reason people were unwilling to accept it because of him and his actions of keeping himself in power. its all about perceptions people hated him and they perceived whatever he was doing was for himself and america.
As for lalmasji do you know he allowed to to grow to divert attention from judiciary movement, and when it became monster he hit them and hit them wrong although people supported action initially but when there was a chance to get it resolved in better way he bulldozed everything, PM went to eat kulfi and he having his wine...
he was one of the worsts...zardari can be worst as well but they can be contained but these generals when in power cant be..
Him and his actions in keeping in power? Are you implying that if he was a democratic leader like Great Zardari, the public would have accepted a large scale offensive into FATA? Would the public have accepted an operation against lal masjid during the first week when ghazi's ninjas came out with laathis?
I love how when the same people (not you personally, but the right wing contingent) who barely support the operation in swat now, are claiming they would have supported such operations in October 2001.