The post-September 11, 2001, volte face of President Pervez Musharraf of Pakistan in joining the US as its frontline ally in its war against the Taliban and the Al Qaeda had three objectives -- to safeguard the strategic nuclear and missile assets of Pakistan from any pre-emptive strike by the US due to fears that they might fall into the hands of the Al Qaeda and other international terrorist elements; to seek as a quid pro quo US activism on the Jammu & Kashmir (J&K) issue in the hope of achieving through collaboration with the US what he could not through Pakistani terrorist organisations on the ground; and to bill the US for his services in the form of increased economic and military assistance to revive the comatose economy and to revamp the Armed Forces.