Gunboats and Gurkhas in the American Imperium : Information Clearing House: ICH

Gunboats and Gurkhas in the American Imperium : Information Clearing House: ICH


Meanwhile, discontent has been seeping from the files into the ranks of the Pakistani military. Few relish the idea of serving as Gurkhas for the American empire or of dying fighting their own people. But the brass has remained by and large impervious, sometimes engaging in embarrassing attempts to deflect criticism from their complicity. In a media briefing on March 8, Major Gen Ghayur Mehmud tried to justify the US drone policy by claiming that the majority of those killed were militants. Other than furnishing hawks in Islamabad and Washington with a factoid, the briefing achieved little beyond further tarnishing the army's image. The army quickly rushed out its spokesman Major General Athar Abbas to claim that the general had been quoted out of context.