Posted on 11/07/2013 8:29:51 PM PST by Cronos
Dejection and dismay has been the reaction of many people in Pakistan to the news that Mullah Fazlullah has been made head of the Pakistani Taliban (TTP).
He is still remembered for his atrocities in Swat - banning girls' education, destroying schools, ransacking music shops, carrying out public executions, and attempting to enforce a brutal moral code of Islamic law.
He was the pioneer of what many in Pakistan and internationally believe to be a senseless campaign against the United Nations-funded polio vaccination drive.
His elevation has also taken aback those in official Pakistani circles who had been pushing for a peace dialogue with Taliban.
..The question is, will the Mehsuds prefer to strike a deal with the Pakistani politicians, who are still struggling to find their feet in a nascent democratic system, or with Pakistan's powerful military establishment which has monopolised the country's foreign and security policy for several decades and raised militant proxies, including elements in the TTP, to fight regional wars on its behalf?
A deal with the politicians may still remain elusive. The politicians' motive for regional peace is to promote trade with neighbouring countries such as India and Afghanistan. There is nothing in it for the fighters.
By contrast, the military establishment offers fighting opportunities in both the post-Nato Afghanistan and their arch-rival, India, long considered by Pakistan's religious hardliners as a land that needs to be conquered and proselytised.
(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.co.uk ...
The SWAT valley, i thought, used to be quite peaceful, educated and cultured until the Taliban and their supporters in the Paki military and ISI decided that the whole “being decent and civilized” thing had gone on far enough there and needed to be stopped. The same is true for other parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, not to mention Kashmir and Sindh and Balochistan.
I said SWAT valley was peaceful BEFORE this Mullah came along, not that it has been peaceful since that Mullah came. I don’t know where you got the idea that I am being an apologist for Paki jihadists of any kind, be it the Taliban or the Army or the ISI.
And this new mooselimb leader in Pakistan is different than the worthless mooselimb now leading our country how?
He has more honesty and candidness about his goals and visions than the leader we have. So relative to our current leader in the HW, even that is a fairly big improvement.
Thanks Cronos.
Malala Plotter Chosen as Pakistani Taliban Chief
Associated Press | November 7, 2013 | ISHTIAQ MAHSUD and SEBASTIAN ABBOT
Posted on 11/07/2013 11:27:49 AM PST by BenLurkin
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3088674/posts
Great.
Even better.
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