I dont think any nuclear power can destroy another nuclear state and pakistan was a nuclear state then, Mullah omar didn't have any weapons but he still challenged americans, Saddam hussein iraq was under sanction for decades and his army was a joke and his army still fought, if these countries could challenge americans they why couldn't a nulclear pakistan, this is because we had a general who was too afraid to challenge americans.
Nuclear weapons are important, but it is not the answer to all our problems, if americans had retaliated against pakistan for its decision not to take part in WoT, they woudnt have attacked paksitan the way attacked afghanistan and iraq, your military establishments, airports, arms/amunitions stockpiles and many other important military and non military targets would have been targeted, launching ground offence agains paksitan would have been out of question, they simply didnt need to do it, not to forget the sanctions against pakistan let alone stopping aid o pak. The taliban go and hide in people's houses, they dont have uniform, they even use burka to hide, that is entirely different matter. I am sure if it was any other leader other than Musharaf, he/she woud have made the same decision.
Cannot say anything about musharraaf's corruption but he had many corrupt and criminals in his government, we need to start from the top, a general cant rule the country it has to be through civilian efforts who are clean
What is the guarantee that imran khan wont be infiltrated by the corrput people? how many non corrupt people who is also capable of doing the job is with him? how about those corrupt policemen on the streets? the low level corrupt officials? what is the plan for that? running a country is not a one man band.
And please for the love of god, pakistan didn't create taliban, it was only the interior minister in 1997 which described taliban as his boys that world thinks it is our creation
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