Sartaj Aziz recent statements warning about ‘blowback‘ if the state tries to tackle militancy in Pakistan gave an uncomfortable feeling of ‘deja vu’. Analysts have responded asking whether this is a return to the old policy of fighting ‘bad’ Taliban while protecting ‘good’ Taliban. Is there really any question about this?
Here is ‘Good Taliban’ after recent militant attack in Kashmir
Well Done! Kashmiri Lions.. Keep Hunting the rabid Indian Dogs in Kashmir.. #KashmiriResistance Kills 12 Indian troops, injure 30 Pampore
— ✴ SALAAR ✴ (@SalaarOfficial) June 25, 2016
And here is the state’s response to their attack
“Let’s Enjoy Iftar Party” – Abdul Basit’s SUPERRRRRRB answer to Indian media on #Pampore attack by Kashmiri Mujahideen.
— ✴ SALAAR ✴ (@SalaarOfficial) June 25, 2016
And here is Karachi, which is supposedly under heavy operation by Pakistan security forces
JeM collects donations outside a Karachi mosque — men collecting say: “We are the ones who go fight jihad…” pic.twitter.com/4jee9CozvC
— omar r quraishi (@omar_quraishi) July 3, 2016
Militants from ‘banned’ Jaish-e-Mohammad openly fundraising for jihad right under Rangers noses and we are supposed to believe that there is no policy of protecting ‘Good’ Taliban?
The only thing wrong with the question about whether there is a return to the state’s policy of ‘Good’ Taliban ‘Bad’ Taliban is that for a ‘return’ one has to actually leave. The state has never given up on the jihadi proxies, and the blowback that has cost 60,000 innocent lives. But this is a small price to pay for our leaders ‘living the dream’.
