The taleban arent really beating the government are they? at best they are able to pull off bombings of easy targets every so often. Wont accomplish anything except add to their list of murders. So would you give the same advice to them?
This is not a particularly long fight yet. Besides the Prophet’s city state remained in a state of war for decades (during his life and after his death)
If its a good fight, as this one absolutely is, its worth fighting.
And abandon a part of our country to the criminals. The ones we are fighting are pretty unpopular where they are most active (i.e. NWFP), in fact least popular compared to all other provinces.
it is our fight.