Re: Imran Khan’s toxic narrative on terrorism … needs to stop … and stop right no
not sure what is so insane..
taliban are way more brutal than tamil fighters and sikh fighters…last i remember, bhanadarwala gang never attacked women or kids…taliban have been killing innocent kids and women for years with no remorse whatsoever…plus they are challenging the state writ in every possible way… so the use of brutal force against them is by all means justifiable…
plus dont forget that the tamil movement was way more organized and widespread both financially and organizationally than taliban movement in pakistan…if srilankan govt had to do genocide, so be it…western govts are yelling now but they did nothing when tamil fighters were killing innocents for over 25 years and when tamils who were based in these western countries were sending millions to these tamil terrorists…sri lankan govt begged the western governments for years to ban this transfer of money but nothing happened … what was sri lankan govt supposed to do? keep negotiating?
plus guess what…in taliban case every country will actually support pakistan if it takes miliatay action including india and USA…you see what i am trying to say?
and if indian army was brutal against sikhs, so be it…it solved the problem…didnt it? plus sir jee, sikh movement had a lot of support in villages and among poor sikh masses as well as among north American and European based Canadians
now on to your question … how strong is taliban support among masses? you dont know the local politics, so let me give you more details…now you will be surprised to know that they dont enjoy much support among common masses where these animals are based…from waziristan to peshawar, taliban have very little support…they are ruling those areas by fear and by brutal use of force…ironically taliban has more support (kind of passive support) among punjabi masses but no one in punjab will stand up for these animals if a military action takes place…when pakistan army conducted swat operation, almost whole country was relieved.
That is why role of Imran Khan is very critical…he enjoys huge support among punjabi and paathan masses and when he takes a soft position towards taliban, it divdes/confuses masses…