Gilani hits back at US, says Pakistan cannot be asked to 'do more'

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http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/pakistan/Gilani-hits-back-at-US-says-Pakistan-cannot-be-asked-to-do-more/articleshow/10173000.cms

SLAMABAD: The United States must stop blaming Islamabad for regional instability, Pakistan's prime minister told a gathering of the country's political leaders on Thursday, as Washington stepped up pressure on the South Asian nation to tackle militancy.

"The blame game should end, and Pakistan's sensitive national interests should be respected," Yusuf Raza Gilani said in comments carried live on local television stations.

Pakistani military officials, who set security and foreign policy, were expected to brief the meeting, where the possibility of unilateral US military steps against militants in Pakistan could be discussed.

"Solutions to issues based on perceptions should be sought through meaningful negotiations. Pakistan cannot be pressurised to 'do more.'" Gilani told officials including the head of Pakistan's military spy service, Lieutenant-general Ahmad Shuja Pasha, and army chief General Ashfaq Kayani, arguably the most powerful man in Pakistan.

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1. Pakistan is bad news and we shouldn't have troops anywhere near there.

Using it as a base of operations for material in our pointless war in Afghanistan invites the US being drawn into a totally unrelated conflict we don't want any part of. India and Pakistan have their own thing going on and Pakistan/ISI is definitely the "bad guy", without a doubt. If there's ever a conflict between them, it's going to put us in a bizarrely dangerous situation. I'm sure there are other liabilities beyond that one, but that's just the most obvious.

We need to get the fuck out of there, pronto.

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2. extremists, terrorists, militants are to pakistan what drones are to the u.s. --nt