There you go, this is why your posts seem meaningless. You are no different from those who glorify leaders like Altaf bhai on ethnic lines. You think Musharraf was the charismatic scotch drinking liberal that fought the taliban. Sorry sis, but thats not the case. Read a little more as to how he screwed up the whole situation when he brought in the MMA to legalize his illegit and unconstitutional moves. p.s. you might want to read as to why musharraf was 'trashed' by the white house and what they think about the deals he used to make with the exteremists because I feel you really need to catch up.
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1) He protected local jihadis and united them with Taliban, Pakistan was made a safe haven for Taliban and Al Quaida when they were thrashed in Afghanistan. Remember Masood Azhar who was allowed to escape conveniently from his house arrest in Bhawalpur. Today's Taliban include Jihadis from Punjab/Karachi, Afghans, Chechens, Tajiks in addition to local recruits from Madrassas in nothern Pakistan.
2) He continued to operate Jihadi training camps in nothern Pakistan where all sort of jihadis were not only trained but given all sort of supplies and logistical support. The existence of these jihad camps under the supervision of our agencies is no longer a secret.
3) He funded huge amounts to Baitullah Mehsud and allowed him to organise himself in nothern Pakistan. A half hearted operation was started against this guy much later during Musharraf's tenure when a lot of pressure was exerted by west not to negotiate with these groups.
4) He allowed Lal Masjid cleric to become a monster and gather all sort of jihadis from all over the country. When Lal Masjid cleric became a monster he started a barbarian operation against them causing unnecessary loss of life to become a hero in the eyes of the west. All this episode was a dirty example of this scoundrel's manuplation just to gain some cheap popularity in west for personal gains.
5) Remeber his love affair with jihadis during Kargil operation. These jihadi nutcases were always his B team and he always protected them.
My question to all these Mushtards ( as Spock reffered to Mush lovers) can you answer why he always openly protected these Lashkar e Tayyaba *******s...Masood Azhar & Company..from Kargil to Taliban and to Baitullah Mehsud...why this illegal dictator always flirted with these jihadi nutcases..