[Quite an exhaustive and, reasonbly, balanced - considering the fact that it's being aired from within the territory of one of the two feuding sides, scan of the Balakot air strikes.
The reasonable inferences: I. *No one is ready to own up the figure of "300" (dead) or any whatever.* They deny even the possibility of ascertaining it, right at this point of time. Maybe later, through various other intelligence channels. In fact, it turns out that *even the IAF has refused to own it up*. II. On the existence of camps, broad agreement is there that, at least, there were. III. Whether any of the campus has/have been hit. No one nods in the affirmative. There're divergent opinions on whether through satellite imageries this can be ascertained and whether the Indian government has failed to prove its case. IV. It has sent a political message to Pakistan and Indian public. As far as the last one is concerned, there can be hardly any controversy. In fact, one'd argue that this was the precise purpose, at the grave risk of triggering an apocalypse. The issue is what this message is. And, how effective? As far as Pakistan is concerned, it almost immediately hit back, with some tangible success - one MIG downed and one pilot captured. As far as the Indian people are concerned, right at this moment, a large majority would just gulp down whatever is dished out by those in authority. However, things may not remain just static. (Pls. click on the link below. Also look up: 'A Balakot-size Bluff? I. 'Did India kill 300 terrorists in Balakot?' II. 'Reporting Balakot: the truth of a pantomime war: It’s hard to know what the prime minister has to show for his vaunted boldness besides a lost plane and a returned PoW'' at < https://www.mail-archive.com/greenyouth@googlegroups.com/msg23417.html>.)] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6zhQHTLH6M&fbclid=IwAR1PI5EHNy1VxdRzeBgDK6tFDd9ER2Nv2T7ySJh3AES0nwQFRw6HJbtkcuQ Balakot Air Strikes: The Unanswered Questions -- 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 greenyouth+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send an email to greenyouth@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/greenyouth. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
