Yes nice !
You lost more than us , we were the aggressors then , dear ... If you had crossed the LOC and cut off the supply lines that would reduced your causalities in half according to your own defense experts/analysts ... What stopped you then ?
Do not tell me you were naive enough not to realize it afterwards ... Yeah that is the point , kid ... The nukes ! You were telling us how nukes didn't stop Indians from retaking their land , forgetting that no one dared cross the LOC to Northern Areas because of !
Oh , I wont ... Check the Kargil thread ...
After 1947, most attacks on the Northern Border have been about 'capturing Kashmir or wresting it out of Indian control, as you may like to call it'. None of the attacks have achieved that Goal. Militancy was used as a strategic tool and it backfired and you're losing kith and kin on daily basis. No doubt, we lost 20 years of peace and peace is still not completely there in valley, but it has come up a long way from the days of late 90's and early 2000's.
Kargil peaks were captured to control the Leh highway - Though I could never understand what the hell were your planners thinking. Your administration ended up disowning the bodies of your fallen as not their own ad you still don't control the highway. Other than being disgraceful, it was an avoidable loss.
So, fact is, after Indian intervention in the "erstwhile" princely state of J&K, Pakistan hasn't been able to take anything more from J&K (Except taking the peace away; if you want credit for something). Yes, it has succeeded in spreading terrorism in the valley, though you suffer more from it today than us. You give it any twist, the facts remain there.
Having said that, I must also have the gumption to admit that our Politicians have been rather weak at being aggressive. Our administration has been super poor at managing our soldiers at times and that led to us losing men for avoidable reasons. We lost soldiers in Kargil and we did lose some to poor planning of our planners, some to the 'hitting from the hills-busting the ground' challenge of Kargil hills and some simply because attrition and losses are a part of any battle. Fact also is that we were attacked, we were found 'un-prepared' and then 'under-prepared' when we were faced with the reality of the infiltration. So, personally, I see that India 'letting something like Kargil happen' itself as very shameful. We paid heavy price for it, recovered the area and painted Pakistan as the aggressor'. Net result - Stupid mistakes, big losses and consolitory victory (as letting it happen itself was a big lapse, as I see it). But what did you guys gain? Anyways those discussions will never end, I guess.
Any updates on the ALC from the other side's press? Is it generally peaceful with small skirmishes or too frequent firing being reported?