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How Musharaf damaged Pakistan, here is some review. Hearing the news that a majority of those involved in the London terrorist attacks were of Pakistani origin and that some of them had recently visited his country, Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf, responded by blaming the British. Beyond that, he and the country’s diplomatic missions have begun targeting overseas critics, including the media, for fingering Pakistan.
Gen. Musharraf then proceeded to outline the steps that needed to be taken in Pakistan, and laid out a strategy—he called it “enlightened moderation”—that would eliminate the conditions that breed extremism and terrorism. Due to this, our culture has suffered a lot. Suicide bombing attacks increased after this strategy. People against him because he promoted liberal society rather than Islamisation.
Not only is there doubt about Gen. Musharraf’s ability to deal with Islamic extremists (the other day, he said he hoped that Osama bin Laden was in Afghanistan rather than in Pakistan, so he would not be responsible for capturing him), there also are questions about Pakistan’s co-operation in revealing its clandestine support for the Iranian, Libyan, North Korean and other missile and nuclear programs. The rhetoric may be there, but the reality is that the U.S. has not seen full compliance on either the nuclear or the terrorism fronts.
Pakistan may be one of the few states that have achieved sustainable failure. But one cannot be comfortable with a nuclear-armed Pakistan driving at 80 miles an hour along the edge of disaster: If it wasn’t clear already, the latest terrorist attacks show that what happens in Lahore doesn’t stay in Lahore.
Gen. Musharraf was not powerless to act, and the feeble public response to his (seemingly) tougher policy seemed to indicate that the street power of the radical Islamists was no match for a determined Pakistani government. And it was time for him to act; both his people and his partners were losing patience with him, and he was now weak at home and abroad.
Pakistanis feel under siege because of their religion and their country’s past policies. But putting much of the onus of responsibility on the West and the United States just dodges the question of what Pakistan’s role must be. As Gen. Musharraf himself said in his speech, “actions speak louder than words,” and those actions need to be more than token gestures. They must reflect a consistent, comprehensive strategy of combatting Islamist extremism. And the reason he must do this is simple: It is in Pakistan’s interest as much as it is in the West’s.

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