Pakistan is not at war – it the Army of Pakistan that is at War with the Citizens of Pakistan. This has been the state of affairs since the last 60 years.
The truth is that the Army is arranging these attacks against the civilians. This soul-less army, the Army of Occupation of Pakistan, is using SMOKE and MIRRORS to create an image of fighting TERRORISM. The Truth is that the BADMASH Army is the largest ORGANISED Mafia in Pakistan. The Army has repeatedly RAPED the Republic, and will sell its services to any group willing to pay it. Before getting promoted to a rank above Major, officers have to swear DISLOYALTY to Pakistan and TOTAL Loyalty to the Capo de tutti Capi, the Criminal in Chief of the Army.
By sending solders to UN duties, the officers earn Foreign Exchange which they then use as extra pocket money. The so called Aid to Pakistan is used by the Army for larger pays, more servants (batmen), larger bungalows, more plots of land to sell at larger profits, education abroad for their children, etc. And this while 150 million Pakistanis are nearly starving, living in shacks, have no access to clean drinking water, no access to primary education. Not only is Gen Abbas delusional, but every one of its Generals is a Mafiosi, and in reality does not know the difference between a hole in the ground and his own – this is why the Lt General who is the Rector of NUST is also known as the Rectum of NUST.

I hate to sound like a prophet of doom or a bitterly cynical skeptic but there is something shameful and sinister about the pattern recent terrorist attacks that have taken place in Pakistan.

Nothing surprises one about Pakistan anymore. It is one of the most unpredictable polities on the planet. While one is fully cognizant about the fallacious, foolhardy and the absurd manner in which governmental functions are carried out in that country, it is hard to digest the way these attacks have taken place. It appears some ‘inside sources’ are at work encouraging and abetting the extremists.

Lets face it – Pakistan has been the center of terrorist training camps and a source of Taliban and al-Qaeda operations since whenever we have known Islamic religious fundamentalism and the jihadi movements.
What does the West and the civilized nations of the world need to do about it?

A policy review with respect to the aid and assistance provided to Pakistan by the United States and the European countries is long overdue. Islamabad has trespassed limits of betraying the faith that Washington has imposed on it as ‘the greatest ally’ in the war against terrorism more than once. In addition to the recent AfPak policy, it may be a good idea that some stock-taking is done and strings are attached to the multi-million dollar ‘donations’ given to fight the terrorists.

For all one knows and gathers from those well-informed, the help provided is perhaps being diverted to shelter the enemies of world peace by the powers that be in Pakistan.

Of course the Pakistanis will say, ‘leave us alone and let us sort our own mess’. However, the crux of the matter is that it has been proven well beyond reasonable doubt that the various power structures within the Pakistani state machinery want this fundamentalist ulcer to keep going as intensely as possible.

It is safe to say that, left alone, Pakistan is such a broken entity that without the ‘external crutches’, the government cannot even perform the basic, everyday functions.

Pakistan needs a direction in dealing with the terrorists. Even though the Pakistan government and establishment resists the idea, leaders in Western capitals interested in eliminating the Talibans and al-Qaedas of the world, need to aggressively involve their respective countries and join hands to penetrate deep into the Pakistani northern territories and leave no stone unturned to successfully neutralize and blunt the Mehsuds and the Baitullahs.

Time is short, for sure. The Obama administration has done a commendable job so far. However, understand that role players in Pakistan will continue to come and go – that circus will continue forever. Every subsequest government has its own ‘strategic plan’ and hence this rickety coalition in place headed by the Yousaf Gilani is no exception.

What the world needs is a consolidated, long-term plan to deal with the fundamentalists that is immune from any internal policy changes that might go into effect whenever the faces of the clowns running Pakistan change.

Pakistan is a sham, a failed state. Not much should be expected from this broken down setup. This is a country that is an absolute bundle of contradictions where 25% of the population lives in sheer, pitiful poverty and, yet, corrupt politicians and generals go about their lives in the most luxurious of ways.

The fact that one-third of the population suffers from illiteracy and the only up and running school system is the madrassah based system, speaks volumes of the atrocious indifference to the ground realities that subsequent rulers have shown, failing to provide even the basics of life to the subjects. This unsurpassable ignorance is, therefore, translated into atrociously indifferent policy-making that benefits just a handful and shows insensitivity to the majority.

US policy-makers need to recognize the importance of taking charge to ensure that the military supplies sent in good faith to fight terrorism are not being shipped to the jihadis by Pakistan to equip terrorism. A ruthlessly targeted approach that ensures no bargaining, no negotiation and no contact with the fundamentalists should be adopted.

Cynical and skeptical as I may sound, I understand and know well that Pakistan is a can of worms that is tough to deal with. They say, ‘passion speaks the language which reason does not follow’. The Pakistani leaders are perhaps too passionate, just passionate; in fact passionate to the extent of being insane – they don’t realize the enormity of the crisis or may be, they have their own ulterior motives involved.

Whatever the case may be, all that one is aware of is that the jihadists have to be crushed with an iron hand and that is the only possible and plausible solution to the end this chaos that we have been pushed into by the scourge of terrorism.

