Payback: India's way
Today we witnessed a historical event, a response every Indian dreamed about till now.
Indian Army launched a "surgical strike" targeting several "launch pads" which were being used to insert terrorist in India. At least 6-8 targets were hit and 35-40 militants has been neutralized. This story seems to be recent but it has beginning in early 1970s.
The Beginning
It has been a mass opinion that CIA was to blamed for rise of modern day terrorism which has started in Afghanistan. The truth is Zulfikar Ali Bhutto was the one who began the ISI cell in Afghanistan to destabilize government of Dawood Khan long before Soviet Afghan war which started in 1979.
CIA utilized these units to fund and train Mujahideens for the war. CIA came and left with the conclusion of war in 1989 but the Pakistani intelligence agency, ISI, continued using this proxy force against Afghanistan and India.
Continual of Proxy War Against India
ISI raised its power within government structure of Pakistan by several folds which resulted in military coup and power grab games. ISI has made sure that it can control government decisions at will. It established a military owned industrial complex to further increase its control. Kargil war was just an example of its tactics. They spread chaos in Kashmir valley and started targeting different Indian cities and establishment. We witnessed attack on Parliament and Mumbai and several other painful attacks. India came close to a war in 2001 and 2008.
India's Previous Responses
India was not able to punish the attacks of 2001 and 2008 attacks. We generally blame our government but our problems were more deeper than we thought.
First of all, Indian Army took time to gather itself in 2001.This time caused a major drawback. International community was able to mount pressure on India to not proceed in an offensive way so the government was not able to take decision of war during this time.
So a new doctrine known as "Cold Start" was conceived to replace age old non offensive "Sundarji Doctrine". 2008 was the same story, Indian Army has progressed a from 2001 situation but it was not on desired level. Indian establishment learned and rectified those error since then.
Pathankot Attack
In May 2014, Narendra Modi invited Nawaz Sharif to his inaugural ceremony to continue diplomatic approach towards Pakistan related foreign policy.
On 2 January, Pathankot Air Force Base was attacked. It was perceived as major security breach. NDA government took age old and failed diplomatic approach to invite Pakistani investigation agencies on our soul. It was a huge blunder. The government failed miserably in its approach and it must have been an eye opener for PM.
Uri Attack and Response
On 18th September, amid valley's unrest, an army exchange base was attacked. 18 security personals were martyred and several were injured badly during this attack. This was a again a security lapse though LOC borders are very hard to be monitored 24/7. The attack caused wide spread criticism of NDA government of its lack of response. The public pressure was very high and so were the hopes of people.
There are several ways in which the government could have responded to this attack, such as
1- Economic sanction
2-Diplomatic isolation
3-Military's direct response(Surgical Strike)
4-Covert operations
Here, economic sanctions and diplomatic option would have created much less effect due to Chinese support of Pakistan and very small trading relations between them.
Covert operations would have been a bad option in my opinion since we would have been in same bracket as Pakistan(Pakistan ki Bhasha) which shed a bad light in international community.
So the surgical strike was chosen to punish terrorist establishment.
The Surgical Response
Indian Army chose a date which couldn't have been more better.
It was perfectly planned to be executed after UNGA speech of Sushma Swaraj and cancellation of SAARC summit. India first cornered Pakistan in UNGA and several countries slammed Pakistan including China for its deceiving policy on terrorism.
The strike took place from 2 AM to around 8 AM on 29/sep/2016 by most probably elite para commando unit. The whole event was video recorded and executed with perfection. "Video Recording" and DGMO statement which said "They informed Pakistani DGMO about strikes" shows professionalism by our troops. This is in contrast of proxy wars that Pakistan uses against us.
So, India replied in its own professional language which also retained credibility of India among international community. The NDA government deserves all the credits and should be applaud for the bold decision.
What's Next
The troops on both sides are at highest level of alertness and these event might lead to a standoff.
Since India executed its plan professionally, the international community most likely will be with us.
Indian armed forces must assure that it do not lead to an all out war and should also be prepared for any contingency. On the diplomatic front, India is way ahead of Pakistan. So it will help us to create further pressure on Pakistan. Overall, India must be ready for any type of contingencies(Military or Diplomatic) and should handle it further with diplomacy if possible .
These strikes will definitely discourage terrorist establishment and propaganda of ISI at some level.
PS- I am not a warmonger.
