Thursday, May 22, 2025

Continuing to do the same.

"Prime Minister Narendra Modi...said that the Indian armed forces taught Pakistan a lesson for the dastardly terror attack in Pahalgam and 'Operation Sindoor' made the enemy nation kneel in just a matter of a few hours." IANS. "Despite the Western media's attempt to equate India and Pakistan in terms of military capability, Islamabad literally begged for US intervention after New Delhi struck the Nur Khan air base in the heart of Pakistan with missiles on the morning of May 10, alongside an imminent Indian Navy attack on the Karachi naval port. That the Modi government chose not to escalate further after the Rawalpindi strike was simply because Pakistan is no match for India," wrote Shishir Gupta. On 7 May, Indian missiles hit nine different locations in Pakistan and 'Pakistan-administered Kashmir'. India said it targeted "terrorist infrastructure" and "emphasized that it had not hit any Pakistan military facilities". BBC. On 12 May, following Pakistan's attempts to strike 26 Indian military facilities, India targeted eight "Pakistani airbases with missiles and other long range weapons." At Nur Khan air base a likely operations related building was damaged and vehicles were set on fire. HT. "China provided Pakistan with air defense and satellite support during its clash with India this month, according to a research group under India's Ministry of Defense." "Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif...said Pakistan shot down six Indian fighter jets, an assertion that hasn't been independently verified." ET. Despite having been made to "kneel", Pakistan does not seem to have learnt a "lesson". "Over the past two weeks, intelligence inputs estimated that between 45 and 50 terrorists have crossed into India territory," "carried out under cover-fire from Pakistan artillery". "Intelligence also suggested that the terrorists behind a series of attacks in Rajouri and Poonch continue to roam free." "Officials in Punjab also reported a sharp rise in drone sightings along the 553-km International Border with Pakistan." India Today. "Over three days, 11 people have been arrested on charges of spying for Pakistan in multiple states amid a nationwide crackdown on those involved in espionage activities." They include travel blogger Jyoti Malhotra, "students, a security guard, commoners and an app developer". India Today. Why a security guard, sundry students and commoners are in possession of highly sensitive government and defense secrets is a mystery. If we were winning why did we stop? "Capturing large parts of Pakistani territory during a war as leverage for post-conflict bargaining may also not change Pakistan's mindset." "Getting Pakistan to give - and adhere to - an assurance to stop using terrorism as an instrument of state policy is, perhaps, unachievable." "A sustained military campaign with Pakistan would undoubtedly be detrimental to India's aim of becoming a developed country by 2047," wrote Satinder K Saini. So, Pakistan can continue to do as it pleases, we have to accept it. No wonder, "Pakistan has promoted its army chief General Asim Munir to the rare rank of Field Marshall." ET. India promoted Sam Manekshaw to Field Marshall for masterminding the victory in 1971, which created Bangladesh and captured 90,000 Pakistani soldiers. Britannica. Is Pakistan claiming a similar victory? Social media has dubbed Munir a 'Failed Marshall'. Failure is the inability to achieve success. So who failed? 

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