Communist
Do you have any real experience in FATA? Do you have any real experience in analysis of what Al-Qaida and talib are?
Sir, We disagree about drone attacks, but I am more than willing to grant that they have now become a politcal football = however; sir, you completely mistaken about why the ranks of the talib swell - These ranks swell because of the long term indoctrination and MONEY that is been spent there. Pakistan has since long tolerated islamist terrorists groups, it imagined that these were it's dogs and would do it's bidding, now it is clear they will do the bidding of those who spend the most.
Do yourself a favor and do a search on this forum - I have posted just such a study "Understanding Jihadi Networks" --
Please show more respect for these "tribals" - they know exactly what is going on, and if you imagine that AQ's version of Islam is Islam, then we have little to discuss and if you imagine that these are united by a sense as Muslims, you are indeed poorly informed - Pashtun society, if you know anything about it at all, will know what they think of the "cousin" let alone of their petty feuds - what we see instead is discipline and regimentation, we see manuals specially produced for their weapons -- all of this speaks to deep roots, excellent instructors, infrastructure, long study of the kinds of techniques, tactics and weaponry they are likely to encounter.
See, there are multifold problems here, lets examine them:
Internal destabilization -- this is the most important problem. Little by little Pakistan is being broken apart, with different systems of education and now law.
External/internal
US entrusted Afghanistan to Pakistan after the Jihad against the Soviet - Pakistan first failed to deliver concord among the Mujahid and it resulted in a civil war in which mor Afghans were killed than in the soviet invasion -- Khair, chance number two - new and improved Mujahideen in the shape of the talib -- another huge screw up as Russian, indian and iranian diplomacy and talib excesses ensured that international recognition would not be forthcoming.
In the present day, Russia, India, Iran and the US are using Pakistan;s internal weakness, it's lack of will to assert itself, against Pakistan itself. We all know who is financing the so called "nationalist" in B'stan (even the language we use to describe insurrectionist rebels in B'stan reveals our weakeness, instead of us being Pakistani Nationalists, we assign to to rebels the moniker, nationalists, we confer to them legitimacy)
As for the American, he cares about success, he will alwys deal with the successful differently from the way he deals with the will less failures - and who can blame him, he is after all out for the interests fo the US -- as for Pakistan, She does not know what her interests are -- honestly, what are Pakistan's interests? TO have a population divided ethnically?, religiously? by laws? What is Pakistan? ask any pakistani and get 170 million different answers --and Pakistan's enemies love this, those who would be it's friends find it difficult to be it's friends when even Pakistan refuses to be it's own best friend.
Politcally, Pakistan are a basket case. In the rest of the world term limits are the norm, a struggle won after years of awareness building of the inherent problems of corruption and nepotism without term limits - in Pakistan, a political party is dedicated to the sole cause of bringing to power to discredited scroundrels who have served two terms in office and therefore not elligible to staqnd for the same office - and a significant portion of the country came out in support of them
Socially - We have devolved into a tribalism - the laws which shape society and which gives us insight into the aspiration and world view of the society, poit toiwards tribalism -- tribal laws designed for triibal societies are given a religious veneer and we accept them as if divine, as we ourselves were divine - so what if we are a tribal ignorant bunch, we are divine - a sure blasphemy -- and look to the spirit of the laws we know are told is to be our fate, which lune would dare to describe these as humane?
In all of the problems outlined above, which would say should be our number one priority?? Would you agree that there would have to firsat be a pakistan so that we can deal with other problems?? If yes, then it is obvious we mkust deal with the internal problem first.
You have high lighted the problem of alliance with the US -- review the US-Pak relations thread, you will see that a signal has been sent that a debate over the alliance has now been initiated. But be rest assured our internal problem with Islamist terrorists will increase, not decrease. Why? Because it will suit our enemies to ensure that islamist terrorist become an even bigger threat, thereby giving justification to their action inside pakistan - Everybody will help a falling wall, fall.
These problems require a sober mind and a spirit that will not allow itself to become deviated from the task at hand -- and of course there is the great fun and jiy of calling the indian names, by telling him how many wars we have won and what we will do to him, in the meantime, he goes from success to success, and we from failure to failure.
And if you are for Islam, think what it will do to the world of Islam to lose Pakistan, imagine what it will do to their faith to see us happily break ourselves into pieces for the joy of telling the indian, the american, the israeli and the russian and the european to go to hell -- you decide which is sober, mature and responsible course.