fatman17
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well here we go again folks, another general (shorn of his uniform) has suddenly found 'ghairat' and now is 'feeling' the waters in the media so that he also can be considered as a defence analyst like many others before him.
but this 'johnney' has gone a step further by claiming that the corps commanders of the army were not 'consulted' by Gen. Musharraf (who was CoAS and Chief Executive at the time of 911) and he (Gen.Shahid Aziz) did not agree with the decision of the CoAS and Chief Executive to throw pakistan's support behind the US war on terror (ref; DAWN-TV program In Focus).
when in the army you are allowed to 'disagree' or 'agree'. after serving 38 years (i am assuming) in the army and ending as CGS at his last posting, he still dosnt understand the fact that in the army the culture is 'Top Down' and you obey the orders or you are shown the bloody door.
coming to his rebith of 'ghariat', if he did not agree with the decision of the CoAS and thought it was a 'unlawful order', then he had a recourse which he could have taken and 'resigned' from the service, but he decided to remain in service till his tenure was complete.
maybe he feels that as CGS one has a pretty good chance of being named CoAS but Gen. Musharraf stayed in that post for nearly 9 years (thus robbing 3 generals the chance of becoming CoAS, of which one was he).
until or unless the CoAS (any CoAS) does not have support of the Corps Commanders, he cannot take 'political power' in his own hands and all the decisions then made by the CoAS / Chief Executive have the full weight of the Corps Commanders and the army behind it.
maybe our dear general is actually 'confused' by the fact that the decision taken by Gen.Musharraf to support the US war on terror was taken when he was wearing the 'CoAS hat' or the 'Chief Ececutive' hat. either way, the army has to follow orders.
but this 'johnney' has gone a step further by claiming that the corps commanders of the army were not 'consulted' by Gen. Musharraf (who was CoAS and Chief Executive at the time of 911) and he (Gen.Shahid Aziz) did not agree with the decision of the CoAS and Chief Executive to throw pakistan's support behind the US war on terror (ref; DAWN-TV program In Focus).
when in the army you are allowed to 'disagree' or 'agree'. after serving 38 years (i am assuming) in the army and ending as CGS at his last posting, he still dosnt understand the fact that in the army the culture is 'Top Down' and you obey the orders or you are shown the bloody door.
coming to his rebith of 'ghariat', if he did not agree with the decision of the CoAS and thought it was a 'unlawful order', then he had a recourse which he could have taken and 'resigned' from the service, but he decided to remain in service till his tenure was complete.
maybe he feels that as CGS one has a pretty good chance of being named CoAS but Gen. Musharraf stayed in that post for nearly 9 years (thus robbing 3 generals the chance of becoming CoAS, of which one was he).
until or unless the CoAS (any CoAS) does not have support of the Corps Commanders, he cannot take 'political power' in his own hands and all the decisions then made by the CoAS / Chief Executive have the full weight of the Corps Commanders and the army behind it.
maybe our dear general is actually 'confused' by the fact that the decision taken by Gen.Musharraf to support the US war on terror was taken when he was wearing the 'CoAS hat' or the 'Chief Ececutive' hat. either way, the army has to follow orders.