Pakistan has become a direct target for suicide bombers due to their ties with the United States. Since 2001 there has been 335 suicide bombings whereas there was only one before. Many families, such as Muhammad Malik, have dealt with loses due to these bombings and blame it not only on the United States but also on Pakistan’s failure to confront Islammist militants. A large majority of Pakistanis view Washington as the enemy and believe that if Pakistan never allied with the US, that these bombings would have never occurred. More than 10,000 civilians have been killed and Pakistanis no longer feel safe due to this increase.
While reading this article, a student asked a very good question, why does the American government interfere in every country? Since 1890, the United States has been interfering in other countries and we are currently involved with 9 countries with the most recent being Libya. I’m not much into politics but it seems that the US invades for minimal reasons. It seems to me that the United States wants to show its strength without thinking of the affects on both sides. These intrusions have caused wide state terror and the government constantly fears terrorism. We fail to see that a weakness of terror is it inability to make lasting changes and that repercussions do happen. Maybe if the United States minded their business, September 11 would have never happened. Maybe we would not be in wars over the globe and maybe we would not be in so much debt and have such as bad economy.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia-pacific/shaken-by-increase-in-attacks-since-2001-many-pakistanis-fault-us/2011/09/19/gIQAFe9D0K_story.html?wpisrc=emailtoafriend
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