Gen Musharraf released his much awaited memoirs, 'In the line of fire', this week. The dubious content of the book vindicates the claim of many a strategic affairs experts in India, that the people of Pakistan can be trusted but not Musharraf. The book is infact a roster of Musharaff's dreams which he never was able to materialize. His claims in the book regarding the Kargil war has shocked the whole world, especially India.
Mush's claims : 1) It was India who initiated the war and theirs was just a reply. In reality there was spurt in infiltration and terrorists activities across the L.O.C. before the war. 2) Pakistan won the kargil war. In fact India won the war by reclaiming all the territories which were under Pak army. After the war, Pakistan disowned the bodies of 250 soldiers of their army and India had to bury the bodies.
There are many other false claims. What has shocked me is that why is the M.E.A. silent about it. It should give a formal statement that it disagrees with Mush's claims. Has the government no duty towards the Indian army which bravely fought one of the toughest wars in Indian history? surely such silence will dishearten any soldier, who under worst conditions gaurds our borders.
As for Mush, he is a shrewd politician and a scheming military general, always looking for an opportunity or creating one (eg. his memoirs) to achieve his utopian dreams. How can we trust a man who masterminded the kargil war, who said in 2004 that there is no cross border terrorism and now says we need to tackle the menace of terrorism together.
We are treading on a path fraught with people who are opportunists. Let us be extremely cautious.
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