Zarvan is a nice guy, however, strategic vision is not his forte. Yes, the army is in chaos right now as the soldiers at lower level are extremely overworked due to their bad utilization by GHQ. When soldiers are tired, edgy, and don't really know the purpose of their utilization, they do commit atrocities.
Mid level officers have ALL become obsessed with "get rich quick" mentality and are screwing up everything in their path. Think of it like this, at the moment majority of officers are maybe 10 times more corrupt than Zardari (Not the very young fresh out of academy breed, as they are still high on "nationalist" slogans). These mid level officers only defense they have going for them is, they get to use the card: "We hate India," so it's all OK.
Now top level officers can be classified into following groupings:
1. One who don't care about anything, and want to make as many pennies (within Pakistan) as possible when they retire. (Retire with two bungalows and couple hundred acre land kind)
2. Ones who are reluctant fundamentalists. Deeply indoctrinated over the years since Zia. Sometimes this particular category also acts as the first line of defense for Saudi interests etc etc. Most probably the category that is cheering right now that Nawaz has won. Very nosy kind indeed. The politic bureau of ISI is littered with these. (These are not zealots like you may think. Not Al Kaeda type)
3. Pro Yank camp.
4. Pro China camp.
Screw TTP. They are nothing but a nuisance, controlled by the above. If the Army truly wants to get rid of them, then mark my words, it's not even a months job. Read Generals of type 2.
How many people share Zarvan sahib's view in Pakistan?
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Hyperion Yaara but you stated that you've seen atrocities committed by the Pakistani army, that doesn't lend any credence to beliefs which state that the TTP are just doing good Islamic work but it does add the spark to the powder keg.
What's your take on all of this, what is the army and the GOP up to?