terrorists by keeping them in their houses. The people who provide shelter to terrorists are the ones responsible for the deaths of everyone in their house. Those who use other people’s homes where women and children are present to plan and conspire for attacks on Pakistanis are the ones responsible for the deaths of those women and children. The fact of the matter is that the drones have helped kill a lot of the militants in areas where our own troops could not go. And they have helped save a lot of Pakistani lives by eliminating the terrorists before they could conduct any more terrorist operations.

Sarfraz Amjad

Published in The Express Tribune, April 7th, 2012.