Obama Told Pakistan: US ‘Not Ready’ to Stop Drone Strikes -- News from Antiwar.com

Obama Told Pakistan: US ‘Not Ready’ to Stop Drone Strikes -- News from Antiwar.com: Obama Told Pakistan: US ‘Not Ready’ to Stop Drone Strikes
'No Flexibility' In Talks
by Jason Ditz, March 29, 2012
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The highly anticipated meeting between President Obama and Pakistani Prime Minister Yousef Raza Gilani, potentially the last one before Gilani is jailed for contempt of court, was longer than initially scheduled, according to officials familiar with it, and centered on drone strikes.

The discussion saw Gilani reiterating parliament’s demand that the US halt all its drone strikes against Pakistan, and Obama insisting that the US is “not ready” to do that, and that the strikes will eventually “be helpful in eliminating terror.”