MRS. CLINTON HAS SMALL FEET

RE:NewsMyWay.com "Clinton faces Pakistani anger at Predator attacks"

Oct 30, 11:52 AM (ET) By ROBERT BURNS; "We're not getting through' to

Pakistanis, Clinton says" by Saeed Shah MCCLATCHY NEWSPAPERS 10/30/09

Mrs. Clinton must have very small feet, since she continually puts her foot in her mouth. She was confronted by angry Pakistanis after suggesting

that Pakistani officials know where terrorists are hiding. She refused to discuss the American drone attacks that have killed key officials along with scores of citizens.

The Secretary of State later backed off somewhat in later interviews "When the U.S. gathers evidence that al-Qaida fugitives are hiding in Pakistan, Clinton said Friday during a Pakistani media interview, "We feel like we have to go to the government of Pakistan and say, somewhere these people have to be hidden out. We don't know where, and I have no information that they know where, but this is a big government. You know, it's a government on many levels. Somebody, somewhere in Pakistan must know where these people are. And we'd like to know because we view them as really at the core of the terrorist threat that threatens Pakistan, threatens Afghanistan, threatens us, threatens people all over the world,"

There is no doubt as to who is the aggressor or interventionist among the Pakistanis. then again they are not subjected to the American media propaganda. i.e. White House press secretary Robert Gibbs said Friday that Clinton's remarks were "completely appropriate."

After three days of encounters with America-bashing Pakistanis - who rejected her contention that the U.S. and Pakistan face a common enemy - Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Friday that "we're not getting through."

. . ."Prominent women and tribesmen from the North West Frontier Province delivered the same hostile message that she'd heard the two preceding days from students and journalists: Pakistanis aren't ready to endorse American friendship despite an eight-year-old anti-terrorism alliance between the countries and a multibillion-dollar new U.S. aid package.

Clinton put her case directly to the public Friday in televised appearances in Islamabad, the Pakistani capital, fielding angry questions about the alleged activities of U.S. contractor Blackwater in Pakistan, the tough conditions that came with a $1.5 billion-a-year American aid package and alleged U.S. favoritism toward Pakistan's archenemy, India.

One tribesman bluntly told her: "Your presence in the region is not good for peace."

"We are fighting a war that is imposed on us. It's not our war. It is your war," journalist Asma Shirazi told Clinton during the women's meeting. "You had one 9-11. We are having daily 9-11s in Pakistan.". .

While Pakistanis are opposed to religious extremists, polls have shown a general refusal to acknowledge that al-Qaida and its allies are directing the bloodshed.

Many ordinary people appear willing to believe a claim that the Pakistani Taliban made Friday that Blackwater had carried out a devastating car bombing of a market this week in the northwestern city of Peshawar that killed more than 100 people. Pakistani officials previously had pinned the blame on Islamic militants.

Questions about U.S. drone attacks in Pakistan - conducted by the CIA - dogged Clinton's visit, and it was the one issue on which she had no answer in her otherwise forthright response to criticism.

One furious woman in the audience equated those killed in the drone strikes with victims of terrorist bombings.

American arrogance seems to be unabated when dealing with other countries who are in the way of our imperialist aims. We continue to hand out billions of dollars in foreign aid to the oppressive leaders but does not reach the people.

We seem to be well on our way to blundering into a third endless war in the Middle East. Is there no smart whatsoever in DC?

With Love and kindness,

THE HATMAN