Munir indicates that he’s willing to go for broke, even if it risks taking his country “and half the world” down with him. It’s important to understand where he is coming from.
India’s industrial output growth saw a 10-month low in June, with Index of Industrial Production (IIP) growing by mere 1.5% as against 1.9% in May 2025.
Gen Dwivedi framed Op Sindoor not just as retaliation to Pahalgam, but as demonstration of India’s capability to fight multi-domain conflicts with integration between services & agencies.
Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.
A sobering article. As am aside, a piece of advice to the author: before getting carried away by Jon Krakauer and how he cashed a tragedy, read accounts of that tragedy that counter his story. Anatoli Boukreev’s “The Climb” is a good starting point.
“I will lift my eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help.” – As with Joan Margaret Legge, all these climbers, who lost their lives, loved the mountains.
A sobering article. As am aside, a piece of advice to the author: before getting carried away by Jon Krakauer and how he cashed a tragedy, read accounts of that tragedy that counter his story. Anatoli Boukreev’s “The Climb” is a good starting point.
“I will lift my eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help.” – As with Joan Margaret Legge, all these climbers, who lost their lives, loved the mountains.