Respected
PM Sir, - Friends & Critics
Surgical Strikes better for surgeon
than the patient – Says Swaminathan Aiyar
Surprising why
Govt. decided to celebrate September 29 as Surgical Strike Day, on the second anniversary
of its strike on terrorist camps a across the border. The UGC instructed all
colleges to celebrate too (Though it was not a surgical strike. A surgical
strike as defined in dictionaries – where the troops are landed across the
border by means of helelift). This operation could be defined purely a commando
raid.
We have to
ask two years later, what was the impact of the strike on Pakistani and militant
activity ? In Kashmir the number of insurgency related fatalities went up from
267 in 2016 to 358 in 2017. The number of estimated in filtration went up from
371 to 406. And the number civilian deaths increased by 166% . Pakistani
support for militants remained undiminished.
In sum India
is no more secure then before. YET THE GOVERNMENT KEEPS CROWING ABOUT HOW
FABULOUS THE SURGICAL STRIKE WAS, AND HOW WELL IT WAS EXCUTED.
This is not a
solution to the Kashmir problem. But it is a used full way of assuaging the
Indian public in thwarting armed escalation. Weather it should be celebrated is
questionable ?
Wake up India, Stakes are high, are
we the people of India Vigilant.
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