Pakistan officials say US Drone Strike sabotaged peace talks with Taliban

[NoDachi]

Nothing was said that implied the survival or operational capacity of the taliban was pinned on government support.

Which was your point.

I can dismiss your sources if they fail to serve the purpose intended.

[Rangergxi]

[QUOTE=snookypookums;42744588][URL="http://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/insidestory/2012/02/2012227163094221.html"]They are propped up by ideology, they are supported financially and armed by the Government. [/URL]

[URL="http://www.hrw.org/reports/2001/afghan2/Afghan0701-02.htm"]Report from HRW on the matter.[/URL]

I would also urge people to take the time to read [URL="http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2011/05/16/110516fa_fact_wright?currentPage=all"]this[/URL], if they can - you might find it very insightful.[/QUOTE]

Isn't the Taliban a destablizing force within Pakistan itself?

[BLOODGA$M]

[QUOTE=Saxon;42742526]You could say the Taliban sabotaged negotiations with all the violence they caused recently, but you never hear it that way.[/QUOTE]

I personally think "Peace talks with Taliban" is kind of an oxymoron

[Wizards Court]

[QUOTE=Rangergxi;42744998]Isn't the Taliban a destablizing force within Pakistan itself?[/QUOTE]

[url]http://www.dw.de/why-pakistans-nuclear-bombs-are-a-threat/a-16730597[/url]

they are, in fact one of their goals is getting their hands into pakistan nuclear weapons.

pakistan government is horribly fragile.

[yawmwen]

[QUOTE=BLOODGA$M;42745428]I personally think "Peace talks with Taliban" is kind of an oxymoron[/QUOTE]

as long as people like you believe peace is unachievable peace will always be unachievable.

[peabrain101]

I'm a policy debater and our aff is concerned with drone strikes in Pakistan, this is massively useful, thank you.