There will be no wake up call and there will be no worthwhile work carried out.
@Areesh is absolutely correct here. All these non sense "ops underway" thing is an eye wash and a way for people to relieve them of the responsibility from the fact that they failed to act when it was the time to do so. I do not forget these attacks and neither should anybody for whom the lives of every soldier or citizen matter here. Does anyone remember the ambush on OGDCL convoy on Coastal Highway in 2020? The HD video that came out? The same guys who carried out the attack in broad day light captured visuals of those Bells and Seakings flying aimlessly. I am cent percent sure this one is no different.
Its business as usual for everybody. When all you prefer to get on your desk is a situation report that 10 soldiers lost their lives, Its merely another paper print out and a stat for you.
Frankly, I miss the time of RS when that guy never missed a single funeral prayer of a soldier who died in combat under his watch. Might be too much to ask of a 4 star but it actually must have given him the realisation that he has lost a solider for whom he is ultimately responsible. RS kept a framed picture of 144 kids martyred at APS Peshawar on his desk for the entire time that he remained in command. That's focus and priority for you.
Granted that there are ops conducted and terrorists neutralised and optics may be different when they hit back at us but the fact of the matter remains that in low intensity / counter insurgency / sub conventional warfare rule number one is to degrade the enemy's will to mount such audacious attacks. If you cannot break their will you are not doing your job. All other winning hearts & minds will come in later and much after you make it costly for these people even to assemble such attacks. Galula is everybody's favourite but nobody has the mind to actually implement Counter Insurgency in the heat.
About the blame game, granted there are safe havens for them on the other side of borders be it Iran or Afg but what about when they are on this side? How about when 40 50 terrorists are assembling to carry out an attack? How does that not get caught in any C4ISR net? Is it because the mechanism is flawed or does it even exist? That is what is needed to be done and stop blaming the other countries when we cannot dominate our own land. These reactionary ops gimmicks wont do any good besides just wasting fuel and toil of those undertaking it.
P.S. The debate over Army and FC troops being separate is also flawed. They may be different outfits having different internal dynamics owing to organisational culture of the troops but FC is under complete operational control of the Army. Where, when and how it is supposed to deploy and operate is dictated under overall plan of the army. It can be said that the level of training, equipment and motivation may be different for FC and Army but their employment is dictated by senior mil leadership.
