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I oppose the merging of these two articles as "Drone_attacks_on_Pakistan_by_the_United_States_of_America" drone missile attacks are different from "List_of_American_missile_strikes_in_Pakistan" missile attacks as this Drone_attacks article bespeaks about the increased use of drones in warfare. Peace, rkmlai (talk) 18:44, 18 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

this topic deserves more detailed coverage as a dedicated detailed article as it is one of the main current campaigns in the war on Terrorism. most of the info in the List has been incorporated in this article.--Wikireader41 (talk) 16:36, 21 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Why is this article not editable ? I think 2009 death figures should be put in plain numbers instead of text, so it would be more clear that the numbers are increasing. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.196.190.38 (talk) 18:54, 9 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Name change

I'll leave this up for a week before I move it, but I think the title should just be "Drone attacks on Pakistan by the United States," as the actual article for the United States of America is just United States. Thoughts? AP1787 (talk) 15:17, 30 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I would change it to "Drone Attacks in Pakistan by the United States". "On" implies it is an attack on the country itself. These appear to be coordinated attacks on Taliban and AQ targets. Thoughts?--Yachtsman1 (talk) 01:02, 19 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

these attacks are ON the sovereign territory of Pakistan with most casualties being innocent Pakistani citizens. They are considered a violation of sovereignty by many people in Pakistan including the government. so IN I think is not accurate and could be construed as pushing US POV and sugarcoating the issue. it is very apparent that Pakistanis consider these attacks as an attack on their country and want these stopped asap.Wikireader41 (talk) 02:06, 20 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Ergo, IN Pakistan. They are not an attack on Pakistan's military, its infrastructure, or any other object that has a military application. And please save the lecture, I have about as much "pull" on dictating American foreign policy as you do. Thank you.Yachtsman1 (talk) 04:01, 20 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Let me ask how important would it be for Pakistan to authorize these American incursions into Pakistan's airspace?

Prior to, and following, the invasion of Normandy American and British aircraft bombarded sites in occupied France. They did so with the approval of the Free French government in exile. So this was not act of war -- even if the bombardment killed French civilians at the same time.

Some people suggest that the Pakistan's government's repeated protestations that the drone attacks are not authorized are insincere, and that they really want the USA to continue the strikes, and that the protestations are for domestic political consumption. If we have references to that effect, let's include them. Treating those protestations as if we knew they were insincere is, I suggest, a serious mistake. That is, I suggest, what the proposed rename would imply -- that the attacks on Pakistani territory had the approval of the Pakistani government. It is, I suggest, a serious lapse from WP:NOR and WP:NPOV to imply permission we can't document. Geo Swan (talk) 06:10, 20 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]