Re: Army and Taleban- on the same side?
You have to understand that some of this is said in frustration and anger. From December to February, there was average of 10 people beheaded every day, with many bodies left in center of Mingora. It was even called "Khooni chowk". My friends who have families in Swat and Malakand also feel the same way because the army was happy to allow the Taliban to assualt the Swatis but only acted when US threatened aid cutoff.
See how quickly Army found the will to act after US called us out?
Plus no one has answered why these Taliban leaders were able to move around freely when our army could have killed them off before things came to a head. You combine with "strategic depth" ideas and Brigadiers praying with Fazlullah etc. and people get suspicious.
I think the current action is sincere. I'm sure that the jawans and lower-level officers are itching to teach the Talibans a lesson. I hope the "geniuses" in GHQ do not stop this momentum and finish of the Taliban once and for all.