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"...everyone is bracing themselves for another year of ferocious bloodshed, as the Taliban merely switch tactics from roadside bombs to suicide bombings and softer targets." Striking civilians and civilian political targets seems a common theme between the afghan taliban and Terek-i-taliban...

I've long suggested there's a great deal of cooperation between the Afghan Taliban and TTP. Evidently this young man corroborated another instance of such- "...Fidai said in TV interviews he got suicide bombing lessons for six months, including training to use pistols, grenades and a suicide...

"Its only natural for Hizbollah to maintain defensive positions in conjunction with the Lebanese Army." Sure. About as natural as the afghan taliban doing so in conjunction with the Pakistani army inside FATAville. A question that's natural is whether its now accepted that paramilitary...

"P.S=My father is a brig general in the army." No surprise. A general's family has much invested in perpetuating the Pakistani army's vise-grip upon your nation. You drink the Army's kool-aid. That's clear. Off-topic? I think not. Morlock was sentenced to 24 years. Your army still...

"Just 7 years? pathetic." Hmmm...that's 24 years. Not seven. A court of law has spoken. More than can be said elsewhere, wouldn't you agree? Let's just say I'm grateful to live in America and not, for instance, Swat. Sucks to be Pakistani when your army rolls through its own country...

Morlock has been sentenced to 24 years in prison. He may be eligible for parole in 7 years. He is the first of five soldiers charged with crimes in this case to be convicted- Jeremy Morlock Murder Trial-Huffington Post March 23, 2011 These men were renegades. There's no evidence of...

"US must punish these soldiers for crimes against humanity and US public must hold their policy makers responsible for such crimes/terror..." Niiiice. I thought you were a well-informed member of the global media? This news is actually more than ten months old. U.S. Soldier Faces Court...

My sincere condolences and prayers to the families and friends of these deceased constabulary officers and troops. Soldiers at the brigade level and below aren't much different than civilians. They too are caught in wars not of their making and too often suffer the consequences of decisions...

"You clearly do not understand the difference in dynamics of FATA & KPK, & FATA's close association with Afghanistan & contempt for the Pakistan central government. So I don't think you are really in a position to comment on these issues." I disagree. My grasp of the issues is more than...

"That jirga was less of adjudication, and more of negotiation." And, therefore, the purpose of the taliban when the claim was disputed by two contending tribes? Did they not refer their claims to the taliban for resolution? It would seem so. "I am only asking you to show the reason that...

"S-2, do you not think that lack of law and order in that area has made the general public a hostage to the terrorists?" I think that the Pakistani government has largely aborgated it's sovereign authority. There's no question if you listen or read Ms. Farhat Taj and others that the local...

"You truly are deluded..." You chose to reference Wikileaks. We both read the same cable. Who's deluded? "Somehow the US knows, without any evidence provided publicly, that all these Taliban leaders are being sheltered in Quetta..." Oh, spare me. Haqqani isn't in Miram Shah, eh...

"Please eliminate Brahamdegh Bugti who is comfortably housed in Kabul, as indicated through wikileaks, in full knowledge of the US..." Better check your reading comprehension. You and I've already been through that. We had NO knowledge which explained why we were ASKING Karzai about the...

"...so long as Pakistan is willing to carry out the same actions that the US wants carried out with the drones..." Nek Mohammad was killed weeks after you'd concluded an unsuccessful peace accord with an enemy. You had your eyeball-to-eyeball chance to either kill or sway him and you failed...

"I am still hopeful that the GoP and PA might be able to convince the US to either let Pakistan operate the drones (preferable since they do have value in taking out targets) or end the drone strikes on Pakistani soil." We're easily convinced. Remove the targets of those drones by your own...

Your op-eds never cease to fascinate and amaze. Always selected with the utmost care to thoughtful and provocative views, I can only marvel at the good sense and concern displayed repeatedly here by you. I've offered my thanks before many times but I choose to also do so now in words. Your...

"...any special mission?" Just the usual...infiltrate the Pakistani polity discussion-base, spread insidious American propaganda, conduct occasional anti-Pakistani disinformation campaigns and...oh yeah! Free Mr. Davis... (;-)

"...I want you to make real posts on the forum as well." I've done so on a couple of threads. None have deigned a response to my comments. I'm unloved and unhated. The worst-ignored...:cry: So sad. Thanks:usflag:

This is a particularly interesting op-ed by one of my favorite writers. Ms. Taj makes reference to David Kilcullen in her article. I've deep respect for Kilcullen. He is an Australian infantry colonel who's been there and done that in Indonesia as well as Papua/New Guinea. He also holds a...

Nice to see that my good buddy and fair princess, lil' Elmo, is moving up in the world. Let's see...? Power corrupts. Absolute power corrupts absolutely! Well...we're in good hands with Elmo's benevolent and soothing touch, if occasionally acerbic wit is again not only on display but at the...