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India-Pakistan
Islamabad, Pakistan: Factory and Sanctuary of Jihad, Inc.
2017-05-01
Analysis, so moved to Opinion.

--trailing wife at 11:45 a.m. EDT.
[Real Clear Defense] The wars against Islamist militants inimical to secular democracies will not end until the West and its genuine friends forge the will to shut down the factories and sanctuaries that generate and sustain the most abominable strains of Salafi-Wahhabi jihadists.

For over four decades Pakistan has been a breeder and sponsor of Islamist terrorists. 20 designated terrorist organizations operate in the Pakistan-Afghanistan region, while seven are based in Pakistan. These wars will not end until the U.S. and like-minded states shut down Pakistan, as the foremost producer of Jihad Inc.

Pakistan, with the abetment of a number of Gulf States, has been the principal, persistent, prodigious, and most pernicious producer of apocalyptic Islamist fanatics.
What a delightful sentence. And true, too.
It continues to be the most prolific factory and sanctuary for the world’s largest constellation of murderous militants, for the longest time. To be sure, other states and non-state groups have contributed and continue to contribute to the proliferation of jihadists either advertently or inadvertently, including the U.S. with its nearly blind support of the mujahideen during the Soviet-Afghan War, and with the unfathomably addled decision to invade Iraq in 2003. Iraq catalyzed and attracted militants in excess.
Posted by:Besoeker

#1  Anywhere we attacked after 9/11 would have catalyzed and attracted militants in excess, it seems to me; and the other two candidates -- Saudi Arabia and Pakistan -- were and are allied countries. Would Congress have issued an official declaration of war against either ally? And how much nastier would the Peace Now crowd's response have been in that case?

Here's hoping that President Trump significantly renegotiates Pakistan's deal now -- I agree that the writer is correct that the current indulgence needs to stop.
Posted by: trailing wife   2017-05-01 12:09  

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