Taimikhan
Please demonstrate some courage and lead a peaceful demonstration to the President house with a single demand …. Break off diplomatic relations with Wahabi Takfiri Saudi Arabia.
Maulana Ghazi and his few zealots were not capable of implementing Shariah or any ideology on anyone. They were about as serious a threat as the speakers who condemn British Royalty at the Hyde Park corner. The whole episode would have fizzled out in a few weeks.
Instead Musharraf saw it as an opportunity to strengthen his credentials with the US and other western benefactors. Pak Army was misused to launch assault on a mosque, on a scale that Indian or Israeli armies had not dared to, at least till that time. It is very unfortunate that the commercial interests of Mrs His Excellency the Chinese Ambassador played a significant part, reality about the massage parlors and bars being public knowledge in Islamabad.
As for leaving the barricades and confront the Army in an open field, that “courage” is unfortunately being demonstrated by those who are fighting in Swat and FATA, to great detriment to national integrity.
It was the most unfortunate turning point. Having served the Army you know it very well that the BHARAM is usually hanging by a thread. One slap can demolish the prestige earned over decades.
TTP does not earn any kind of legitimacy by a darn website. Do not muzzle dissent. Let people speak out their minds, even if it is ***** (your opinion)
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