Pakistani Poll: 58 Percent Favor Talks With Taliban, 50% Favor Talks With Al Qaeda

Good grief. I'm not sure who is more nuts - the Left here in the U.S. or the Pakistani people. There's a new poll out of Pakistanis that covered a lot of issues, so let's take a look at the highlights, or more accurately, the lowlights - this from Khaleej Times Online:

The poll found 58 percent of respondents support talks with the Pakistani Taliban, while 19 percent want the government to fight them. About 50 percent wanted talks with al-Qaida.

Although there are no U.S. combat forces based here, 52 percent of Pakistanis hold the United States most responsible for the violence in the country, compared with just 8 percent who blame al-Qaida and 4 percent who blame the Pakistani Taliban.

Osama bin Laden's approval rating spiked to 34 percent from 24 percent in January, according to the poll. But that was still below the 46 percent the al-Qaida leader garnered last August.

You know, this is pretty clear on what drives these people - these are not poll results on separate issues, no...these are results of people choosing islam over the rest of the world. Seriously, these people watched one of their most revered political leaders, Benazir Bhutto, murdered in cold blood by members of the Taliban and Al Qaeda and yet, 52 percent blame America for the violence in their land. What that really means is this: a muslim Taliban member who kills Pakistani people is favored more than a Christian or Jew from the West.

It really is that simple folks. The Long War, the Global War on Terror, whatever you want to call it is NOT a war or action against islamic extremists. It IS A WAR BETWEEN ISLAM and the world's other religions. These are muslim Pakistanis saying that islam is more important than even the lives of their own innocents.

And this is why there is no such thing as a moderate muslim in this whole War on Terror. The "extremists" are the ones that grab the headlines, the moderates are the ones that fully support the terror and are waiting in the wings to move to extremist status. I know it's a jagged pill to swallow for many but we got us a 2nd Crusades folks and this one better be won by the West or it will be a long dark journey into the Caliphate.

Poll finds Pakistanis favour talks with militants

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - Pakistanis favor negotiating with Taliban militants rather than fighting them and hold their U.S. allies in the war on terror most responsible for violence in the country, according to a poll released Friday.
The results show strong public support for the new government's policy of seeking peace with the militants, despite U.S. concerns that a letup in military pressure will allow the Taliban and al-Qaida to operate freely in the lawless tribal regions along the Afghan border.
The poll by the Washington-based group Terror Free Tomorrow also shows that three-quarters of respondents want U.S.-backed President Pervez Musharraf to resign or be impeached and that the popularity of his chief critic, Nawaz Sharif, is soaring.
The poll surveyed 1,306 adult Pakistanis in face-to-face interviews in rural and urban areas across the country between May 25 and June 1. It had a 3 percent margin of error.
While Musharraf relied more on force in dealing with the militants, the coalition government elected in February has chosen to negotiate with the Taliban through tribal elders. It denies talking with ¢terrorists" and says any deal will force out foreign fighters.
The poll found 58 percent of respondents support talks with the Pakistani Taliban, while 19 percent want the government to fight them. About 50 percent wanted talks with al-Qaida.
The poll also reveals pervasive anti-U.S. sentiment here nearly seven years after Musharraf made Pakistan a front-line ally of Washington's war on terror.
Although there are no U.S. combat forces based here, 52 percent of Pakistanis hold the United States most responsible for the violence in the country, compared with just 8 percent who blame al-Qaida and 4 percent who blame the Pakistani Taliban.
Some 73 percent say the real purpose of the war on terror is to weaken the Muslim world and dominate Pakistan. Only 12 percent say they would support unilateral action against Taliban and al-Qaida militants in Pakistan by the U.S. military, which has more than 30,000 troops in neighboring Afghanistan.
The poll was taken before a U.S. air strike last week killed 11 Pakistani border troops, likely deepening anti-American sentiment.
Osama bin Laden's approval rating spiked to 34 percent from 24 percent in January, according to the poll. But that was still below the 46 percent the al-Qaida leader garnered last August.
However, most Pakistanis generally view extremists and their leaders negatively, with only 19 percent of respondents approving of top Pakistani Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud and 62 percent opposing the presence of Arab and Uzbek al-Qaida fighters in the country.
The poll also reaffirmed Musharraf's political difficulties, with the former army leader registering a 73 percent unfavorable rating. Following elections won by his critics, Musharraf has taken a back seat in politics, but has resisted pressure to resign.