Cross the Rubicon - Charting a path for a militarized Pakistan through the next war with India

[Meengla]

India had a great relationship with Pakistan during 1999 as well. But that didn't stop militants(your army) from entering Kashmir and start a skirmish. At that time you said it wasn't official, then details came later about the 'officiality' of it. The Mumbai attacks was well planned and coordinated, multiple intel agencies were involved in the investigation including those from Denmark, US, Canada, UK. Heck some of them were listening in on your people. The thing is Musharaff by the time had become a lame duck. He was probably not even aware of what his ISI or even the army was doing behind his back or maybe he did, we never know. Either way it's just like what he did to Mian Sharif in 99, he had no clue the whole thing will snowball. Like I said, big operational planning zero thought on consequences.

The Kargil operation by Musharraf was a mistake but its goals were far larger than attacking some hotel in Mumbai. No comparison between the two. If Pakistani state needs to bleed India then there are other ways than to attack some hotel. India, like Pakistan, is a poor nation with many internal faultlines to exploit by foreign powers. I absolutely don't believe Musharraf wouldn't know what ISI was up to: The Army Chief is the Army Chief in Pakistan--no lame ducks.
Anyway, you are free to believe what you want to believe.

 

[Vikramaditya1]

The Kargil operation by Musharraf was a mistake but its goals were far larger than attacking some hotel in Mumbai. No comparison between the two. If Pakistani state needs to bleed India then there are other ways than to attack some hotel. India, like Pakistan, is a poor nation with many internal faultlines to exploit by foreign powers. I absolutely don't believe Musharraf wouldn't know what ISI was up to: The Army Chief is the Army Chief in Pakistan--no lame ducks.
Anyway, you are free to believe what you want to believe.

Like I said before, multiple agencies in different countries covered your involvement. It doesn't matter if it was an official action or unofficial, the fact of the matter is it was you. You should apply your logic in reverse, do you think a trained group of people would cross over to India and initiate an urban warfare against defenseless people without the knowledge of your intel agencies? Remember they were heavily armed with explosives.
Also Musharaff wasn't army chief in 2008, he wasn't even the ruler (my mistake not noticing it) when Mumbai attacks happened, why would Manmohan Musharaff talks have any weight in that regard. Maybe the new army chief Kayani wanted to prolong the military rule, maybe he expected a war in response to the attacks.