Unfortunately Waziristan is not within gunboat range.

No more gun boats anyway. The US Navy tried to bring back the gunboat at billions per, but wiser heads canceled the LCS.
In the 21st century, the function of the gunboat has been taken up by the B2. No place on planet Earth (or planet Gore either) is out of range of a B2. We just haven’t had a president with the stones to use them.
A B2 cannot be detected outside it’s weapons range, which means in a B2 EVERY target is a baby seal.