Pakistani internal security (catch all)

[Bob's World]

He sounds like an excellent conventional officer.

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. But only if the Civil leadership understands the difference and has divided the civil and military tasks accordingly. Only if the Civil leadership is focused on the insurgency itself in a wholistic approach.

Sadly they usually just hand it off to the military that then goes out and executes its one thin aspect of the operation as if it were the entire operation, which has never produced a positive, enduring result.


I just read a great article that was pushed to me in an intel summary. "Why the Taliban Won’t Take Over Pakistan,” by Ben Arnoldy from the 7 June Christian Science Monitor. I tried to google it and it wouldn't come up, so can't confirm the cite. Worth a read for an alternative to the "Pakistan is failing" drum that gets beaten so loudly of late.