It is hardly a secret that as the Pakistani military plays up its dramatic victory in South Waziristan Agency, they have little to show for it. The troops stormed the region, captured a handful of villages, and found not a single Tehreek-e Taliban Pakistan (TTP) leader.
But where did the TTP go? It’s unclear. The military has expanded its offensive through most of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), and reports have some of the militants cropping up in places like Orakzai and Kurram.
But they’re still not finding any leaders and the group’s ability to orchestrate attacks across Pakistan seems virtually unaffected by the Waziristan offensive. There’s no clue where they are, but officials are pretty confident it isn’t North Waziristan, even though the government has said that’s going to be their next target for invasion.
While the military seems content for now with touting its success in capturing largely irrelevant villages along the Afghan border, villages they have no intention of remaining in past the offensive, it will be almost impossible for them to declare any serious victory if the TTP’s leadership remains at large.
As I wrote before, Pak army is just on a "song and dance" operation to showcase its "success" against its own creation, Pakistani Taliban. These thugs were already dispersed before the army operation began. Pakis are only chasing their own shadow for Western consumption.
Yaa, thoz damn thugs…. As in ????? "The Thugs, whose activities are known as far back as the 13th cent., were protected by their strong organization and by local officials with whom they would divide the spoils. Early in the period of British rule in India the decision was made to destroy the Thugs. Sir William Sleeman accomplished the repression (1829-48) by mass arrests and executions."
Seems like the British and their Pakistani serfs [Zadari??] have been werkin that project for some time… I don't like their murders, but their religious tolerance sounds advisable."
"Membership was primarily hereditary and included both Hindus and Muslims, but all were devotees of the Hindu goddess Kali and committed their murders as sacrifices to her."
Question 1: If an argument is made that additional American troops are needed in Afghanistan in order to serve as anvil for swings at Taliban/Al Q in Waziri areas, how counter that argument? Question 2: And why would displaced Waziris head for FATA rather than Afghanistan?