Ms Sarika,

No, pakistan isnt seeing this for the first time this horrendous spilling of the blood its been witnessing this from its birth and throughout its history and it is willing and able to pay the price for freedom.

As far as the remote controlled bombings inside pakistan are concerentd they are not the work of the Taliban, they are orchestrated by the forces occupying Afghanistan which include Raw & Mossad.

It has been the practise of (Indian origin) writers to portray Pakistan as a failed state in the international media unable to fend for itself for so many decades now that it has become a joke . because it hasnt failed and keeps on running and running and running.

However the stark reality is that Pakistan and its army has been instrumental in ending the cold war era when ur parent country india was the leading partner of the USSR in all foras.

The americans have made their biggest mistake in embracing india at the strategic level, they are just plain Jinxed for super powers, this time they will prove not only deterimental to the US, like they did for the USSR , but thanks to the Dragon's designs will also be seriously challenged themselves as an integral unit in the coming years.

So as Rahul Gandhi said forget Pakistan India, Worry about China.

....he he...but u wont be able to do either.

Recent history in Pakistan is similar to events in Iran during the rule of the Shah. Both leaderships were strongly backed by the US, and were involved in widespread repression or attacks on their own people. Both regimes followed policies that were deeply unpopular domestically. In Iran, this led the revolution of 1979 which created an Islamic Republic. Could something similar happen in Pakistan?

http://watching-history.blogspot.com/2009/10/future-of-pakistan.html

It is a daunting debate at this time of terror visiting and revisiting our cities, day after day, as to where one should draw the line between fending for oneself and creating a sense of panic while doing so. The debate basically revolves around fear and prudence. For instance, anxiety has gripped the parents of many school-going children today. Authorities in Lahore keep closing down private schools that are not found to be ‘prepared’ enough to face a terrorist attack

http://bit.ly/4dGiJW

its very easy to name everything on taliban.
taliban are only characters that are playing in the hands of big players. off course the big players are so called champions of peace.
the biggest among those is USA
they want to de stabilize paksitan and control the world politics.
India whcih is happily contributing in killing innocents and de ststabilizing Pakistan will also repent one day .
its not wise to put killings of 100s of people to taliban and start smiling. for these so called champions and lovers of peace the blood of paksitani muslims is nothing. they are killer of humanity.
Americaa is killer and not the taliban.

There are no TERRORISTS in Pakistan or Afghanistan. Both these nations are suffering from small, self-selected groups of their own people becoming agents of FOREIGN powers, and suppressing their own people. Before this the same happened in Iran, and that country was saved by the Islamic Revolution. The Terrorists in Pakia and Afghania are the creation of Western Governments for the purpose of using this artifact to: (1) install totally corrupt governments on Muslim people so as to stymie their development (2) to turn NATO into AGGRESSIVE wolf-pack like mercenaries.
The only terrorists in Pakistan are the American supported Army (of occupation of Pakistan) and the Zardari clique. The only terrorists in Afghania are the foreign invaders and the Foreign installed Government , Karzai and his drug war-lords. Respectively in the two cases, 22 million Afghans and 150 million Pakis are being persecuted and are INDEED the victims of terrorism.
If America wants to a friend of the Paki people it should develop a 50 years plan as follows:
1. Negotiate with India a guaranteed agreement for no aggression against or invasion of Pakistan.
2. Get the Paki state to designate the following as UNELECTABLE:
Sardars of clans, Big-landlords, Religious gurus, Maliks, hereditary chiefs.
3. Get the parasites of the Army (of occupation of Pakistan) off the back of the nation, by making the state accept:
a) No officer of the Armed forces will be allowed to use his military rank after they leave the Armed Forces
b) No Officer of the Armed Forces will be APPOINTED to a position in the Administration of any non-military organization (federal or state government, state owned services or businesses, Universities, etc.)
c) No businesses will be owned by the Armed Forces. Presently Military owned businesses (Banks, Sugar Mills, Fruit Farms, Diary Farms, Cement Factories, Land Development, Security Agents for hire, etc. ) will be handed over to the Paki state for all these businesses were acquired through coercion of a weak-state.
d) The State will reserve Capital Punishment only for members of the Armed Forces who commit crimes against the Republic.
4. 3 billion dollars a year Aid, for Human and Institution Development. Liberating the state from Religious Dogma; Police should be made honest; Dispensation of Justice should be timely, and in accordance with law.

Chaudri,
I totally agree with your last post except for the fact that you neglected to mention the plight of the Pashtuns and the Baluchis and to address their grievances in your 50 year plan.
NWFP, FATA and Baluchistan do not share a culture or language with the Punjabis, Sindhis and the MQM Urdu speaking Mohajers from India and as such they have been ignored for the last 60 years and this policy of disenfranchisement coupled with political and economic isolation has given birth to Pashtun nationalism and it cannot be ignored any longer. Pakistan and Afghanistan are false and dysfunctional states made up of people that do not share a culture or national identity and the Balkanization of this region is inevitable.

There has been compeling evidence of Indian invlovement in Waziristan. This is not a secret that India has been supporting Talibans and other insurgents in Pakistan. I believe Indian govt may not be invloved directly but their agencies and anti-muslim Hindus groups.