Why They Fight -- The Belmont ClubThe Strategy Page describes what really fuels the Jihad: it isn’t religion, it isn’t belief, it’s money. The Taliban in Pakistan (TTP, or Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan) has an economy based on crime. There isn’t all much of a difference between the Taliban and bank robbers, except maybe bank robbers are nicer. What is the Taliban into? Rackets.
The TTP have long been involved in criminal enterprises (smuggling, extortion and other crimes not explicitly condemned by the Koran). Tracking down these funds has always been difficult, because criminals have to be good at hiding their cash … The ISI knows how to hide money, and passed a lot of that knowledge onto the Taliban.
Because TTP groups have long been involved in criminal activities, they have developed ties with major gangsters in the region. These guys want to maintain some contacts with the Islamic radicals, just in case, and help out by sharing their smuggling and money laundering contacts in the Persian Gulf. So for the government to really hurt the TTP financially, they will have to go after the criminal infrastructure the Taliban is allied with. That won’t happen, because the widespread corruption in Pakistan includes a lot of connections, and cooperation, between government officials and major gangsters.
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My Comment: Money has always been the engine that kept mankind and civilization going. It always has .... it always will be.
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