Edited sentence: Besides Musharraf as did his predecessors acted as patrons of Taliban, Al-Qaeda and Kashmir terrorists.However contrary to this international image Musharraf was the architect of the attempt to stoke a conflict with India at Kargil while serving as the Army Chief, in an attempt to subvert the attempts at peace being made by the then civilian government of Pakistan of Nawaz Shariff with the then Indian Government.However since 9/11 the western world has pretended that this never happened.Musharraf also has been a long time patron of the various terrorist groups that have routinely carried attacks on India and the Taliban of Afghanistan.Musharraf was the architect of the attempted incursion into Kargil, India, which started a brief border war in 1999 that ended costing 100s of lives on both sides.Pakistani army personnel, worked in close concert with terrorist elements during this invasion.People in India, who have often been the recipients of Terror attacks from miltants trained, supported, funded and aided by Pakistan, tend to think differently than the somewhat conviniently favorable view that Musharraf enjoys in Washington.Whether Musharraf has really reformed or has liberal views are open to question.While his public face has become much more liberal due to American and International pressure, Musharraf's true colors that have shone through his actions over the years suggest he is still very much the fundamentalist he has always been