Re: Why can’t you criticise
There is no doubt that Yahya was simply outclassed, both politically and intellectually, by an extremely cunning duo of Bhutto and Mujib. But it’s a fact that Yahya did go further than any other Pakistani leader to make necessary compromise to find a durable solution to East Pakistan. He was willing to give East Pakistan substantial autonomy in order to keep Pakistan together. But no matter what how comprehensive or superficial the proposed solution would be, the bottom line was always the same - Bhutto to accept Mujib as Prime Minister.
You are right, the only reason why Bhutto was even allowed to go that far with his tantrums and wilful stubbornness was due to the fact he - unlike Mujub - had support of Yahya’s most senior generals. He was a Foreign Minister under Ayub Khan, it was natural that he had a network of his own within the military. It was the intelligence that inflated his ego and gave him the false hope of becoming the undisputed PM with a report suggesting Awami Party would only win 60% of the votes in West Pakistan. How many votes and seats they actually won is all history.
Now when you hear PPP shouting and crying about always standing against military to promote democracy, doesn’t it sound like sick joke? Forget about reading proper history books, they need to have a quick look a their leader’s CV. It is not very often that I say this, but a quick revision of history has compelled me to say that whatever happened to Bhutto in 1979 was karma (the same goes for Zia’s death). He was the first original military darling of the country. He was simply beaten by the hand that once fed him.