Quote Originally Posted by Bob's World View Post
If given free reign to execute this within the paradigm he describes, the actions of the Pak army would do far more than the actions of the Taliban to destroy his country. Like all armies, they need to focus on the insurgent, not the insurgency.
Again this assumes that the Pakistani Taliban (very different from the A'Stan) enjoy popular support. What if they do not? Even if they do, it's not an excuse not to subject them to military power. No Insurgents. No Insurgency. It is that simple.

OK, some folks may have a legitimate grievance. So what? Use legitimate forms of expression. Use violence and you can expect violence in return. That dynamic applies to ALL ARMED conflict.

Bob, tell me. How would you address the FARC's grievances in Colombia, or the RUF's in Sierra Leone, or the Lord's Resistance Army in Uganda?