TalibanSwatter
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KSA - and the PA have been growing apart since the GW1 it is currently at it's lowest ebb.
No surprise there. The Saudi Salafis have been funding the likes of TTP and LeJ for many years now. We have also caught Saudi militants on the battlefield in FATA. While the King is quite progressive, the anti Shia establishment is very strong in Saudi which is why they are hellbent on targeting Shias everywhere as part of aproxy war with Iran. However, by funding TTP and LeJ(the latter now being a key part of TTP), the Saudi 'salafi establishment' is also promoting militant operations against the Pakistani Military and our other security forces with the hope of helping set up a salafi emirate in Pakistan.
The PA still suffers from some confusion as to whether some of these TTP-linked militants are merely 'kids behaving badly' who can be salvaged as proxy assets. That said, I believe the Army will eventually course correct over the next two years and realize that the Saudi Salafi-inspired/funded anti-state militant network is a a rabid dog with no cure, a danger to both the state and the military, and must be put to bed once and for all.