Basically this. We can even say that if we to this day have the Kashmir issue then its due to that very moment and the blame should go to ayub. Its funny how such stupidity can turn the tables completely. The fall of akhnur could have opened so many venues. Indira got it right. We lacked the balls. Strategic thinking makes that simple move one of the biggest military blunders in the history of Pakistan. One can say what's done is done but that only applies if we have learned from it and I don't think we have.
Quite frankly it is something that should be taught in schools. This will actually help future military officers in learning how such small blunders can change the face of wars and how they must not be repeated.
Good that it was posted. When we talk about 1965 we only speak about the defensive war. We don't speak about the offensive on akhnur. This should be taught in schools. The entirety of it. How it began and where it went wrong rather than stories about white men on horses brandishing heavenly swords.
