Puts paid to your theory then of trying to cover up internal strife does it not?
After all, last I saw, BJP was not in power at the center.
And the Congress leadership as usual is sitting primly side saddle.
There are ancient reliefs of Persian kings and princesses in full body armor, going to war on horseback, and in pants. Its pretty near impossible riding and fighting in a skirt. Even our Indian queens and princesses fought in our own version of pants.
The LOC is a very intense close quarter place. It is impossible to fool the army of either side who are posted there and patrol eyeball to eyeball through the year. Most times they have a very good understanding of who exactly is responsible.
As I said, there will be payback.
There is going to be retribution. Whether we or our Sensex likes it or not. The Army is like a highly trained attack dog. You do not feed it and train it to kill just so that it can roll over and let the intruder tickle its balls when the time comes.
These will be cross LOC SF raids and targeted assassinations. The time for firing from post is long past. Yesterday's events have swung many wheels into action. On both sides.
This is not the time for invasion. Not yet. However, in the days to come, there will be multiple retaliatory strikes across the LOC.
I am afraid the forced bonhomie between the two people, here and elsewhere, will be a thing of the past for some time to come.
Pakistan is lashing out in its dying throes. It will be remembered as the land and people time forgot.
As most of those here will soon be posting from the US or UK or Europe.
The confluence of two civilizations where the manthan proved that its not only cream or nectar that rises to the top.