No one is glossing over Musharraf's achievements, it's the fact that his return will be met with stiff challenges that leads many to think is it worth the hassle?
As it stands, he can shout about all those numbers, but those figures aren't making any cut through with the people who he needs to vote for him.
He has no political set-up or network on the ground, making it all the more difficult for that message to permeate.
The Q League are treating him like a leper, the NA proceedings these days are a case of who can slander him more: the PPP or PML-N, the Army are silent and it's looking doubtful they'll throw their support behind him, the JI and others still refer to him as an agent of America and the root cause of the terrorism we see, then people's perceptions (even though they may be wrong) are still fresh about Bugti, Lal Masjid, Aafia, NRO, CJP etc etc.
We can all sit here and defend him against those controversies, but it's not so easy removing the 'propoganda' that's manifested itself deep within Pakistan society. It's coming in from multiple directions. Unfortunately, the current political set-up are doing nothing but ensuring Musharraf, and Musharraf alone carries the can for all those perceived wrong-doings.
That's the challenge he has, and there's not many on the ground to help him dispel the myths being created to blacken him.
