September 29
morning brought us the biggest newsbreak of decades and the proudest moment for
every Indian. After Pakistan's cowardly strike, India has struck back and true
to its growing global reputation, has owned it before the world.
Indian Army has
gone 3 kms deep into the Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir territory, a disputed area that
is under the intense cover of bayonets and AK47s of the Pakistani army and
terrorists, has carried out surgical strikes on six terror launch-pads with
perfect precision, killing dozens of terrorists and some interfering Pakistani
soldiers, has inflicted heavy damage, and has come out with flying colours. And
with no damage, no casualty.
And India, like
a responsible member of the world community, has owned it, informing Pakistan
and the world community that it has carried out these surgical strikes, even if
many of them were still pushing us to go for talks to a backstabbing nation
that has always worked to bleed us, including the latest Pakistan sponsored
terror strike at the Indian Army base camp in Uri. We lost 19 of our soldiers
in an act of cowardice since most of our soldiers were sleeping. Yes, there
were lapses, but the Army has avenged it and in style – and with substance.
Ever since the
attack, Pakistan and its leaders are in a state of shock. And it initially
reflected in their state of mind, speaking in different and incoherent voices. After
the surgical strike, they initially didn't know what to do and what to say.
Pakistan’s prime minister Nawaz Sharif said it was an act of ‘naked aggression’
by the Indian Army. Its defence minister Khawaja Asif initially said yes there
were such incidents over the night but if India did so again, we would give a
strong reply. So they admitted the surgical strikes. In fact, many from the
Pakistan's political establishment said things on these lines.
But how these
versions changed with Pakistani army's diktat shows the chaos India's move caused
- with foolishness and boorishness defining the thinking process of Pakistan's
ruling elite.
Since its all powerful
army has denied (or desperately tried to downplay - to save its face) the
surgical strikes move by India, the whole Pakistan is now trying to toe the
line away from what its prime minster and defence minister had said initially. They
say no surgical strike took place and it was a mere Line of Control (LoC) aggression.
But the body
language of Pakistani politicians and the meek response of its Army show that
the realization that India would strike back has come as a rude shock and they
are in a state of disarray on how to respond because they realize that Pakistan
is no match to India. And with its new bold, foreign policy – with its
traditional upper hand – in economy, in military, and in technology - they are
finding hard to respond - going for silly bravados like 'we will defend our
country, we will give befitting reply to India in case of future attack or we
are in a state of war preparedness' - or the silly Pakistani media propaganda that
show the Pakistani army has captured or killed so many Indian soldiers or has
blown this many Indian outposts across the LoC.
How sham now it
all looks. How hollow it sounds.
Pakistani
military was on high-alert, its F16s were doing midnight road sorties for war
preparedness. Its leaders, prime minister, army chief, everyone was busy
issuing all sorts of threats against India, including nuclear threats. The
eastern border (LoC) was specifically on their radar.
Yet India struck
back, and at will. It went deep into the Pakistan controlled territory and
destroyed terror camps, not one or two but six, and the whole operation lasted
for around four hours. And in spite of all the tall claims of Pakistan of being
in a war-ready state, it could not do anything. Pakistan could not beat even
the bush properly to push its propaganda aimed at saving its face.
©SantoshChaubey
