World News: Pakistan's War on Terror

Pakistan. A country where terrorists have made their second home. A country which supports the West on the War on terror. A country which provides the west with invaluable intelligence and support. A country which is on the brink of foreign forces striking at terrorists targets within it’s borders.
Even though the Pakistanis take great pride on their achievements, and they certainly are achievements, versus terrorist groups within their borders, the White House spokesman announced today that they still have “the other option”. The other option, which President Bush said on a radio broadcast, was for strategic strikes on terrorist locations in Pakistan’s tribal areas.
It is a well known fact that the Taliban and terrorist organisations are hiding in the mountainous tribal areas of Pakistan. The Taliban, active in Afghanistan, always swoop down from the mountains, every spring, stronger every year attacking British, American and German targets in Afghanistan. It is also well known that terrorists such as Khan, the London suicide bomber, have attended camps in Pakistan. It is also well known that the terrorists and extremists have corrupted the government. So what has Pakistan done about it? Apart from a huge military campaign, going on in the mountainous tribal areas, which Pakistani officials announce are going successful, they have arrested and detained terror suspects. Pakistan have arrested hundreds of terror suspects, also hundreds of Taliban and terrorists have been killed by Pakistani security forces. So it is clear, that Pakistan is generally making a positive effort against terrorists. Some say not enough, but it’s better than nothing.
The Pakistani foreign minister announced today that “any involvement, from any quartet, on placing soldiers inside our borders will be a gross misconduct under international law” I feel exactly the same way. If the Pakistanis were actively helping the terrorists I would be one of the first to say “get them” but they’re not! I think that any involvement, from any foreign force, in helping Pakistan fight the terrorists, will just give the terrorists more and more ammunition for it’s propaganda machine. Imagine what the normal Arab would think “here we go, exactly what we didn’t want in the 80s and 90s, another country falling into western hands” all the problems caused today was because western nations, especially the States, stationed troops in the middle east for training and fighting terrorists. People would just think Bush is ‘country hopping’ pretending he has a just cause for invading, and then moving onto the next country. It would also turn a friendly nation hostile against us, which is something we defiantly don’t want, especially considering we want as many Arab allies as possible in the middle east. What do you think?