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TopicSurgical strikes

Topic: surgical strikes

Vajpayee’s surgical strike killed 16 Pak soldiers much before Modi announced his in 2016

Amrita Nayak Dutta -
The operation in January 2000 was launched in PoK in retaliation to an attack from across the LoC.

Ravi Shankar Prasad rejects Congress’ allegation of politicising surgical strikes

PTI -
Prasad accuses Congress of questioning the commitment and courage of the armed forces and lowering its morale.

Post-operation Prognosis

Shekhar Gupta -
If on the surgical strikes anniversary we are still arguing whether or not these happened as claimed, and not what these achieved since, it shows a shrinking of our strategic minds.

Surgical strikes showed India had exhausted its strategic patience

Lt Gen Vinod Bhatia (Retd) -
What India needs to do is ensure that Pakistan’s ‘high effect low cost war’ becomes a ‘low effect high cost war’.

Surgical strikes had great propaganda value, but has only made things worse

Lt Gen Muhammad Masood Aslam -
In the short term, the strikes had great propaganda value that can be used for political gains, and stirring nationalistic fervour.

Despite lack of details, surgical strikes signalled Modi’s aggressive diplomacy

Zahid Hussain -
The calculation that India can afford this brinkmanship like surgical strikes is a costly gamble.

India shouldn’t hesitate to strike back at Pakistan if it has adequate evidence

Lt Gen Syed Ata Hasnain (retd) -
There have been multiple attempts to attack India around the anniversary of the 2016 surgical strikes. India shouldn't hesitate to strike back

Surgical strikes were well executed, but aimed at appeasing a domestic audience

Lt Gen H S Panag (retd) -
At last the government has come up with a strategy of "compellance" against Pakistan, but has it come up with a plan to deal with what comes after? 

Surgical strikes have given Indian Army retaliatory space across LoC

Ankit Panda -
The surgical strikes indicated a threshold for Indian response. Kashmir, however, will continue to simmer.

Talk Point: What did India’s surgical strike against terrorists in Pakistan achieve?

ThePrint Team -
The surgical strike on terror launchpads was deemed a success in India but did it achieve what it was meant to?
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Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.

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