(Kindly point out all types of mistakes so I can improve further)
Today we witnessed a historical event, a response every Indian dreamed about till now.
Indian Army launched a "surgical strike" targeting several "launch pads" which were being used to insert terrorist in India. At least 6-8 targets were hit and 35-40 militants has been neutralized. This story seems to be recent but it has beginning in early 1970s.
The Beginning
It has been a mass opinion that CIA was to blamed for rise of modern day terrorism which has started in Afghanistan. The truth is Zulfikar Ali Bhutto was the one who began the ISI cell in Afghanistan to destabilize government of Dawood Khan long before Soviet Afghan war which started in 1979.
CIA utilized these units to fund and train Mujahideens for the war. CIA came and left with the conclusion of war in 1989 but the Pakistani intelligence agency, ISI, continued using this proxy force against Afghanistan and India.
Continual of Proxy War Against India
ISI raised its power within government structure of Pakistan by several folds which resulted in military coup and power grab games. ISI has made sure that it can control government decisions at will. It established a military owned industrial complex to further increase its control. Kargil war was just an example of its tactics. They spread chaos in Kashmir valley and started targeting different Indian cities and establishment. We witnessed attack on Parliament and Mumbai and several other painful attacks. India came close to a war in 2001 and 2008.
India's Previous Responses
India was not able to punish the attacks of 2001 and 2008 attacks. We generally blame our government but our problems were more deeper than we thought.
First of all, Indian Army took time to gather itself in 2001.This time caused a major drawback. International community was able to mount pressure on India to not proceed in an offensive way so the government was not able to take decision of war during this time.
So a new doctrine known as "Cold Start" was conceived to replace age old non offensive "Sundarji Doctrine". 2008 was the same story, Indian Army has progressed a from 2001 situation but it was not on desired level. Indian establishment learned and rectified those error since then.
Pathankot Attack
In May 2014, Narendra Modi invited Nawaz Sharif to his inaugural ceremony to continue diplomatic approach towards Pakistan related foreign policy.
On 2 January, Pathankot Air Force Base was attacked. It was perceived as major security breach. NDA government took age old and failed diplomatic approach to invite Pakistani investigation agencies on our soul. It was a huge blunder. The government failed miserably in its approach and it must have been an eye opener for PM.
Uri Attack and Response
On 18th September, amid valley's unrest, an army exchange base was attacked. 18 security personals were martyred and several were injured badly during this attack. This was a again a security lapse though LOC borders are very hard to be monitored 24/7. The attack caused wide spread criticism of NDA government of its lack of response. The public pressure was very high and so were the hopes of people.
There are several ways in which the government could have responded to this attack, such as
1- Economic sanction
2-Diplomatic isolation
3-Military's direct response(Surgical Strike)
4-Covert operations
Here, economic sanctions and diplomatic option would have created much less effect due to Chinese support of Pakistan and very small trading relations between them.
Covert operations would have been a bad option in my opinion since we would have been in same bracket as Pakistan(Pakistan ki Bhasha) which shed a bad light in international community.
So the surgical strike was chosen to punish terrorist establishment.
The Surgical Response
Indian Army chose a date which couldn't have been more better.
It was perfectly planned to be executed after UNGA speech of Sushma Swaraj and cancellation of SAARC summit. India first cornered Pakistan in UNGA and several countries slammed Pakistan including China for its deceiving policy on terrorism.
The strike took place from 2 AM to around 8 AM on 29/sep/2016 by most probably elite para commando unit. The whole event was video recorded and executed with perfection. "Video Recording" and DGMO statement which said "They informed Pakistani DGMO about strikes" shows professionalism by our troops. This is in contrast of proxy wars that Pakistan uses against us.
So, India replied in its own professional language which also retained credibility of India among international community. The NDA government deserves all the credits and should be applaud for the bold decision.
What's Next
The troops on both sides are at highest level of alertness and these event might lead to a standoff.
Since India executed its plan professionally, the international community most likely will be with us.
Indian armed forces must assure that it do not lead to an all out war and should also be prepared for any contingency. On the diplomatic front, India is way ahead of Pakistan. So it will help us to create further pressure on Pakistan. Overall, India must be ready for any type of contingencies(Military or Diplomatic) and should handle it further with diplomacy if possible .
These strikes will definitely discourage terrorist establishment and propaganda of ISI at some level.
PS- I am not a warmonger.
(Kindly point out all types of mistakes so I can improve further)
