I heard about this early this morning, and yes it is disappointing when innocent civilians are killed.

However, these people have been hiding in this area for the last 7 years and the Pakistani gov't has done little to discourage them.

It has seemed to me that it has been some kind of running joke between the Bush administration and Pakistan.

Obama made no bones about it during the campaign or since the election.

Bush made virtually no attempts to get these people who WERE responsible for the attacks on 9/11, choosing instead to slaughter innocent Iraqui's to further his own agenda.

These are the same people who launch attacks on humanitarian aid convoys, blow up schools, and send people to spray acid on little girls who only want to go to school, all the while being hidden by these innocent civilians

Rather than issue complaints about the U S missile strikes, the Pakisatani gov't needs to get off their asses and do something about the problem.

Obama has made it pretty clear that there won't be any more "nudge nudge, wink wink" when it comes to dealing with al qaeda.

I hate when innocents die every bit as much as others, but an end has to come to this sooner or later and I hope that by Obama showing he means business, it will be sooner.

BHSC