My thoughts on Pakistan, Taliban, War, and Religion

This one won't be about legalizing marijuana. This is just about the problem that Pakistan faces with a whole chunk of their country being taken over by the Taliban. The Swat Valley of Pakistan is just a giant training ground for Taliban militants and a place with ZERO freedom. Streets are empty, police are no where to be found...

That's the facts... but here's what I think. The Taliban is an organization that spreads terror and promotes violence. But I cannot believe that Taliban represents the whole of the Muslim religion. I'm sure most of the people in Pakistan are scared shitless by the Taliban but can't say anything because their throats would be slit/ their families killed. I don't understand why more people aren't talking about this, and how dangerous it is for the Taliban to be gaining power in an unstable country with NUCLEAR WEAPONS. Why aren't we doing more to help the Pakistanis deal with this problem? Secretary of State Clinton (She hands the foreign affairs right?) should be striking deals with India to make sure Pakistan knows their Indian border is safe, so they can focus on the Taliban problem.

Another thing, diplomacy just isn't going to work this time. The people in power in the Taliban, yes they may be using ideology and religion to gain power, but that's not what they're about. They're ALL ABOUT THE POWER! From learning about marijuana, I've discovered (From some guy on a forum, thanks, but the quote is likely from someone else) that

"you can't convince someone whose job depends on not being convinced."

Well while that might apply to the bureaucracy over at the DEA, it fits just as well with the clerics and warlords of the Taliban. Killing WORKS for them. They get power and money and if you just told them "drop your weapons, we'll give you whatever you want" they're not going to do it. That's why we need force. You have to crush opposition if you want your way of thinking to prosper. That's what we're doing, isn't it? That's what we had to do in WW1 and WW2! People were acting crazy, and we had to go over there and shut them up! That's what war is for... and when it's for a good cause, war is totally legitimate. So don't think that War is NOT an option. War is always an option, but diplomacy should definitely come first. But when diplomacy fails, you better have your fists cocked and ready to fight, cuz one side's not just going to step down.

Thinking about this spiritually, religion seems to be a very EASY way to get people to do what you want. It's just remarkably easy how well people will just follow you around if you preach some gospel. (Watch the MSNBC documentary on Rev. Jim Jones and the People's Temple) back in the 11th century, Christianity went on all these psycho crusades to freaking liberate the holy land. Wtf was up with that? You wanna march your troops all the way across Europe to fight against some people you don't even know because they have a different ideology than you? That's stupid! But that's exactly what Muslim nations are thinking about now. We're lucky, we figured it out. But keep in mind that Islam is a young religion (It only started in the 7th century) so Christianity is 700 years ahead in development of philosophy and canon, so it's totally understandable that they're going through this whole militancy stage. We only figured out later that fighting a war for your religion is stupid. So uh. I guess what I'm saying is don't hate the Taliban for doing what they do. Just know that we should stop them.