[Forget about Pakistan trashing outriht the claim of "surgical strikes" (see: 'In Kashmir, Pakistan Questions India’s ‘Surgical Strikes’ on Militants' at < https://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/02/world/asia/kashmir-pakistan-india.html>), almost as soon as it had been made and it being sort of buttressed by the spokesperson of the UN Secy-General at her press briefings on Sept. 30 2016 (ref.: "UNMOGIP (UN Observer Group for India and Pakistan) has not directly observed any firing across the Line of Control related to the latest incidents." at <https://www.un.org/press/en/2016/db160930.doc.htm>), does anyone recall the (admittedly rather coded) promise made by the Indian Home Minister Rajnath Singh of releasing a video in some unspecified future? (See: '‘Wait and watch’, responds Rajnath to clamour for footage of cross-LoC strikes', dtd. Oct 02, 2016, at < http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/army-made-india-proud-by-launching-surgical-strikes-says-rajnath/story-k4ku3wULeNmQCdv0quA9XN.html >. And: "Bas dekhte jaiye" at ‘Just wait and watch: Rajnath Singh on Pakistan's denial of surgical strikes by Indian Army' at < http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-just-wait-and-watch-rajnath-singh-on-pakistan-s-denial-of-surgical-strikes-by-indian-army-2260620 >.)]
https://scroll.in/latest/851257/india-won-the-moral-battle-when-pakistan-refused-to-acknowledge-surgical-strikes-ex-army-commander India won the moral battle when Pakistan refused to acknowledge surgical strikes: Ex-Army commander Days ahead of the one-year mark of the mission, Lieutenant General DS Hooda said the Army was prepared to carry out another such operation again. by Scroll Staff Published Yesterday · 12:24 pm India won the moral battle when Pakistan refused to acknowledge surgical strikes: Ex-Army commander PTI The Indian Army was wary of Pakistan retaliating after the Special Forces conducted the surgical strikes in September last year, Lieutenant General (retired) DS Hooda told The Indian Express on Tuesday. Hooda was the commander of the Northern Army when the operation on terror launchpads in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir was carried out. “Of course, we were wary of retaliation,” Hooda said, ahead of the one-year mark of the surgical strikes. “But the moment Pakistan refused to acknowledge the strike, we knew we had won the moral battle.” The lieutenant general said Pakistan had stepped up infiltration attempts and had also mutilated Indian soldiers since then. “But those were tactical actions to regain some lost ground,” he added. On the intervening night of September 28 and September 29 in 2016, the Army said it had received information about infiltrators planning to cross the Line of Control with Pakistan and had decided to conduct surgical strikes. The move came after an attacks on an Army base in Jammu and Kashmir’s Uri district, where militants believed to be from Pakistan killed 19 soldiers. Hooda said that the Indian Army was prepared to carry out another surgical strike as the “glass ceiling” had been shattered. “I think we have added one more serious option in our range of responses,” he said. The officer said the goal of the “complex operation” wass not to finish terrorism in Kashmir or check infiltration attempts, but to show Pakistan that India would not “limit our actions only to our side of the border”. “This message was sent successfully and we scored a definite moral victory,” he told The Indian Express. -- Peace Is Doable -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Green Youth Movement" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/greenyouth. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
