The reasonable position is to give Pakistan back their authority as a regional power to reign in the Taliban. This isn't WWII, there has to be an accommodation that Al Queda needs to be controlled by the regional governments and that has been accomplished in the region. The Taliban was created by Pakistan as a satellite entity and Al Queda, the real enemy, has moved to Yemen...Fighting the Taliban at this point is nation building in a tribal culture that has been described as the graveyard of empires.
There is a difference between militarism and defense...