Why will Pervez al Mushariff not allow American or NATO forces to cross the border into western Pakistan?

Question

I understand about the whole "national sovereignty" thing, but he himself has gone on the record against the Al Qaida and Taliban elements that escaped justice. Why not just let the U.S. send in some air power and intelligence gathering assets to take care of a mutual problem? Is al Mushariff being a little disingenuous when he speaks out against the terrorists who have infiltrated the lawless regions of western Pakistan?

Answer 1

Would you allow of your own free will, a foreign army on your soil?

Answer 2

First, I dont think usa/NATO and other allied forces are doing a great job in Afghanistan, iraq and palestine as we all know after several years of continue fighting/war in these region.
Second, let assume if that a case that mean there would be more chaos in the country and more trouble b/c first of all no nation tolerate any foreign military to come their soil. Then religious/fundamentalist will have more chance to open their mouth to say against the govt and America. It would more ignite the fire in the heart of a common man and they will persue to fight in the name of Jihad. It will create the ideal situation for the extremist/terrorist.
Third, I personally do not even beleive american forces credibility... Do you? whereever they go they create the mess.(sorry No offense American people).
I personally think Pakistan really needs a revolutionary candidate/govt to clean the mess. By saying this I obviously do not mean to use power/weapons. They need a person who reform people mind and heart and top of that they need to unite rather than disperse in so many ways and directions.

Answer 3

I imagine for political reasons. People are already rioting in the streets and burning effigies of him. As shown by the recent state of emergency and related events, his hold on power is very fragile. If he were to allow US/UK/Western troops to enter Pakistan for any reason, the more fundamentalist forces in Pakistan would immediately draw parallels with Iraq and accuse him of selling out or being anti-Islam.

A lot of people in Pakistan want Musharraf gone. A lot of people in Pakistan want the US gone. If he did something like that, it would be likely that he would be removed from power - either democratically or violently - and a more Islamic form of government would be installed. This is also probably why the US doesn't push him more about it or take action against the state of emergency - they know that if he gets removed from power, things will be a lot harder for them too.

Answer 4

Simply, Al Qaida was not there. This saved Alliance a lot of effort.

Answer 5

Maybe Pakistan supprots terrorism