Re: Govt asked to stabilise internal situation: Karamat opposes long involvement of army
Well the man has a point. Obviously as an ex-general he knows what he is talking about.
The problem with our intellectuals is that they never realized full potential of our resources and army is just one of our important resources.
Take Wazirastan for example. The issues in tribal area are the symptom of instability in Afghanistan. We can beat the crap out of these tribals but the trouble will not go away until Afghanistan becomes a stable country.
Pakistan's best defense is not to attack people in Miran-Shah. Our approach should be to send troops in Khost, Kandhar, and Jalalabad as part of the strong multi-national force such as NATO.
We have to attack the cacner in Afghanistan and cure that god-awful country from years of strife. Targetting minor tribals like Naik Mohammad will not resolve our issues. We should be going after Mullah Omer and his cronies.
My suggestions is that we move our 60,000 (out of total 70,000) troops out of tribal agencies by next year and deploy them in bordring Afghanistan along with NATO and Afghan soldiers.