THIS HAPPENS WHEN LUNATICS RUN THE ASYLUM THEMSELVES.

The Taliban has agreed for peace and a ceasfire from hostilities in the SWAT regiion of Pakistan we are told. If you believe these loonies you will believe anything. If they rule SWAT Valley it will be like a lunatic asylum being run by the lunatics themselves. It had happened earlier in Afghanistan when the Taliban had over run the country before Afghan President Hamid Karzai took over. When the Pakistani government lies through its teeth from morning till night, how can anyone believe in these mercenaries of war? How can they be relevant in the 21st Century with 7th Century beliefs and priorities? The universe is constantly changing and moving forward. How can one turn the clock back or even dream of doing so unless one is mad?

The Taliban are merely regrouping and replenishing their arms and ammunition for their next assault while increasing their numbers through fresh recruits and demanding release of their members in custody. There are several groups of Taliban in Pakistan and Afghanistan some who are at loggerheads with each other. It has all got to do with power and money specially opium money that Dawood Ibrahim gets for them through his international marketing network with a sizable cut going to members of the Pakistani government, its Army and its offspring the ISI.

Religion is merely eyewash to fool the gullible who are compelled through the fear of death to be blind followers. A lot of oil money also flows in from Saudi Arabia and other oil rich countries who wish to see their brand of faith spreading to Asia and beyond that allow these lunatics to remain active and healthy. The day the money dries up all these guys will become clean shaven and look for proper jobs for survival and also send their women out to work to fetch money for their subsistence.