Musharraf says his policy on terror war was right.

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Isn’t the former President, Great Pervez Musharaf, the greatest Pakistani leader since Quaid-e-Azam supposed to be under house arrest and not allowed to make any statements? :slight_smile:

Daily Times - Leading News Resource of Pakistan

Musharraf says his policy on terror war was right

COAS attends Musharraf’s dinner hosted for retired army officers

LAHORE: The continuation of the previous government’s policy on the ‘war on terror’ is the right decision and should therefore be pursued in the future, former president General (r) Pervez Musharraf said on Tuesday, Geo News reported.

“I had joined the ‘war on terror’ after careful deliberations,” the channel quoted Musharraf as saying, at a dinner hosted in honour of the recently retired military officers at Army House, Rawalpindi.

Chief of Army Staff Gen Ashfaq Kayani, Admiral (r) Afzal Tahir, Lt Gen (r) Salahuddin Sati, Lt Gen (r) Sabir, Lt Gen (r) Safdar Hussain and Gen (r) Athar Ali Khan attended the dinner.

The former president said national security could not be ensured until terrorism was wiped out. He praised the services of the recently retired military officers, and discussed the security situation in the country with them, the channel said.

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Losing swat to terrorists and let them create a foothold in FATA were great policies of Musharraf.

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Looks like hes asking to be prosecuted for war crimes.

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Mussarrat policy on 'war on terror' was to bow down in front of his Western masters and the current government isn't any different. If Pak govt even think about going against their masters they are reminded by a inaugural Marriott bombing sending a clear message that they are the real terrorists and they mean business.

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If only he could swallow his pride and admit his mistakes.

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^
which generals seldom do..

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Funny that terror-sympathizers tend to forget our very recent history (or may be it is their way of spreading disinformation).

Musharraf aligned with the West in 2001 however he did not start army ops in FATA right away. He waited for almost two years thinking that Pakistani Maulvis will see the reason and quit using Pakistani areas to launch attacks on Afghanistan.

However Maulivs and Jihadis looked at this as a weakness of Pak government and set up terror camps in Pakistani areas.

Only after "Jihadi invasion" of Pakistan and occupation of Pakistani territory that Pak gov had to take an action.

Even after putting army in FATA, Musharraf tried to rely on "peace treaties" with Jihadis.

But Jihadis were simply buying time, and unfortunately the peace treaties resulted in further strengthening Jihadi occupation.

Agent Smith I don't know where you live. But if you live in the West, then you must have known that no government would ever allow terror militias to control their territory.

No government be it communist dictatorship, poor democracy, or rich democracy, none would allow militias to control any part of their country.

And still we have these Foren born and settled Pakistanis advocating that Pakistanis should give up their areas.

Funny that Foren born and settled Pakistanis live in the West, breed in the West, but raise hell and accuse Pakistan to be "pro-West".

Foren born and settled Pakistanis must realize that they have already bowed down in front of the West with no dignity, and with utter disregard of their future generations. So quit accusing Pakistan, look at your own gareban first.

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I think Musharraf's policy against terror was right, but he did not get the necessary support from people. People thought he is doing it to keep US government happy, now they know, it is as much of our war, as it is theirs.

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^ We all know what his policies have led us into, so dont even start on that. He wasn't even sincere to the Americans, which is why we're in this mess, the only thing he showed sincerity to was his kursi.

Science Word Scramble Part 3!!!
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You mean he was right in granting few US$million to Baitullah Mehsud? :hmmm:

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^^
Spock and Ehtasab bros!

We all know that hindsight is always 20/20. Our current mess clearly shows that mistakes were made in the past. Knowing all that and having the advantage of looking back, what would you have done differently.

Now don't go off and say you wouldn't cooperate with the West in 2001. That option was off the table back then and it is the same now that we can look back.

So let us hear it from you two.

p.s. spock is right that blaming Musharraf is now kind of stale talk.

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What I pointed was that a general blanket statement should not be used to endorse supporting the "War on Terror" as "Musharraf's policy" because there were many flaws in how Musharraf supported the war on terror.

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WHAT! Did he?

That would change everything. Plz provide proof as soon as you could.

Hello everyone I'm Sonal
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Agreed!

Just to point out that we in Pakistan must define things from our perspective. While USA is happy to call it "WOT or War on Terror". For us it is not simply war in terror. For us it is Struggle fOr Survival or SOS.

It was SOS for Pakistan and our leadership tried their best to keep it low intensity law and order struggle. Because majority of Pakistanis here and abroad never had a foresight to see how daunting and dangerous the Jihadi enterprise had become.

Pakistanis went ga-ga anytime someone showed up supporting a beard, and uttering Arabic sentences in support of Jihad on Pakistan.

Musharraf was not one person. It was Pak army trying to fend off a huge challenge in the face of Islamic invasion of Pakistan's territory.

The same way Zardari is not one person. He is fighting two wars. The one against Jihadis and the second struggle against Pakistani masses who refuse to open their eyes and see how bad the terrorists are.

It is rather criminal on anyones part to term SOS as Musharraf or Zardari's war. It never is. These sobs can leave the country and settle in comfy Western apartments like so many Jihadi supporters from USA and UK.

Our heart cries out for Pakistani masses who won't be able to leave Pakistan and would face death, destruction similar to Afghanistan if we don't defeat and defeat decisively the menace of Jihadis war on Pakistan. Because for us it is SOS.

Oh no! Part 2: OH YESSSSS!!!
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Who will run Bush’s wars? - Haaretz - Israel News

Baitullah Mehsud - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Militants were paid to repay Al Qaeda debt -DAWN - Top Stories; 09 February, 2005

Sufficient? or did you forget to put [/sarcasm] at the end?

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Ehtesab, it boggles ones mind to see the tricks being played by anti-government elements.

Just read one of the links that you provided. It says

*PESHAWAR, Feb 8: The government paid huge amounts of money to four of the five most-wanted militants in South Waziristan, who surrendered and signed peace deals with the authorities in November last year , to enable them to repay the debt they claimed they owed to Al Qaeda, sources told Dawn. *

Ok so if you are a militant commander, and you sign a peace deal, and you renounce violence, and in return ask for money, what do you expect the government to do?

A) Refuse to pay money and thus prolong the militancy
or
B) pay the SOBs and hope they switch sides in your favor

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Please also read the RED part.

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seems like he was offered money in return for cooperation. I don’t know why deal did not go through? was it the US who pushed to break it, or Musharraf realized not to trust masood.

Anyways, making any kind of deal with religious extremists is naive. They don’t go for worldly rewards, as they have their eyes fixed on heavenly rewards. They should be bombed, as USA suggests.

Nevertheless, presenting it as if Musharraf was on their side, or helping them, is misleading, thanks for wasting my time though.

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Who says deal didn’t go thru? Are you saying he didn’t get money?

Do you think govt could’ve said openly that they are funding militants? :rotfl: Thanks for wasting my time reading your post.

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Yes I saw that.

Remember in FATA's long tumultuous history, different tribes have come to the government asking for money so that they can pay off some other tribe. In return these tribes would assure of keeping peace in their area.

However we now have come to realize that FATA's tribal culture of "ghairat" and promise keeping has all disappeared thanks to the Islamic Jihad.

Many in these tribes are now using lawlessness to squeeze money from the taxpayers, by making false promises.