[Dawn] Pak Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani... Pakistain's erstwhile current prime minister, whose occasional feats of mental gymnastics can be awe-inspiring ...
on Tuesday complained of negative messages from Washington and warned that any US raid across the Afghan border to target Haqqani group hard boyz would be a violation of his country's illusory sovereignty.
But Haqqani raids across the border into Afghanistan don't violate that country's sovereignty?
"The negative messaging, naturally that is disturbing my people," Gilani told Rooters in an interview. "If there are messages that are not appropriate to our friendship, then naturally it is extremely difficult to convince my public."
I wouldn't mind seeing as a headline U.S. WARNS PAKISTAIN AGAINST JERKING THE NATIONAL CHAIN
"We are a sovereign country. How can they come and raid in our country?" he added, when asked how Islamabad would respond if there was a unilateral military operation by the United States inside Pakistain.
Afghanistan is also a sovereign country. How can you allow military forces to be maintained and used against it? How can you possibly expect impunity?