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I wonder if my eastern friends will react as favourably when in the future he will appear with the likes of Hafiz Saeed .
or maybe I am over analyzing here..?
We are interested in this General's opinion on Kargil (because he vindicates us), his other positions are completely irrelevant to us. Please understand that the Indian opinion on Musharraf swings between two extremes. He is thought of the reckless general who was responsible for a needless war & much bad blood. On the other hand, we recognise that with him, we came closest to an overall reconciliation (as much as we can reconcile) and that an agreement was only thwarted because events in Pakistan overtook Musharraf. Musharraf has two faces, one full of bluster & another of a realist who almost made peace possible. It just happens that these days he ends up speaking on subjects (Kargil, recent events on LoC) where Indian position is shrill & so is he. Musharraf is torn between appealing to domestic Pakistani sentiment & continuing his legacy as a peace maker. Indian reaction will be likewise, especially since Kargil was a public affair & much of the peace making was behind close doors. That dichotomy will always exist, that is the India-Pakistan story; how it was, how it is & probably how it will remain...for the near future atleast.