Re: Imran Khan with Javed Malik on Swat and Tribal Areas
Imran Khan's logic is completely flawed. He is perpetuating the myth that the tribals can not be defeated because they were not by the British. The tribals have been and still can be defeated militarily. The British were more interested in using them as a buffer in their great game against Russia and that is what they did. How can they be considered patriotic Pakistani when they consider themselves a separate country, don't follow Pakistani law and act against Pakistani national security interests? Protecting Al-Qaida and waging war against US and Nato forces in Afghanistan are acts against Pakistani national security as they put entire Pakistan under risk of attack by US and NATO forces. He gives example of tribals fighting in Kashmir in 1947 but lets not forget that endeavor was failure primarily because tribals were more interested in looting, killing and raping than actually fighting the war and winning it. They were initially successful in invading Kashmir valley but as soon as Indian troops arrived to fight them the entire Lashkar disappeared overnight and ran away hiding their tales. The reason Pakistan did not use their regular army at the time was because of political reasons. They wanted the invasion to look like local uprising than invasion by a foreign force.
His reasons for suicide bombing are also wrong. The motivation of suiciders are religious not economic or social. For them, it is a short cut to heaven and any innocent people that they murder are also sent to heaven. In their twisted logic they are doing a favor to the people they are killing.
Notice how he did not condemn any bombing and murder by the terrorists in Swat, Lal Masjid or tribal area. He does not criticize the Balochistan operation and the only terrorists in the country in his eyes are MQM. I say that is very myopic for someone wanting to represent all of Pakistan. He kept parroting the bad American and bad American agent line. Does he not realize the problem is internal to Pakistan with the Islamists forcing the agenda on the rest of the population through violence?
The only thing I agree with him is the general and gradual decline in rule of Law, governance and lack of Justice in Pakistan. However, I disagree with him that the solution is to allow violent groups a free hand and appeasement. The solution is to enforce writ of government and rule of law over all areas in Pakistan .
totally agree