Ex army general you say … here is one for you …
BBC - Panorama - Battle of Swat Valley
Retired Lieutenant General Talat Masood tells Panorama that the attempt at appeasement was a grave error in judgement.
“They are, you know, a bunch of fanatics,” he said. “They are indoctrinated to hate the West, to hate India, to hate everything other than their own brand of Islam.”