As a new dispensation comes into power in Pakistan, we discuss the future as we can see it. Its not rosy at all.
The Pakistani FM to BBC: War would be suicidal. Pakistan has already started negotiating with a gun to its head! Welcome home Wing Commander Abhinanadan. Well done. You flew into the Valley of Death and survived. India is proud. Sincere condolences to Air Marshal Waseem Ud Din on the loss of his son Shahaz Ud Din under most unfortunate circumstances. He was incredibly brave to continue his mission when others had turned around. Paradigm Emerged A lot has happened since Balakot. Some in focus some out. Some hyped. Some diffused. Time to sum up the situation and see where things are heading. Militarily it is called Review of the Situation. I will do it journalistically so that the intellectual western media understands it. They might or not buy our story. Incidentally it is not a story. It is not for sale. This is real live action. Nuclear exchange receding. Not ruled out. A fundamental paradigm has emerged. India’s fight is against terror. The D
Spot on analysis as always general sirs,
ReplyDeletePAK is in a morass of quicksand..and is sinking by the day it is bound to implode unless an army chief or a "mahdi" takes over the reigns and builds the nation again...both scenarios are implausible..
What I don't understand is..why is india doing in PAK what it's doing in a "benign" way and for how long..taking a more "proactive" path and breaking the spine of pak by exploiting their myriad faultlines is important ...this will make pak look deeply "inwards" as the general sir had mentioned and render china "innert" towards us in some aspects.
Sir, is there a possibility the Biden admin has tacitly gone back to the G2 arrangement that Trump disrupted ? If that's the case, US & China may be colluding to revive Pakistan and use them against us like the US has used Ukraine against Russia. The noises the Pakistan army has made in favor of the US seem to be an indication of this possibility emerging. It will also serve the purpose of focussing the angst of the "awaam" back on us and reinforces the salience of the army to the Pakistani identity.
ReplyDeleteI suppose we will know which way the wind is blowing with what happens to Taiwan this year. Does our government have any tripwires to keep an eye on for a potential G2 collusion? There does seem to be some danger of getting completely lulled into complacency by the US.