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U.S. to go ahead with Pakistan strikes

Washington: United States will go ahead and hit high-value targets inside Pakistan if Washington felt threatened by this part of the world, the top U.S. military official has said.

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Mike Mullen, who interacts regularly with the Pakistani Army and its political leadership, told the PBS news channel that the U.S. would go ahead and hit high-value targets inside Pakistan based on actionable intelligence. He said the U.S. would not hesitate in striking inside Pakistani territories if the next attack on the U.S. came from that part of the world.

Admiral Mullen said he has made this view of the Obama administration clear to the Pakistani leadership. “I think he [Pakistani Army Chief General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani] fully understands that, and its a conversation I’ve had many times, not just with the military leadership but also the political leadership, that any President of the United States would respond to an attack on U.S. citizens, another attack coming out of the FATA to strike the United States, and any President would have no choice,” said Admiral Mullen. “They understand that very clearly, and they don’t disagree with that. It makes sense to them,” he underlined. — PTI

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