Zahid Hussain is a very good reporter, but the officer's quote is a bit rich; blaming the civilian politicians for not being on-board with this war. Who was hosting, protecting, arming, training, supporting all these Jihadi organizations (the big daddies like Haqqanis and Gul Bahadur in particular) for the last 25 years?
The army is the only institution that can do the job, so everyone has to support them when and if they do move against one of their former comrades, but to criticize the civilians for not being ardent enough in this task is a bit much....