Two Months in Pakistan

It depends on the numbers and also the pressure. . . . Whether he stays or goes, he is going to need indemnity against the suspension of the constitution. He needs a new parliament to grant him indemnity.

Why has he allowed the terrorists to grow so strong in this country?

He's got to answer this because as far as I'm concerned some of the people around him have sympathy for the militants. . . . Let's not forget, when the Taliban came down from Tora Bora they were on the run -- they were absolutely broken. But they have reorganized. They could not do that unless there is some support from the government or intelligence.

So there is an entire system of support for the extremists?

Yes, I am shocked to see how embedded it is. I knew it was bad from afar. People are scared to talk. They say I am polarizing when I say militancy is a problem. A town calls for reinforcements but they are not sent in time. So the town falls.

The terrorists invade and start cutting people's heads off, and it terrorizes the populations into submission. After the town falls . . . they send the army in to clear out the militants. But the army can't be kept there, and so they withdraw and the citizens have lost the will to resist. Why can't the government send reinforcements? . . .

The army is being targeted and losing men and is getting demoralized because the public is not with them. They say, 'You are fighting America's war.' But we are not fighting for American territory but for Pakistani territory.