Re: My official stance on Musharraf
Zakk, tell me one thing. What he's doing now that he could have not done just by being chief of the army alongside with an elected Prime minister like Nawaz Sharif or anyother for that matter? He has worked hard only for himself. He brutalized the civilian government by taking pangays like Kargil and Kashmir after which he took over and 'resolved' all the tension between India and Pakistan by extending hand of friendship? Wasn't Nawaz Sharif doing the same thing? Actually his resolution with India was more pro-Paksitan than Musharraf's.
But that's just Musharraf. I blame alot of evils that exist in Pakistan now on Military rulers. The most imporant one is the elite mentality. Pakistan has a long standing history of military government. The rule has always yielded power and money and disciplined control of masses because of the nature of this body (as in militiary discipline submission to authority). This long standing tradition of money, power, and totalitarian discipline goes a long way with people living in such a society. It's deep rooted. People get used to feeling "protected" and think in a certain short-term way of a nation that lacks socio-political awareness and ambitions.