The Pakistani Taliban don't exist. Well obviously they physically exist because their recent attack on the Pakistani naval academy provided a tense back drop to an already very tense BAFTA awards and was only forced off American prime time by the Joplin tornado. However ideologically they're been driven by Britain's MI6 rather then Islam. The idea is to destabilise Pakistan in what can only be an effort to make sure that Islamic extremists get nuclear weapons and speed China's advance through India. The Americans are going along with it because the Brits have convinced them that an increase in Taliban branded attacks in Pakistan will discourage Pakistanis from funding the Taliban in Pakistan. The only small flaw in this plan is that Pakistan is relatively poor and the Afghan Taliban are funded globally.
So remind me was it last week Obama was in London to sign a deal that will see closer intelligence sharing between MI6 and the CIA?
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