Why is This Man Smirking?

The Daily Telegraph has an interesting story from "senior officials" in the Pakistani government that NATO give up their struggle with the "Taliban" and go home, allowing a coalition government to take control, one probably without Karzai.

Western ministers have been stunned. "Kasuri is basically asking Nato to surrender and to negotiate with the Taliban," said one Western official who met the minister recently.

The "Taliban" are Pakistan's men. Musharaf, the so-called president of Pakistan, a dictator and no democrat, has great ambitions and taking control of the border regions of Afghanistan would fulfill an old Pakistani dream. One almost as fecund as controlling Kashmir.
The driving forces that created the catastrophe of 9/11 originated in Pakistan. The madrassas provided the philosophical and religious viewpoint that encouraged martyrdom and jihad and the government of Pakistan has not only tolerated them, but has encouraged this extremism.
In typical fashion, when looking for the enemies that could be blamed for the WTC disaster the United States ignored the country from which most of the immediate perpetrators originated (Saudi Arabia) and where the guidance originated, and attacked the weakest and least involved of the counties, Afghanistan.
Why, in his interview with the CBC was Musharef smirking? First because he holds all journalists in contempt. Second because he knows he's put one over on us.