Pakistan's Army chief, General Ashfaq Kayani, has seemed to suffer a scare. The normally taciturn general came out publicly today with a warning against Taliban forces who took advantage of the shaky president to march into a district of 1 million people just 65 miles from the capital of Islamabad. The Taliban have responded by initiating a retreat from Buner.
That's good news. But it's wise to stay mindful of the Taliban's history in Afghanis 2009/04/23/let-us-have-some-perspective-please/">interesting post in which he cautions not to get alarmed. Perhaps Josh means that we shouldn't run around with our arms in the air shouting. But the seriousness of the developments I think is profound. The current events in Pakistan are more blowback from a series of monumental blunders by Pakistan's politically expedient military and political leaders going back to the 1970s. This is an important, important moment, as Kayani's uncharacteristic response demonstrates.
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