Loud Thinking

By the sheer Mercy of Allah (SWT), I state with unwavering conviction: Pakistan has more than avenged the deep scars of 1971 and the Siachen betrayal of 1984.

In the historic four-day war of May 25, our armed forces delivered a decisive response — striking with precision, resolve, and restraint. Over half a dozen Indian Air Force jets, including four confirmed Rafales, were brought down. Two highly vaunted S-400 air defense systems were reduced to ashes — and all this was accomplished without crossing our own borders.

This article of the The WIRE titled “Op Sindoor: Have We Trapped Ourselves in the Stunted Imagination of Our Rulers? Link:- ( https://m.thewire.in/article/world/diplomacy/op-sindoor-have-we-trapped-ourselves-in-the-stunted-imagination-of-our-rulers )

rightly offers resounding praise to the leadership of Field Marshal and Chief of Army Staff, Syed Asim Munir, whose strategic brilliance and unwavering faith inspired a national resurgence.

And as the following paragraphs reveal, the Indian leadership has been left in utter disarray — politically, militarily, and psychologically — their narratives shattered, their confidence visibly broken.

• What a colossal misreading of the enemy and his state of preparedness, worse even than Jawaharlal Nehru’s misjudgment about the Chinese intentions in 1962.

• On one side was a mean and lean general – mocked in our media as a jihadi – whose decision-making was guided by unsentimental, cold analysis, and unburdened with any “image.” On our side was an ageing leadership, frozen in its own self-exaltation and in thrall of violence irrespective of military wisdom. The “Rawalpindi” brass had sized up Modi correctly – that he would not be able to resist the clamour for “revenge” from his own constituency – and so the Pakistan Air Force was ready with a robust response.

Syed Nayyar Uddin Ahmad

Lahore.

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13^th July 2025 nayyarahmad51@gmail.com The writer is a senior corporate leader and strategic analyst. His thought-provoking visionary insights have reshaped global discourse, capturing the attention of world leaders. His writings have not only resonated with heads of state and governments but have also influenced the foreign policies of the United States and other major powers.