PAFAce
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Surely you don't disbelieve in all polls?I think the important people to be surveyed in this case would be those in North Waziristan. If the situation's explained to them, and they agree, then I suppose there's nothing wrong with it.
btw, i don't know who was surveyed in this poll (I don't like polls very much anyway)
13% of the respondents of this poll were from North Waziristan. I would recommend that everyone go through the tables and graphs at least once before rejecting this report. To me, it makes a lot of sense despite the fact that one or two things were surprising (ex. the percentage of people not willing to leave FATA and the percentage of people who want to join Pakistan proper as a province).
Also, the situation is pretty self-explanatory to the people of NWA. The key is consensus and, perhaps more importantly, the question: is it in our best interest to pursue the Taliban factions who are not directly involved in attacks in Pakistan or can be brought under control post ISAF?
I think the answer to that question is clearly "no" if we look beyond 2011-2014 when the NATO will be quitting Afghanistan. Not unless there are some radical changes in the Afghan government's composition vis-a-vis Pashtun representation and their Indo-Pak stance. The operation in NWA is quite complex and we must take into account factors that were a non-issue in SWA and Swat/Malakand ops.