SamantK
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At least you agree that he was a military dictator.. He tried to enhance the defence but did mistakes in doing that, huge mistakes.Is this even a thing to talk about , mate ? He was a military dictator and hence tried to enhance the defense of his country ...
No , you are wrong ! The entire Western anti communist bloc and Arabs were responsible for that " manufactured fear " at that time , you are conviently skipping all others and putting the blame on one man ... Seriously !
The history goes against the notion that he was scared into taking onto soviet.. His cabinet advised him not to interfere in the war.. And it was the then DG ISI Akhtar Abdur Rahman who gave him the idea to use Mujhaideen. Operation Cyclone was already underway, Pakistan enhanced it and added fuel into the fire..
India at that time did not, please get you facts clear..Leave Kashmir for another thread or else be ready for a troll/flame war here ... Your country wasn't a saint either , fuelling insurgencies in Pakistan ...
Well , majority of the Pakistanis still hold that believe that only army with a stick can put the country into the right track and its even justified given the amount of corruption , mismanagement and screwing the country during civilian rule ... PA's not the only force in the world with significant influence on the country and politics and I think rightly so !
Army has businesses of its own what is bigger corruption of an profession military organization that this?
It should have known its limts before jumping into a war, your DG wanted Kabul "to burn" and Zia went for it..Not really , the history of Afghanistan if you read it in an unbiased way would tell a more sinister story , War is business for those people , the day you realize it , the day you will understand why the country has been messed up for the last 200 years and even before that ... Actually , Pakistan wasn't ready for US simply abandoning leaving us to clean the whole mess ... Multiple sanctions were imposed on us after that period ... " Strategic Depth " is a myth not supported by any credible source or any Pakistani politician or General making any comment about that ...
Would you expect them to say it openly? Read on these..
Here read upon these
Strategic Depth, Strategic Assets and the Changing Dynamics of Pakistan’s Kashmir Game Plan
Musharraf's Last Jam | Foreign Policy
Benazir the Matchless | BaltimoreChronicle.com
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=story_5-8-2004_pg7_33
Peace talks mean showing that there is something to talk, some concern which can be addressed, some concessions can be made.. you do not talk to terrorist like that.. you give them legitimacy..I do not think he ever gave any legitimacy to TTP , he was just ready for peace talks with them which the US badmouthed Pakistan for in the past but at the moment , it is doing it itself and asking for assistance from Pakistan ...