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Will not get another chance to teach Pakistan a lesson

Opinion of retired military chiefs and analysts on the India-Pakistan ceasefire

New Delhi – Following the ceasefire arrangement between India and Pakistan, defence experts and retired officers of the Indian Armed Forces have voiced their opinions. A common theme among them is that the ceasefire was unexpected and that India missed a crucial opportunity to teach Pakistan a decisive lesson.

No second chances in the future – General Manoj Naravane, Retired Indian Army Chief

Halting operations by land, sea, and air is certainly a welcome move. However, for a sustainable long-term solution, we must continue to exert pressure on other fronts. We cannot afford to keep reacting to events and losing lives in terrorist attacks. This was the third major attack. There may be no second opportunity in the future.

Let the future decide whether India gained anything from this action – General Ved Malik, Retired Indian Army Chief

If, following the horrific terrorist attack in Pahalgam on 22nd April, India gained any political or strategic advantage from Pakistan’s actions, we leave it to the future to assess.

Snatching defeat from the jaws of victory is India’s political tradition – Sarcastic critique by Defence Analyst Brahma Chellaney

India has a long-standing political tradition of snatching defeat from the jaws of victory. The following are examples of this pattern:

  •  1948: Even as the Indian military was advancing toward victory, India took the Jammu and Kashmir issue to the United Nations and later agreed to a ceasefire.
  •  1954: Without any reciprocal concessions, India relinquished its additional territorial rights in Tibet, effectively recognising Tibet as part of “China’s Tibetan region.”
  •  1960: India signed an agreement reserving four-fifths of the water from the Indus River Basin for its arch-rival, Pakistan.

  •  1966: India returned the strategically important Haji Pir sector to Pakistaneven though Pakistan had initiated the 1965 war, later turning it into a hub for infiltrating terrorists into India.
  •  1972: In the Simla Agreement, India returned all military gains from the war to Pakistan without securing anything substantial in return.
  • 2021: Following China’s covert incursions in strategic areas of Ladakh in 2020, India vacated the strategically vital Kailash Heights. These heights were India’s only strong leverage in negotiations. Later, India also accepted the creation of buffer zones in parts of Ladakh, effectively neutral areas that now separate Indian and Chinese forces.

 

  • 2025: India launched ‘Operation Sindoor’ to end Pakistan’s four-decade-long “war of a thousand cuts.” However, without achieving any clear objective, the operation was called off after just three days.

Editorial Perspective

For over three and a half decades, while Pakistan actively fuelled Jihadi terrorism against India, the Indian Government never made a serious attempt to eradicate it from the root. Now, even when such an opportunity existed, declaring a ceasefire has come as a surprise to the public. This move does not signify the end of Pakistan sponsored terrorism, and the bitter truth remains that it will continue to spill Hindu blood.

 

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