General Musharraf finally begins to lose

The Times of India ^ | March 27 2002 | RASHMEE Z AHMED, TIMES NEWS NETWORK

[knighthawk]

Ping

[EricT.]

What's the big deal?!? We have Afghanistan now. Maybe it's time for some ops into Pakiland.

[Numbers Guy]

All it takes is one private phone call to Tony Blair saying "hey, it would help me domestically if I refuse to let your troops go through Pakistan, so don't worry about it". Then Musharraf looks independent, the troops get there no later than they would have otherwise, and nothing is really affected in the least. Smart politicians know that appearance (standing up to the west) matters more than substance (the troops get to Afghanistan anyway), and I would assume that's what is going on here.

[Republican Wildcat]

Uh, knighthawk just used the title given to the article. Don't blame him/her for it.

[dixiechick2000]

The title of this thread was not meant to disparage Musharaff. It is the title of the article in the source.
We all appreciate what Musharraf and Pakistan has done to help us.

Welcome to Free Republic!

[dixiechick2000]

Yikes! "Has" should be "have".
Sheesh...

[knighthawk]

Welcome to the forum.

Sorry about the title, it's theirs. And I do not trust Musharraf, even a bit. Why has he waited with tackeling militant islamaniacs until after 9/11? And he was the big supporter of the Taliban, so indirectly he supported Al-Qaida. Yes, he made it possible the Taliban kept ruling Afghanistan. And the treatment of woman in Pakistan still is almost a world low.

But then as someone who is quoting out of an Indian Newspaper... I suppose thats exactly what you want don't you....

You blame me for being biased, but you are doing the same towards the Indian newssources.

The Indian newssources are far more reliable than DAWN, the Nation or any other Pakistan newspaper.

And can you blame Hindus for not liking Pakistan after what happened in 1971 in Bangladesh? Or is that Indian propaganda too?

[Bahbah]

Welcome. Appreciate your point of view.

[GuillermoX]

No need to bash our Dutch poster. It IS the actual headline.

Just because he posts from an Indian paper doesn't make him "anti-Pakistani". I post from "Arab News" all the time, and i'm certainly not "pro-Arab".

[colorado tanker]

Taking Pakistan news from an Indian newspaper is like reading the Arab press for news of Israel.

The US bases in Pakistan are in remote, secluded locations far from the heavily populated areas. The British plan to roadmarch a brigade of the troops of the former colonial power through the heart of Karachi, the home of Sindi antipathy toward Punjabi strongmen like Musharraf, where Daniel Pearl was kidnapped, is probably not the best thought-out plan for deployment.

[curmudgeonII]

Consider the source of the post. When was the last time you ever heard India [or any Indian] say anything even half way decent about Pakistan?

[knighthawk]

Musharraf needs to show some result before I believe him. All he did was arrest some and a while later let them go again. If he is serious he needs to show it.

[AM2000]

Punjabi strongmen like Musharraf

Musharraf isn't Punjabi. He's a muhajir, a refugee from India. He was born in Delhi. I think he was 2 (or thereabouts) when his family emigrated to Pakistan.