Re: Wazirastan wants to be a state within the state, Give them Freedom!
As for war on terror and Afghanistan issue, it is funny that some believe Pakistan joined this war and it is not Pakistani war. I think that these people who believe that is not Pakistani war are either lying knowingly (like Imran Khan and many other politicians) or are just misguided. If they are not then they should tell, how, when, and where Pakistan joined this war? They also say that this is not Pakistani war, than again they should tell why, with logical truth and not using their misguided statements full of lies?
What was Pakistan doing before US invasion of Afghanistan? Was Pakistan fighting against the Taliban or supporting Taliban?
As for Afghanistan issue, then we should understand that Afghanistan is not Pakistan, neither Taliban is Afghanistan. USA had problem with Taliban in Afghanistan. Taliban were fighting with Northern Alliance. USA started supporting NA resulting in Taliban having hell in Afghanistan and lost their government.
Taliban were losing against NA before US invasion?
Apart of that, Pakistan **gave some support in terms of logistic and facilities to USA. **That was Pakistan’s need, as USA is not only Pakistan’s biggest trading partner but Pakistan gets most of their financial supports and military equipments from USA, plus situation was that USA needed such supports and Pakistan was not in a position to say ‘NO’. Nevertheless, giving facilities and logistic support to USA does not mean that Pakistan joined the war against Afghanistan. Joining the war meant that Pakistan would have broken diplomatic relation with Afghanistan, as USA was pressurising Pakistan to do, and as Saudia and UAE did. Further, Pakistan would have allowed USA forces to enter Afghanistan from Pakistan (as Suadia did against Iraq), would have let USA use Pakistan air bases to bomb Afghanistan (as Saudia and other Arab countries did against Iraq), and being in neighbour with huge ground force, Pakistani forces would have entered Afghanistan and would have fought there on ground against Taliban.
Pulling support for Taliban and then providing support to US in its war against Taliban is termed “making a U-turn” which in Taliban’s term is “betrayal”.
Problem is that most Pakistanis consider Afghanistan as Taliban and expected that Pakistan should have sided with Taliban in their war against NA supported by USA and since Pakistan did not, it means Pakistan has joined in war with USA against Taliban. That is a retarded thinking. Only a person who is lying or is misguided could say that.
Dude, why did Pakistan army bomb Waziristan? Is it because Asif Zardari was hiding there?
Care to cite any article? Yes Taliban failed to completely take over Afghanistan, specially the northern part where NA dominated. But Taliban were not losing any other areas from what I know.