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Originally Posted by Endurer
Not my piece exactly, as you may already know  . I have been pro-musharraf for most of the time and trust me, by pasting this piece here, I am indeed paying attention to the other side of the coin. Now to answer your question(s): He wasn't a) President in the 1980's b) USA's meddling didn't work for us c) threat to our national security and nuclear weapons - war seems more imminent than ever. The following two pieces shed further light:
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^ It's dangerous, even if it's scaremongering or propaganda. |
Its a tricky matter, the previous governments I suppose 'accepted' what was carried about in the country (pointing at Lal Masjid issue), no one can be sure how many places are there in Pakistan where training of weapons is given, youngsters are being trained to 'die in the name of God'. All previous Governments kinda played along with them, they didn't bother them, they didn't bother the country. But the problem started when those very militants started making news:
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Specially do read the last one. The problem started when Musharraf stopped all this and as a result hell broke loose in Pakistan itself. Personally I think if it wasn't for Musharraf, we would have been invaded by US long ago, its only cuz of his sweet talks and direct approach that we are still a bit away from all that hassle.
And oh coming back to the topic, I really don't think something that happened 20 years ago is going to affect anything. Its the present that counts and I think hes (Musharraf) done enough to prove his worth as the President.