1.0Drishtikonehttps://www.patheos.com/blogs/drishtikoneDesh Kapoorhttps://www.patheos.com/blogs/drishtikone/author/drishtikone/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="kfhIeeYqze"><a href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/drishtikone/2008/05/musharraf-short-hand-pakistan/">Musharraf is a short hand for Pakistan</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/drishtikone/2008/05/musharraf-short-hand-pakistan/embed/#?secret=kfhIeeYqze" width="600" height="338" title="“Musharraf is a short hand for Pakistan” — Drishtikone" data-secret="kfhIeeYqze" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> Bush administration has used Musharraf as a short hand for Pakistan. He personifies Pakistan to these guys. Its another matter that nobody (or very few) in Pakistan think so! :-) Musharraf has been an enigma. He was at his best when he was combative. Specially against India. He is brash and outlandish in his goals.. but that is his strength. His Kargil intrusion plan was one such thing. He believed in a strategy and thought he could pull it off and somehow he thought the Indian Government and forces will be easy pushovers. There was a reason why India won the last two wars and despite the Nukes and large amount of ammunition coming to Pakistan in the last two decades, I find it still outlandish for any Pak General to think he could pull such a thing off. But he almost did - given his persistence! The same attitude was shown in Agra. He managed to get a covert televization of his conference with the journalists when it was made clear to those journalists that it was a closed door thing. When the Indian side came to know of the live telecast that it swung into action and stopped the thing. IT was right after that point onwards that the Vajpayee-Musharraf talks broke down irretrievably. Sushma Swaraj came out and made the statements that simply closed any path forward. It was a simple but telling step to Musharraf's stupid action.