Re: Imran Khan’s toxic narrative on terrorism … needs to stop … and stop right no
i know you are passionate about this issue but advocating the sri lankan approach to the tamil insurgency is simply insane. sri lanka defeated the LTTE only after finally deciding to employ genocide as a military strategy and after deciding it was comfortable with a permanent post-war apartheid.
the indian army’s response to the sikh insurgency was extremely ruthless but i don’t think that is the reason for its success. it was successful because the movement lacked deep-rooted popular support. if there was such support, army operations would have only inflamed the conflict.
the level of local popular support for the militant/terrorist representatives of an insurgency is what determines whether increased military aggression will be successful or backfire. in the case of sri lanka where popular support amongst tamils was universal, the only military solution was to destroy the entire ethnic group completely and not look back. i don’t know where the TTP and its affiliates fall on the popular support spectrum in the NWFP but it’s important to figure that out first.