very very very simplistic and thus childish argument. Hate to bring this to you my dear dear dear poster.
Insurgencies take years to diminish and even that to a manageable level (instead of disappearing completely).
When Sri Lankan Sinhala Bhuddist army took 25 years to deal with Tamilian Hindu/Chritian terror, would you jump up and down and say SLA is running with Tamil rabbits?
Or Maoists in India have been active for almost 35+ years, would you jump up and down and say Indians are running with Mao rabbits?
When British army fought decades long war in Northern ireland, would you jump up and down and say Brits are running with IRA rabbits?
When Basque insurgents besieged Spaniards, would you jump up and down and say Spanish LEA are running with Basque rabbits?
I can give you 10s of more examples.
But for some reasons, otherwise intellectual and sane Indians will leave their brains home when it comes to Pakistan and Pakistan army.
You my dear have not studied insurgencies, you have not studied the region called Wazirastan. its history, geography, and its social environment.
And thus spreading ignorance in such an arrogant way, like an obese over-eater consumes 20,000 calorie diet and then stinks up the whole damn dining hall. Please be smart and avoid overindulgence and you will save yourself and others from the terrible "side effects".
peace
Oh wow! Just cool it dude! Yours are specious arguments my dear FaujHistorian! Your flowery language doesn't impress me one bit!!
How much experience do you have in COIN ops? Insurgencies don't always have the same template. They differ in degree depending on various factors.
So, how do insurgencies sustain and take years to diminish, if at all? Because of the simple reason that
WITHOUT OUTSIDE SUPPORT IN THE FORM OF WEAPONS, AMMO, LOGISTICS, SAFE SANCTUARIES, FUNDS AND LOCAL SUPPORT, no insurgency can survive for long. Period!
Now, where do you think the Afghan Taliban (Haqqani/Omar) is getting all this from? No prizes for guessing. Where the TTP (a spin-off from the WOT) is concerned, it is the US of A (CIA) and probably Afghanistan's KHAD, Maoists mainly get their sustenance from China (which has the grand design of breaking up India into a hundred parts), as well as terrorist groups based in BD and controlled by hostile intel agencies abroad.
The Kurdish insurgency in Iraq collapsed in 1975 when the Kurds’ principal supporter, Iran, reached a diplomatic accommodation with Iraq. Deprived of arms, supplies, and sanctuary, the Kurdish insurgency crumbled within two weeks.
Now the question is: Who is providing arms, sanctuaries and supplies to the Afghan Taliban (Haqqani/Omar)
that has allowed them to sustain their war against the ISAF for more than a decade? Depriving them of these inputs and the Taliban would have collapsed like a house of cards years ago. The WOT would have been over within a couple of years and Pakistan would have been spared the loss of billions of dollars and thousands of lives. Challenge me on this!
But then the grand design of ‘strategic depth’ would have come a cropper! The PA needs to have a pliable dispensation in Afghanistan to achieve this. And thus the support to the Haqqanis and Omars. But it’s surprising why this mirage is still being propagated! Is there still hope? With a civil war looming large in Afghanistan, once most of the US troops depart, with a dozen countries trying to jockey for space (CARs, Iran, China, USA, India, Pakistan, Russia, Taliban, 'Northern Alliance' etc) using the scores of warlords as their proxies, there is no way of installing a pliable Taliban (Haqqani) government in Kabul as per the desire of the PA for attaining 'strategic depth'. Pakistan would then be reduced to just a bit player, never mind what so called 'analysts' have to say.
Now go breathe some fresh air, bhaijaan! You seem to be on fire! I've probably touched a raw nerve!!
Bad for ones' blood pressure!
And yes, my brain is firmly ensconced in my skull and not lying at home!! Yours?
