The decency that India deserves
War is too serious a business to be left to the generals and a jingoistic media
The writer is a retired major general and has an interest in International Relations and Political Sociology. He can be reached at [email protected] and tweets @20 Inam
So, finally the lid is blown over a seemingly authentic facade build on lies, deceits, double-speak and ill-will against Pakistan. Thanks to the memory of technology, especially the web, that never forgets, does not lie and always footnotes every iteration with an uncanny authenticity.
As per news reports (and as long suspected), Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government used the Balakot airstrikes (February 2019) against Pakistan as a ploy to win elections (April-May 2019) by drumming up nationalistic sentiment in the run up to the elections. In a manipulative, not so discreet scam, the news of the Balakot strikes were released to selected Indian media, days before these actually took place. Frontm