How The United States Is Blowing The War On Terror In Waziristan

A map showing Pakistan's tribal areas, where the drone attacks have been concentrated. The Guardian

Wayward In Waziristan -- Akbar Ahmed And Harrison Akins, Foreign Affairs

How the United States is blowing the war on terror in the most dangerous place in the world.

It's possibly the most ominous-sounding region on the planet: Waziristan -- the name alone evokes al Qaeda, the Taliban, and Islamic militancy. These menaces have brought the world's focus to this small mountainous border region of northwest Pakistan, a part of the country's Federally Administered Tribal Areas, which U.S. President Barack Obama referred to as "the most dangerous place in the world."

The combined might of the U.S. and Pakistani militaries has been pounding on this impoverished region, which is about the size of Connecticut, for over a decade. Waziristan is the heart of the U.S. drone campaign in Pakistan: Out of 351 strikes, 333 of them have occurred there.

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My Comment: With no boots on the ground and zero influence there is no possibility of stopping these terror groups. And as to having their top leaders and commanders killed in drone strikes .... if recent reports of civilian casualties are true .... blow-back will probably be the end result of that strategy. I guess the best that we can do is to contain them in that part of Pakistan .... but with U.S. forces now leaving .... even that course of action is probably not going to happen.