Kargil-type Op, Musharaf, and Benazir Bhutto -- Thread:
During BB's 2nd tenure, BB was invited to a war game at Joint Staff Headquarters. A Kargil-type of operation was war-gamed between two competing army commanders..
During BB's 2nd tenure, BB was invited to a war game at Joint Staff Headquarters. A Kargil-type of operation was war-gamed between two competing army commanders..
..these commanders were the then DGMO, Major General Pervez Musharraf, who was commander of Blueland (the home side), and Air Marshal Ayub Mir, the Foxland (enemy) commander, the war game was chaired by ACM Farooq who was also a Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee.
Musharaf gave a presentation to BB about how the war would break out and we would lose some territory to India but we would win 'Kashmir'. However, BB didnt agree that we would end up winning Kashmir and put Musharaf a series of questions.
BB: Then what will happen, once you take Srinagar?
Musharaf: Then we put the flag of Pakistan on the Assembly of Srinagar.
BB: And then what will happen after you put the flag on Srinagar?
Musharaf: Then you’ll go to the United Nations and tell them we’ve taken Srinagar.
Musharaf: Then we put the flag of Pakistan on the Assembly of Srinagar.
BB: And then what will happen after you put the flag on Srinagar?
Musharaf: Then you’ll go to the United Nations and tell them we’ve taken Srinagar.
BB: And then what will happen when we tell them that we’ve taken Srinagar?
Musharaf: Then you’ll tell them, ‘change the geography of the map.
BB: And then what will happen?
Musharaf: What do you want me to say? What’s happened, we’ve won.
Musharaf: Then you’ll tell them, ‘change the geography of the map.
BB: And then what will happen?
Musharaf: What do you want me to say? What’s happened, we’ve won.
BB: No General, if I say that, they will tell me, ‘go back.’ They will tell me, ‘Withdraw from Srinagar. Don’t only withdraw from Srinagar, but withdraw from Azad Kashmir too.’ Because under the UN resolution, first the plebiscite—we have to withdraw even from AJK..
..where the plebiscite has to be held. So the map won’t be changed in that way.
As per BB, she wanted the military leaders there to see that she was opposed to this idea on the concrete grounds that it was not a political reality to think that you could go and conquer Kashmir..
As per BB, she wanted the military leaders there to see that she was opposed to this idea on the concrete grounds that it was not a political reality to think that you could go and conquer Kashmir..
there are international implications. However as per Musharaf, she told BB that the time window for the resolution of the Kashmir dispute is short because the India-Pakistan military and economic equation is going against us..she minded that a lot.
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