I tell you this! US would have bombed Pakistan to stone age and handed over the leftovers to India on a silver plate if Musharraf had not yielded.
You have overlooked what I said. Mushphiles insist on translating the 2001 event into simple binary. Yes. No. Zero. One. Black. White. Give our a*ss with sugar on top. Bomb 'em to stone age. In creating this self serving narrative Musharaf is exonertated of gross cowardice which he had alreadly demonstrated in Kargil by denying our dead soldiers.
Nobody is saying or expected Musharaf to say "fcuk" to America. Saddam said that and we know what happened. However as I said before Pakistan could have said "Yes" which would take the steam out of the US gasket and then say "but" and then explain in nice diplomatic language that much as Pakistan understands and is sympathetic to America's anger about 9/11 it can't be expected to help America and then on top of that chop our testicles. And then also be expected to chew them.
Surely the best way forward would be to map out a way that gives America what it wants [OBL] and but Pakistan must not be punished for helping America. Meaning Pakistan will help out USA fully and will do everything USA asks it to do as a ally but Pakistan asks for
one simple respect to be accorded. That is America must work with Pakistan to make sure that Kabul does
not end up with a dispensation that is hostile against it. On this
one proviso Pakistan will do everything to help USA.
This is a "
Yes but with one simple request". However this was not done Musharaf just handed everything in one go. It was simply "
yes sir". And if America's anger means that Pakistan has no option but to give it's a*ss with sugar then tell me what is stopping Trump doing the same thing tomorrow. All he has to do is create a scene and then make "bomb yeh teh stone age" speech ot tweet. "Dump Kashmir issue now. Take your pick". It's the same America. Our gonads have not got bigger since 2001. Would you be happy if Pakistan then sold out Kashmir cause.
Where the fcuk does this "bomb stone age" stop. Once you surrender to threats there is no ending. Next year "give Azad Kashmir" to India or "bomb stone age". The fact is it requires leaders with steel nuts. That is what real leaders are made of. When others piss in their pants some stand their ground. Think Churchill. Think Britain facing triumphant Nazi Germany. Think "we will fight on the beaches etc etc ".
In 2001 Pakistan was a nuclear state. Musharaf should have sprouted a pair instead of acting like he had a pussy between his legs. Of course the Americans were angry. But Pakistan had not done anything wrong. If any country needed "bombing to stone age" it was fcukin Saudia Arabia fro where almost all the 9/11 scumbags had come from. OBL was a Saudi. What the fcuk had Pakistan done?
What Musharaf should have done is shown resolve. He had nukes. Obviously we could not hit USA. But nukes going loose would cause lot more damage to USA then 9/11. The appropriate response by Pakistan should have been business like but to the point. Something like -
"Pakistan feels America's pain. Pakistan stands by America in her hour of need. Pakistan will do everything to help USA to bring to justice those who were responsible for 9/11. However Pakistan has done nothing wrong and takes exception to being threatened with "bomb to stone age". Paklistan reminds the world that a Pakistan bombed to stone age would be a broken Pakistan with scores of nukes loose that would present a doomsday for the world and a risk far worse then 9/11 that America has endured. Therefore to prevent nuclear doomsday and at the same time bring justice to the victims of 9/11 in New York we ask that USA/Pakistan work together to create common ground that delivers US what it wants and protects Pakistan's interests in Kabul".
Not "hey have my a**ss because I am scared of stone age".
According Assad Durrani, Musharraf genuinely thought that US-Pakistan are allied in a sense that US would respect Pakistan's interests in Afghanistan.
If this is true then I am wrong - Musharaf was not a pussy. He was just plain
dumb and
stupid to boot for thinking that.