Faced by a United States bent upon bloody vengeance, Pakistan’s military establishment scurried to join the US-led coalition and take up arms against its own creation, the Taliban. Only a few senior officers with an Islamic bent resisted this straightforward betrayal.
那么穆沙拉夫如何逢凶化吉呢？在很大程度上，他应该感谢“9.11”事件。面对美国展开血腥报复的意图，巴基斯坦军政府忙不迭地加入到美国领导的盟军中来，拿起武器反击自己一手缔造的塔利班。只有少数亲伊斯兰的高层军官抗拒这种赤裸裸的背叛。他们很快就被穆氏边缘化了，此举受到华盛顿的称赞。