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my dear friend u r absolutely correct but i am sorry i dont consider the militants as our people.
By our people i mean the ones that support the GOP and the PA, not the tajiks and afghans or any other hiding in our territory. The US will not differentiate and bomb them all which will only increase our problems because we will loose support and in the end US will just pack things up and leave and it will be us and us alone bearing the cost of it. Nature of FATA and other adjacent areas is very complex, US or NATO doesn't give a squat about it, we on the other hand can't let loose on everyone there. We will have to make a difference in people who are ready to work with the GOP and who can be persuaded in giving up arms and start working with the GOP with those who can't think other then the way of the gun. Once differentiated, then those who can't think other then gun have to be taken out.
Hence, it is in the best interest for pakistan, to get rid of the safe havens and fight the war willingly. This is also a real test for the Islamic Pak army which traditionally consider India as a Hiindu nation and think that being martrayed while fighting the Indians will give them heaven. This however does not work against the taliban, who also think the same. The real abilities of the army will be seen on how it fights the insurgents.
The WoT from Pakistans perspective needs to be fought along Pakistans requirements for its own national security and not anyone elses as we will have to live with the consequences not ISAF, India, the US or Afghanistan. Hence I would much prefer to see the Pakistan Armed forces dealing with this.
However, although its clear that something needs to be done no one in the GoP seems to have the balls to act with some urgency. This is why I would support limited US action by Special Forces and airpower to strike at the heart of the Terrorist forces in FATA.
It is extremely unlikely that either the US or NATO forces will actually "invade" Pakistani territory; by that I mean set up base camps and bring in artillery and mechanized divisions to give support to swarming infantry divisions. They will most probably rely on local intelligence to target hostile groups (Taliban, AQ, other tribals who provide manpower to campaigns in Afghanistan) via precision strikes. At the most special forces will be inserted from time to time to carry out more intense ground operations.
For any of the Pakistani forces (PA, FC etc) to engage the incoming US forces would be a big mistake because they will only make themselves targets and that would end up in a huge mess which is just not worth it as far as Pakistan is concerned.
The possible sequelae of such a venture is that we may see the upper echelons of the militant groups migrating into larger Pakistani cities where they can seek refuge (get lost in the crowd) and nullify the threat of US/NATO aerial bombings. This would be disastrous for Pakistan itself because it will see the threat of militancy metastasize into its larger economic and social centers. Needless to say this should be avoided at all costs. One way to do this would be to use the full might of the PA and their subsidiaries to establish a dragnet along the eastern borders of FATA and the Frontier provinces to negate any movement of militants into eastern Pakistan.
If the US and NATO forces really amp up their aerial bombardment operations in western Pakistan it will become a matter of survival for the intelligentsia of the militants; in which case going into more inhabited areas which the US/NATO can't/won't bomb (for obvious reasons) will be an advantage enough.This sort of nullifies any advantages however.
Whatever domestic compulsions are preventing the PA from acting currently will not vanish, in fact will most likely strengthen, so why would such a dragnet and military action against militants work, or even be implemented (when it isn't currently) along a line pushed further to the East?
The argument of greater instability within Pakistan will hold true though - so the end result is an even worse situation, for both Pakistan and NATO.
By the looks of your posts so far it seems that you'd be better off heeding to some of your own advice first.come back to planet earth.