Re: Musharraf begged for Kargil ceasefire: Sharif
Well AFAIK it was Gen Zia who did not intervene on Siachen saying that not even grass grows there so lets not get into a fight over that region..
All out war?? with an army not even ready for it.?? To be honest i know ppl from army who took a sigh of relief at the fact that indian army did not start an all out war.. just because our army's battle readiness was waaay out of line.. and besides why take Panga's when u know u will have to run to White house.
Well, lets not make the same mistakes as Zia... Enough bowing to Indian pressure. Whether he likes it or not, we do have a fight there, and Indians have been brazen enough to take it and now even hold it as though its their right.
My belief is that if the Pak Army wasnt ready for the possibility of an all out war, then there was no point in Kargil.. If they truly wanted to take Kargil, they should have been ready for whatever the Indians have to throw at them.
But having blundered into the standoff, Pak should have kept the prssure on... You cant start a fight and then back off... So, since they had captured the peak, they should have stuck to it and made an effort to keeep it at all cost.