“This is a war inside our borders, targeting our people ,effecting our lives yet it manages to question our sincerity. The only sincerity in question should be of the US on the war of terror. It is no myth that the Taliban will be taking full on advantage of the civilian deaths to serve their purpose.”

“This is a war inside our borders”… Just this one? What about the other war, the one that’s displacing millions? Under the pretext of getting rid of the “scourge” of the Taliban, a bunch of gangsters devoid of any ideology apart from drugs, and arguably getting their arms from the US? Spurred on by not only actual events but moreso by state propaganda and fraudulent videos? That war is part of the US “war on terror” too, the one that breeds the terror that justifies the former.

While you cry about the drones (and I do too), I don’t think the displacement of hundreds of thousands is worth it either. We’re just breeding an entire generation of frustrated refugees, we’re dunking our entire whatever-might-have-been-left-of-a-future in a quicksand of ignorance, frustration, violence, trauma and miseducation.
This war is never going to get rid of the “Taliban”, until the US decides its real targets have been achieved, and those targets are not the “war on terror”, just as they were never “WMDs”. But we love to regurgitate everything we hear, don’t we. We can’t sit down and think for a while and learn lessons from (very recent) history.

I am not justifying the loss of innocent lives with the drones, I just want everyone to open up their eyes and look at the reality the way it is. Its easy to blame someone else especially US or India for everything going wrong in our country. It would be better if we spend our energies becoming self reliant and independent so that we can kick the ass of anyone who tries to interfere in our matters.

@bhi: Welcome to my blog Kisi ko bhi Pakistan fauj ka kaam asaan karnay ki zaroorat nahin hai. Many lashkars and locals have volunteered to help the army. These people can be very handy when it comes to swiftly identifying the ‘millitants’.
And yes your comparison between the army and the drones is beyond me. It would have been very convenient to barge into swat with the air force.
But it was preferred to be an army led operation, to avoid minimum damage to cops,buildings and people.
You should also be aware that the army itself has people belonging from the northern areas and the others too have sentiments attached to the people and the area. The only reasons its taking so much time for the army operation is because they are minimizing collateral damage.Its our areas and our enemy , the continuous drone attacks will only incite more anger.

to kiaa hogaya? Pakistani Fauj kaa kaam asaan hogaya?
Pakistani artillery shell girtey tabb bhee to na-haq log martey, yaa pakistanion kai pass smart artillery hai jo sirf dushmanon per girtee hai?

Who the bloody —- is U.S. to tell Pakistan what they should do? Be it in a diplomatic manner (obviously).
So to speak Ahmedinejad is evil and this and that and whatnot, but I admire his stance against being patronised by the West. Why can Pakistan not stand up to the West like that?
I don’t support Taliban, but I don’t support the drones either!
I agree 100% with your post. The 14 killed are in no way worthy of the blood lost of so many innocent civillians. These are human lives, not ragged dolls for the love of God.