Talibanistan in Pakistan

http://www.thenation.com/blogs/dreyfuss/428941/talibanistan_in_pakistan

by: Robert Dreyfuss, 04/21/2009@08:47am

Pakistan is the new terrorist capital of the world.

This article talks about the large growing number of Islamist militants (numbers in the thousands) who have fled into Pakistan to escape U.S forces. These militants have settled in Pakistan's Swat Valley forming training camps for the Taliban, making it their new base of operations. As a result the country's natives are in a constant state of fear. Their being forced to live under laws created by their terrorist intruders. Men are prohibited to cut their beards, girls must be covered from head to toe in public and cannot leave the house without a blood relative male to escort them.

As the number of Taliban members grow so does the spread of their control over Pakistan. Most of the country is under terrorist control. Innocent citizens fear leaving their homes in fear of displeasing the militants. Those that refuse their guidelines (rules) are punished. Police officers that interfere are beheaded with their body left for display on the streets.

When I read this article the first thing that kept popping up in my mind was WWII. The way this terrorist organization is inflitrating Pakistan mirrors the Nazi party in Germany. They're taking over one thing at a time until the entire country is theirs. The taliban is using fear tactics to scare the population into their way of life and their beliefs. They set up training facilites and making sure that the youths are attending school so that they can brainwash them while their young. We have a very rare opportunity to stop another world war before it happens. Hopefully we learned our lesson well enough that we make sure the past doesn't repeat itself.