^First we have to kill all talibs
This is the stupid, senseless mentality that has brought us to where we are.
I would agree only if militancy around the world had been suppressed through force. Srilanka has been trying to do that for 30 years and it is an island. It was the senseless military action in Kargill that distanced us from India. It was the stupid military action in Baluchistan which has given popular support to separatists there. Military action is no solution. You isolate militants. You try and take away popular support for them. You try and form a cohesive public movement against them. Indiscriminate military actions never bring peace. We saw that in Vietnam, Middle East, Iraq, Afghanistan, numerous countries in Africa, even Indian held Kashmir.