I know but obviously these lashkars and both FCs are soft targets. This however also may mean these talibs are now weaker than before and all they can hit is soft targets.
no thats not the case .. they are not weak... there is no evidence to support that.. they go dormant for sometime and then strike again.
Re softer targets, its their choice who to attack. Although now they might have trouble justifying it to the common tribesmen as Pakistan has stopped American supplies and there is no drone activity etc.
But that also means that terrorist don’t really care about PR now, they are openly saying that if you are not with us then you are legitimate target something their cousin from Texas said ten years ago.
It took about 3 decades to defeat LTTE and that too because there was no land link to provide them supplies whereas we got a long border with a hostile government and not so friendly occupation forces that might look the other way or actually facilitate the terrorists to help Pakistan “see sense”
From start terrorists have killed teachers and doctors, bombed mosques and schools kidnapped and killed school children. Beheaded civilians and captive soldiers and attacked both regular and paramilitary forces. The chaos in Afghanistan is helping them to hide in the fog of war. A stable and peaceful Afghanistan that has effective policing of its borders will ensure that there is no infiltration on either side which would mean the parasite will die without its food source.
As long as there is chaos in Afghanistan there will be fallout and chaos in Pakistan. As long as Americans remain in Afghanistan, the Afghans will continue to fight them resulting in this chaos. A vicious circle of violence. But if this chaos is part of a bigger plan to pave way for greater Balochistan then this fight will outlast our remaining years.
Not sure if you have read the comments and declarations of the front runners for Republican nominations in US, they are so brazen and brash about their designs against Iran, Syria, and Pakistan that it really makes one wonder if that’s the sort of western democracy and moral high ground they are preaching? Almost all of the candidates have announced the support of open conflict and/ or supporting the terrorist groups in Iran. The biggest one of them that has killed many Iranians in Mosques , Shrines and public places are the Iranian Baloch Jundullah group. That’s where the American think tanks and NeoCons have picked up the word of greater Balochsitan which basically consists of Pakistani and Iranian Baloch areas. That also serves another long term purpose. Having a friendly base with Sea access which will help block the Chinese and Russian advances to the Arabian sea.
The terrorists in FATA and KP are unwitting pawns in this game whereas some Baloch elites that are leading the baloch insurgency know a good share of the future plans of uncle Sam. Hence you see that their whole body language is all regal and majestic when they “grant” interviews to ever so keen international media (which normally has an attention span of 5 minutes) as if they are already ruling the greater Balochistan.
It is a 3 way war now, where the supposed allies are watching their backs against each other while fighting the Taliban. the assassinations by American blackops (both public and private), the “mistakes” of American forces that have killed about 172 Pakistani soldiers, the opening and closing of supply routes. The text book finish of the Mehran base attack, the allegations of veritable arm of ISI and then talking secretly to that very arm in Doha are a lot to digest for the simple mortal souls like us.
Hmmm enough said maybe another time.
