Pakistan continues to face numerous challenges and obstacles in the form of terrorism. We are seeing various terrorist organizations throughout the country push their terrorist agenda forward by any means possible. To make matters worse, it has been reported that Daesh is also attempting to establish its foothold inside Pakistan. Furthermore, several Pakistan-based terror organizations have openly pledged their allegiance to Daesh. At the same time, Pakistani security forces are working night and day to counter the growing threat of terrorism. It goes without saying that the need of the hour is to stand united against these enemies of peace.
Please share your opinion in regards to what must be done collectively to negate the growing threat of terrorism.
Ali Khan
Digital Engagement Team, USCENTCOM
Lets ask the obvious question.Where was the US when Saudis were busy creating and funding the ISIS/Daesh monster? Sitting by the sidelines and hoping for Assad's demise? Has the US not learnt anything from its mistakes?
Thankfully, our establishment seems to have finally learnt an important lesson
: Don't rely on pseudo-religious Salafi-inspired thugs to further geo-political agendas. Saudis need the Salafi establishment for political legitimacy. Pakistan and the US don't have that problem.
Speaking of pseudo-religious Salafi thugs, ISIS is Saudi's "gift" to the muslim world and the wider region. Why does'nt the US understand that by supporting the Salafi-led establishment in Saudi, it is allowing ISIS and affiliated militant proxies to grow and further the agenda of the global salafi jihadi movement? A network that now poses the biggest threat of the 21st century to the muslim and the western world.
Saudis have historically relied on their Wahabi/Salafi foot soldiers to achieve geo-political aims, reflected in the 200 year old alliance between the Wahabi/Salafi clergy and the Sauds. Until the vicious wahabi/salafi ideology and funding infrastructure in Saudi is dismantled, murderous proxies like ISIS will continue to be spawned. As always, the proxies have increasingly spun out of control and ISIS is simply the latest manifestation of chickens coming home to roost.
The US military is fighting ISIS and other Salafi militant groups around the world ranging from Somalia, Yemen, Libya, Iraq and Syria. Would'nt the US job be a lot easier if the Saudis were made to see the light, renounce the deviant wahabi ideology, and stop their funding of ISIS, TTP, Boko Haram and other proxies around the world. Of course given their symbiotic relationship with the Salafi establishment, it is not clear if Saudis will course correct voluntarily.
Don't fight the symptoms, treat the disease.
