Pakistan has lost more lives again to the terror, that has roots planted in her soil and history. While there is no doubt that she is putting up the biggest fight against them, the US should take note and not get out of Afghanistan.

Pakistan is where the real action is. Be it at the tribal, lawless mountainous regions at the West, Kashmir or developed Punjab, the hotbed of terrorism is there. For years, they had close ties to the Taliban. They trained the Mujaheideen in the 80s via their intelligence service, the world class ISI with money pouring in from the (President) Reagan administration. Back then, they were often hailed as positive role models for the populace. Kids were taught to be men like Osama bin Laden. Pakistan was one of the 3 countries in the world that recognized the Taliban government in Afghanistan.

9/11 changed everything. Overnight, Pakistan abandoned their old friends for their bigger ally, the United States. A local saying in Pakistan, “We answer to three As : Allah, Army and America.”

Or did she really abandon the Taliban? It was no secret that there were factions of the all powerful Army in Pakistan that still had or were loyal to Taliban ideology. All this came out in the open with the revelations of the Swat negotiations. The Taliban and her allies the TNSM, had territory as a result of negotiations.

The TNSM, under Maulana Fazlullah a.k.a Radio Mullah, made a fatal error then made a fatal mistake. He got greedy and back-stabbed Pakistan almost immediately. That led to an all out war, and there was no more love for the Taliban. Since then, Pakistan has been hit by terrorist attacks time and time again, but the Pakistani army had made huge gains against them.

So how does this affect the US? After all, this is an American blog not a Pakistani one. After so many years, where the Taliban and Al Qaeda just slip away into the Pakistani border, the Pakistani army is closing them down on the East. We can squeeze them out. We have been doing it since the dusk of President Bush’s presidency.

That is why it is so essential not to let give up in Afghanistan. The Taliban currently do not have the capacity to take over the country. Lets ensure that it remains that way. Lets finish Al Qaeda and the Taliban in Afghanistan. We do have the Pakistani support now. Now it is the best time to take out the enemy.

For God’s sake, lets not take the eye off the ball when victory is in our grasp. Please, lets not make the single biggest foreign policy mistake of our generation. Let us be able to tell the family of the victims of 9/11, that we got the people responsible.

We already had one President that ignored our mission in Afghanistan. President Obama better not be the second President to do so.

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