The new Pakistani government has decided that negotiations for peace with the Taliban is their new strategy for the country and as my headline states, they have basically just thrown themselves onto a knife. There is a tremendous article on this over at Bill Roggio's Long War Journal here. And a portion of that report reads:
Now, there is a paragraph in the long article that I think tells it all, look at this:
So in other words, the Pakistani government wants to hold negotiations and before those negotiations even start, the Taliban have set the absolutes and also have vowed to continue their jihad in Afghanistan. So, what this means is that Afghanistan could essentially hold the country of Pakistan responsible for attacks inside its borders.
This new government of Pakistan is sheep-like. They remind me of the Dems in America who honestly think they can sit down and work things out with jihadists with words, with humanitarian aid and better schools. This approach would be like sending a teen age girl over to Ted Bundy's house to hold his hand and help him talk out his issues. People of Afghanistan: The Taliban are jihadists - they want supreme control and will settle for nothing less. Your government has simply committed you all to suicide. The Taliban's complaint is not that their people don't have aid or education - these are the same Taliban that OUTLAWED education in Afghanistan for pete's sake! They don't want aid - they want total control over the population of Afghanistan.
America needs to communicate a clear message to the new government of Pakistan and that is: If you agree to harbor the Taliban in your country, then we will do everything by air and by ground to eliminate them from inside your land.
The newly appointed central and provincial governments have signaled that negotiations with the Taliban is the solution to the problem.
Gilani indicated he would negotiate with the Taliban and plans on focusing his efforts on infrastructure, humanitarian aid, and legal reforms to defeat terrorism.
Now, there is a paragraph in the long article that I think tells it all, look at this:
The Taliban demanded the Pakistani government end its cooperation with the US as a condition for negotiations. “Whenever Pakistan will work for American interests as its ally, we will oppose it,” Faqir said as the crowd chanted “death to America”. The Taliban also said it would continue to strike in Afghanistan and demanded sharia law be implemented in the Northwest Frontier Province
So in other words, the Pakistani government wants to hold negotiations and before those negotiations even start, the Taliban have set the absolutes and also have vowed to continue their jihad in Afghanistan. So, what this means is that Afghanistan could essentially hold the country of Pakistan responsible for attacks inside its borders.
This new government of Pakistan is sheep-like. They remind me of the Dems in America who honestly think they can sit down and work things out with jihadists with words, with humanitarian aid and better schools. This approach would be like sending a teen age girl over to Ted Bundy's house to hold his hand and help him talk out his issues. People of Afghanistan: The Taliban are jihadists - they want supreme control and will settle for nothing less. Your government has simply committed you all to suicide. The Taliban's complaint is not that their people don't have aid or education - these are the same Taliban that OUTLAWED education in Afghanistan for pete's sake! They don't want aid - they want total control over the population of Afghanistan.
America needs to communicate a clear message to the new government of Pakistan and that is: If you agree to harbor the Taliban in your country, then we will do everything by air and by ground to eliminate them from inside your land.
New Pakistani government seeks peace with the Taliban
The February provincial and federal elections have done little to change Pakistan’s policy of dealing with the Taliban and al Qaeda stronghold in the tribal agencies and the Northwest Frontier Province. The newly appointed central and provincial governments have signaled that negotiations with the Taliban is the solution to the problem.
"We're ready to talk to all those who give up arms and adopt the path of peace," Yousuf Raza Gilani, the newly appointed Prime Minister of Pakistan who represents the Pakistan Peoples’ Party, said after taking office. Gilani indicated he would negotiate with the Taliban and plans on focusing his efforts on infrastructure, humanitarian aid, and legal reforms to defeat terrorism.
Ameer Haider Khan Hoti, the newly elected Chief Minister of the Northwest Frontier Province, was clear that negotiation is his administration’s primary weapon in the fight against the Taliban. Hoti’s Awami National Party won an outright majority in the provincial elections in February. The ANP is a secular Pashtun party that is opposed to military action against the Taliban and promotes nonviolent solutions.
“We’ll make every effort to restore peace in the province,” Hoti said. “We’ll form traditional jirgas for peace,” he said, referring to the peace committees which have failed to halt the Taliban’s rise in the province. “We want peace. We want education. We don’t want suicide jackets and guns.”
Hoti’s provincial ministers have supported this view. The minister of information for the Northwest Frontier Province suggested negotiating with none other than Baitullah Mehsud, the mastermind behind numerous suicide attacks throughout Pakistan and the assassination of Benazir Bhutto, who was slated to become the next prime minister. "If Islamabad can hold talks with Indian Prime Minister Man Mohan Singh, why cannot peace talks be held with Baitullah Mehsud and other Taliban commanders," Sardar Babak said. The education minister also said order would be restored in the province through dialogue.
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