Want to know how we ended up with terrorism? We did not hold people to account for using terror to obtain their political aims. It is happening again this week in Pakistan, as some long time warlord who has used terror against the government is lionized by a media (here and here) that cannot understand the simple axiom:”Live by the sword, die by the sword”. The man was a violent thug who used a good cause as an excuse to kill. Good causes don’t need killings and terror to make their case. From what I see the Buchistan region joined Pakistan in 1947 and later did not like the deal they struck. Oh well, that is not enough of an excuse to turn to terrorism.

The bigger question is why would Musharraf risk stirring up this hornets nest now. My guess is the Bombay bombings and the foiled UK Airline Plot lead the government to this group and possibly some highly valued names like Laden and Zawahiri. Now that would be worth the potential backlash. Update: actually, it seems the incident took place on the Afghan-Pakistan border where there have been many efforts to shutdown insurgent activities. It seems this person was definitely hold up with insurgents. Re-using an earlier saying, when you lay down with dogs….