ice_man
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Why keep blaming Musharaf for joining hands with the Americans for their so called war on terror? Bush very categorically stated immediately after 9/11 that 'either you are with us or against us'. In addition he did say that if Pakistan doesn't cooperate, it would be 'bombed back to the stone age'.
Now this was no empty rhetoric as passions were high in the aftermath of 9/11 and Bush would have done it, including 'nuking Pakistan's nuclear reactors' with their 15000 pound Daisy Cutters from their B-52s high up in the stratosphere. Now, anyone in Musharraf's position would have had no choice but to join the US of A in the WOT. In hindsight, it is very easy to say that Pakistan should not have done so. Well, what was the alternative?
Secondly, if Pakistan does not support America's WOT, what would happen to the billions of dollars in aid? Pakistan would have been totally sunk economically and become a basket case.
In other words, Pakistan was and is between the devil and the deep blue sea!
Pakistan cost of war on terror is a 100 times more than what it recieved in "aid"!!! AID was like peanuts compared to how much we spent!!! secondly Musharraf did the right thing by allying with "US and allies" however, he should have laid down his own terms and conditions too! like no bases to US and all US debt written off (like Egypt did at camp david)!
musharraf just said YES SIR! instead of bargaining!