Your answer regarding why TTP would attack PAF AWACS does not appeal to common sense of a Pakistani. TTP is a dubious organization. They were never able to challenge Pakistan forces untill 2005. But after that, under the siege of US troops with a mission to protect Pakistan, they suddenly found the level to damage Pakistan forces? Strange, isn't it?
The problem with your line of argument is that we Pakistanis have been living with Talibans since early 1990s, and until 2004 there were no attacks. Thus, majority Pakistani rightly think that these attacks are the result of US war on terror.
Moreover, I am afraid your point of view about Pakistanis either being religious or ultra-modern is not correct: 90% Pakistanis fall between these two extremes, and quite moderate from any standard.
However, I agree that it is in the best interest of Pakistan to root out militancy and all the CIA agents in Pakistan and protect its all AWACS with fool proof planning. Today there are terrorists; tomorrow , there could be airborne enemies; then what excuse would we have?
Here we go again. As expected, I knew someone would JUST blindly go against the right thing to say or respond with.
Let's be clear here. PNS Mehran, and the most recent attack....these aren't CIA sponsored attacks. IF they had such a big deal with PNS Mehran or the SAAB AWACS, they wouldn't have given it to Pakistan on the first place. Sad to see the typical street mentality that CIA is behind everything in Pakistan.
The MQM and Jamat-e-islami, etc, etc were militarizing their groups WAY BEFORE the 911 incident. So you are going to tell me that all that weapon buying sprees and arming their men to teeth was for.....securing the local banks??? Common man, talk some sense here.
You 'think' you were living with piece with Taliban and life was going to be great....so what happened? The same 'peaceful' taliban turned on you after the US went to 911 right? So what makes you think that they wouldn't have turned to you if another incident NOT involving the US would've happened???
It's very easy to point fingers to someone else and say 'it's his fault' vs. take a look inside your heart and say, yes, we got an issue, we need to deal with it for our next generation.
Let me give you another example, may be that'll help. Islam / Qur'an says, killing ONE person (doesn't matter what religion) is like killing the whole humanity. There's no justification for it. Similarly, wherever the 'real' Islamic followers went, they NEVER harmed the women, children, etc, etc (see Kingdom of heaven or Salla Din or other history). So....why the peaceful taliban trying to spread God's message in your opinion killing civilians here?
The ANSWER is that these people are rent-a-killer organization. The moment you go against them for any reason, they won't care about the religion, race, color, etc. They'll try to kill civilians and others a like!!!
Right now, what stops them from working with the Indians or whatever other enemies Pakistan has??? This is a rent-a-killer organization. For money and their motives, they'll kill anyone and thus, the Mehrans and other attacks. Go figure. This should be a national priority for the Pakistanis to understand moderation and tolerance. In Karachi alone, how many people get killed daily because they belong to a different political party, let alone a different religion!!! How many people get killed in Baluchistan when they remove people from the buses and see their documents. If anything says that they are Punjabi or Sindhi.....bam. The person gets to die. This is a pure example of intolerance in people's minds.
And my point of view is based on pure facts. I know a lot of Indians and Pakistanis and every single Pakistani I meet, says the SAME thing.