Pakistan and the US: A too-close embrace?
Por Camilo Arcaya • 5 jun, 2011 • Category: PolíticaThe most obviously contentious issue when it comes to the relationship between the two countries is that of the repeated violations of Pakistan’s sovereignty, as that country describes it, that are US missile strikes launched by Predator drone aircraft in Pakistan’s tribal areas. Previously released cables have indicated that there is indeed tacit support from the Pakistani government and military for these strikes, even as the same officials who agree in private condemn them in public.