<h3>Is Pakistan in danger of becoming a basketcase pariah state under the Taliban?</h3>
Now the Taliban rule Swat Valley, is the government incapable of ruling properly? Did they really need Musharaf's military government to keep the Taliban out? How would the world cope with a Taliban controlled Pakistan, a country which has nuclear weapons?
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<p><i>Answer by Wiseguy</i><br/>Is Pakistan in danger of becoming a basketcase pariah state under the Taliban?
Umm no. The Taliban are a Pashtun movement and Pakistan is made up mostly of Punjabis and Sindhis, which are mainly Sufis and don't like the Taliban.
Now the Taliban rule Swat Valley, is the government incapable of ruling properly?
The Taliban do not rule Swat Valley. Pakistan's main problem is that its riddled with very un-Islamic corruption. The country needs integral civil institutions such as the judiciary.
Did they really need Musharaf's military government to keep the Taliban out?
No. Military rule destroys the political culture of a country, as I said in a previous answer, Pakistan needs integral civil institutions.
How would the world cope with a Taliban controlled Pakistan, a country which has nuclear weapons?
Well there is no way Pakistan's nukes are about to go into the hands of the Taliban unless the military wants it. Pakistan's military is really the only integral institution in the country with a clear chain of command. General's in the Army retire as millionaires after making money from heroin traficking. You really think they would give all that up easily?
Pakistan has SERIOUS socio-economic problems. People are starving and something like 3 out of 5 children are born stunted. You have shown some understanding as why the children are recruited by the Taliban. Pakistan is not a functioning state. Pakistan has almost no control over the tribal areas. These areas have been left underdeveloped my consecutive corrupt governments.
People in these areas are humans just like everywhere else. They need some form of employment. If I was living there I would have joined the Taliban too. They pay $ 20 a day to commanders, which is a lot of money in Pakistan.
"What can the world do to help the Pakistani government maintain its secular hold on its population and wipe out the Taliban influence?"
Its pretty simple actually if they care about the people, provide them with a means of employment. We should buy all their poppy crops off them at double the price what the Taliban would pay for them. This would stop the Taliban's bloodline and provide employment for the people. No need for soldiers or tanks. These crops can be used in the production of Morphine, which is in short supply these days.
Most Pakistanis are Sufis and are generally a pretty secular people. We just need to support civil institutions like the judiciary and Pakistan will be a-ok.</p>
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