Earlier today, British foreign secretary David Milliband renewed Britain's pledge to help Pakistan in the latter's counter terrorism efforts, and also voiced support for reconciliation with those militants who are willing to renounce terrorism.
Both these steps are a part of a state's counter terrorism strategy as suggested by Paul Pillar and Heyman respectively, namely, countries should aid other countries in their fight against terrorism. However, evaluating Pakistan's situation, it is difficult to say whether this will help the country or not.
By helping America in its War on Terror,Pakistan faced a near definite possibility of a break-up after a relentless civil war between the Kemalist sections of the Pakistani army led by General-President Parvez Mussaraf against the Jihadist factions led by more fundamentalist groups. There is a lot of support for the fundamentalists from rogue armies like the Lashkar-e-Toiba. Pakistan continues to faces a dilemma: if it continues supporting the War on Terror, it will face a civil war in the near future, and if refuses to help America, there is a possibility that America will attack Pakistan in order to hunt down the Jihadists, or destroy Pakistan's nuclear plants before the Jihadists get to it.
Sometimes it is difficult to see what a country should do, I think that they should continue supporting the war on terror and "big brother" should come to their aid in case a civil war breaks out over this particular issue. What does everyone else think?
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