Re: Imran’s fairy-tale view on Terrorism and Talibans of Pakistan
If you got worried only after reading this article, than perhaps you were busy in something more important than the existence of your country. In that case, you would have also missed all those pleas, screams and moves of every single party ranging from the PPP to JUI and ANP to Noon League that negotiations is the best way to deal with this menace.
People like some Moazzam Husain can only talk about the problem, they cannot come up with a solution. Tell me is there any specific best way to deal with an insurgency? We have examples of ETA, IRA, LTTE in front of us. Do we have any plug-and-play policy to deal with the Taliban? And if there was any, would not it have already been put to use by Washington?
There are only two ways of dealing with an insurgents, either destory them or talk to them. You cannot be at war indefinitely, especially in case of our own problem. The US has been in Afghanistan for over a decade, what did they achieve after a decade a trillions of dollars later?
And lastly, the “immense damage” was cuased by those who think that only they are solely responsible for the security of the country and thus have the ultimate authority and vision to do anything they want in the name of “strategic depth” and whatnot.