OVER A CUP OF COFFEE - SURGICAL STRIKE
As had agreed upon over phone, Shyam and Gopi joined in the coffee table and occupied the far most corner so as not to be disturbed. Both of them saw an element of surprise in the surgical strike by India on 28th September 2016 night. Nothing could be clearly understood when the first news was seen in the MSM in the afternoon, when the DGMO explained how the surgical strike was done to destroy the launch pads in POK of Pakistan for the terrorists and infiltrators. Lot of questions lingered in the minds of the viewers, how far did Indian Army entered into the line of control area into PoK to undertake this mission. Whether air support was given to the army and whether air dropped men went and did their job and how they returned? Though some of these questions have not been answered conclusively, both Shyam and Gopi were happy that the GOI had taken this step and had given the necessary backing for the Army to carry out the mission.
The story of attacks on Indian soil, even in the interiors and especially in the borders were a continuing story all these times and all the efforts to bring to book the perpetuators remained a dream for India. India supplying any amount of information on attacks never satisfied Pakistan and they were always on denial mode. It had become customary for that country to even disown dead soldiers of their country even with identities. No one can vouchsafe for the identities of captured or dead soldiers, as every likelihood was there, for them to be fake. Apart from that, terrorists in army uniform carried out attacks, was how once classified by the earlier government. Over the years, India was helpless even with the International community were mere spectators but for providing information here and there without giving fully, where terrorists were involved - not only attacks in India but in other parts of the world. It was pointing out to terror outfits trained and protected by Pakistan and even the name of the Army of that country cannot be absolved as could be seen in the case of Osama Bin Laden. The hiding place of Osama was very near to an army camp of Pakistan. But they were in denial mood all the time until he was eliminated.
It is to be pointed out here, that the Westerners were pumping money to various governments in Pakistan, especially in the last two decades in the name of eliminating terrorism. It appears all these have gone into the pockets of a selected few. The terror outfits only changed their name and continued their terror attacks for the detrimental of peaceful societies. Perhaps the West was paying more to get information and to eliminate on their own at appropriate time of their choice as they had the habit using these outfits too to create problems.
Thus the Shyam and Gopu after analysing the impact of the problem of terrorism across our borders, felt the strikes were necessary for India, as they were the worst affected by way of infiltrators entering into Kashmir and creating problems on day to day basis in the valley.
Apart from that, there were the training of the misguided youths of Kashmir in Pakistan and they too have to enter into Kashmir for which necessary help has been rendered by the Pakistan Army. Hence the launch pads of terrorists are the targets. But it has to be borne in mind, that the surgical strike this time is only on seven of the approximately 35 launch being mentioned in some of the channels. How far is this true is not known, but definitely there will be more terror outfit hidings from which these operate to the detriment of our interests.
The Army and GOI are to be appreciated for the co-ordinated effort in their planning, gathering of information before strike and the actual carrying out of the strike with the least of casualities to the Indian side. The commando type of operation requires high precision and it has been carried out meticulously by the army. As seen earlier, as more terror outfits are operating and the possibility to regroup, though it may take sometime, the Government will have to give a free hand to the Army to gather intelligence and to go strikes whenever necessary and duly using its diplomatic channels to keep abreast of how various terror outfits still remain in spite of Pakistan posing as if it helps to eliminate terror. Here it must be understood, as long as the terrorists base is maintained only it can benefit by receiving huge sums of money.
Thus the equations between the terror outfits, the Army and the Government of that country is always a Mystery.
Here the solution eludes the world community because an elected government in Pakistan is unable to come out of the grip of the army and also conduct itself independently to reassure the world community. When this is the truth, India has to be on the alert duly keeping a no man's zone near the border and also to have commandos ready to eliminate terrorists periodically. This has become necessary, as the elected of Government of Pakistan has failed to contain the terror outfits, dismantle their camps , Shyam observed.
While agreeing with Shyam, Gopi also added that:
Hence the method followed this time will have to be carried out, even in other forms on a continual basis to assure peace within India and of course at the cost of the Exchequer.
