A backhanded compliment for Musharraf

[Zarvan]

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  Pervez Musharraf
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  General V.K. Singh

‘That he dared to come 11 km inside Indian territory was courageous, but this confirms Pakistan started Kargil war’
The former Army Chief, General (retired) V.K. Singh, on Friday said “as a military commander” he commended the former Pakistan military ruler, General (retired) Pervez Musharraf for daring to come 11 km inside Indian territory before the Kargil war, but on the other hand, he said, the revelation was a confirmation that Islamabad started the Kargil war.

Answering a question during a press conference with social activist Anna Hazare on the information recently revealed by a retired Pakistan Army officer, General Singh said there were “mistakes” on the Indian side that allowed Pakistani troops to cross over into Indian territory and let General Musharraf go back safely.

“As far as General Musharraf is concerned, I would like to put it in two ways. One, as a military commander, I would commend Gen. Musharraf for coming 11 km [inside Indian territory] to stay with his troops for a night. It is the courage of a military commander that he came so far knowing that there was danger,” he said.

“Second, what was happening on our side you all know and the facts are before you. Why did we let him come and why did we let him go? I would only say that there were some mistakes which need to be rectified,” he said.

General Singh was commenting on the revelation by the former Pakistan Army officer that General Musharraf had stayed an entire night inside Indian territory with his troops before the conflict erupted in Kargil in 1999.

He said the revelation was just a confirmation that Pakistan had initiated the Kargil war. “What happened in 1999, we, including the Indian Army, know… the Pakistan Army started the Kargil war. There is nothing new in it. Pakistan had been telling lies. Only now its officials are vindicating our stand.”

• Musharraf stayed a night inside Indian territory with his troops in 1999, says ex-officer

• “Pakistani officials vindicating our stand”

‘That he dared to come 11 km inside Indian territory was courageous, but this confirms Pakistan started Kargil war’
A backhanded compliment for Musharraf - The Hindu

 

[Shahmir]

So you showed you real aukat, mr. malshia of musharraf under the garb of fake religious manjan

 

[Umair Nawaz]

Mushy was great commander no doubt. But the kargil op was response of indian invasion of our territory of siachin.

BTW is this same vk malik who admitted raw involvement in baluchistan?

 

[a.kumar]

16 Month old Article , Just awesome

 

[spectribution]

Anyways IA, IAF will always be there to smack PA,PAF A$$.

Killed like teeming ants.

 

[Alfa-Fighter]

Mushy was great commander no doubt. But the kargil op was response of indian invasion of our territory of siachin.

BTW is this same vk malik who admitted raw involvement in baluchistan?

Siachin was never was yours and never will be. Even if IA capture your territory what pity PA is , can't take its territory back, come are take training from IA , how to take back land ,aka Kargil

Can you please provide the source please .

 

[Umair Nawaz]

Siachin was never was yours and never will be. Even if IA capture your territory what pity PA is , can't take its territory back, come are take training from IA , how to take back land ,aka Kargil

Can you please provide the source please .

LOL take training from IA

Why dont u come here and take training from us and from yr great mama ISI. We all saw Kargil yes we saw how just 4500 troops took on some 30,000 troops of IA succeed in coming as far as Tiger Hill. And still we capture the highest point in the region which was yrs before 99. And yes kid Siachin was and is ours.

 

[Contrarian]

No doubt he was courageous. But he set back Pakistan's cause by doing Kargil.

 

[mirage2K]

Why would an army commander spend the night 11 km deep inside enemy territory...imagine being captured or killed...that would be a diplomatic nightmare...too good a story to be true