The worst part for me is how quick Indians are to disown their own troops every time they get captured.
Can you imagine fighting for your country with meager salaries, barely any respect, improper food and clothing and then also being disowned whenever you lose or get captured.
It was the same when Abhinandan got shot down, they instantly started saying “IAF doesn’t allow facial hair like that so he isn’t our pilot”, it wasn’t until IAF finally confirmed that he was an Indian pilot did they believe it. Some hero he was to the Indians before that. Now the same people that were disowning him worship him like a Demigod.
It was the same when Yadav got captured. Took until India finally started fighting his case that they admitted he was even Indian.
And now these guys, Indians are coming up with all sorts of excuses online, “his hair is 2cm longer”, “he has different colored boots”, “his patches are missing”. Just thinking of any way to disown the troops to avoid humiliation.
And then they wonder why the Indian defense forces have some of the highest desertion and suicide rates in the world. Good on Indian for owning its heroes, I hope they do that in an actual war too and see how long they last when every defeat and every POW is disowned.
The IA, IAF and IN don’t even disowned these guys themselves, because they know the truth, that these guys are indeed their own troops, but they can’t admit it out of utter humiliation. If they were indeed fake photos, don’t you think the IA would actually come forward and say that or try to prove it? Unless the IA likes to get humiliated, it’s the biggest proof that they are in-fact, Indians.
But then again, given IAs history in basically any conflict since 1947, the Indian top brass going “Someone is humiliating us again?! Great, we love that!” Wouldn’t be out of the question.
