TankMan
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Imran needs some professional media advisor to advise him on what to say and what not to say. One doesn't has to say everything and not to answer every question. As much as we know him from his management style of the cancer hospital and the University, he is not a person who would give a hoot about religion while deciding about a position. In his personal life, he hardly does anything that is in line with strict religious teachings hence called 'Yahoodi agent' by religious extremists. It is irony that the same person is called yahoodi agent and taliban khan by two segments of the society. Those who are condemning him, what would they be doing in his position?
I agree, he needs some help in that department. Knowing him, however, I think he'll never want a media advisor. He is known for being stubborn about his morals and ideals, one of them being honesty. That's the biggest problem. Imran Khan is almost too honest - he says what he means and means what he says, making him look flawed. A media advisor would definitely tell him to reduce his honesty. I appreciate it but unfortunately politics and honesty don't match and his honesty gives his enemies a lot of ammo to use against him. That's actually one of the reasons I support him. I'd rather have an honest yet naive leader than an intelligent but corrupt one.
All his ideas, they actually make sense. Zarb-e-Azb, for example, his explanation for opposing it and his counter proposal was very, very good. Despite that, uneducated Pakistanis refuse to see his point and continue to call him Taliban or Yahoodi (some even call him both).
Not, not exactly. He was against doing a military operation alone; he wanted the government and the Army to work on a comprehensive plan to eliminate terrorism entirely, with one of the steps being negotiations.syedbhai , he was totally against zarbeazb. he wanted mazakhraat.
His plan was simple, effective but difficult (especially with all the politicians and their bickering). Basically, it was this:
-Negotiate with tribes/militants willing to negotiate, eliminate them from the terrorism equation and use those who are willing to help as assets
-Improve relations with the relatively peaceful people to eliminate the Taliban support base (providing education and work being one of the main steps here)
-Conduct military operations against those unwilling to negotiate (such as the Taliban themselves or any hardline supporters)
-Ensure that the area is given attention in the long-term to prevent any terrorism issues from arising again.
I'd call this the NICE framework. Attempting to do this would be a lot better and practical than, as Imran Khan put it, "treating cancer with disprin" (cancer=Taliban, Disprin=military operations every now and then)
Imran Khan in Live With Talat - 5th August 2014 (He explains it at around 4:30)
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