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What are the alternatives? We effectively dismantled all our intelligence operations by 1997 in neighbouring countries. Vajpayee banned RAW from action against foreign countries.
What do you expect? A full blown war? I am all for it, just free our hands of no first use policy, because the moment we ingress 15 kms into Punjab, the nukes will come .....
So, what do you suggest?
A limited strike in P0K?
We can do that ... but the political capital we loose? Is it worth it?
What we can do .. is target raise the costs for Pakistan which is forced to act against these groups on its soil
I think limited strike in PHK is warranted - Yes we will loose political capital and may be some investors will put out too.
In the long run though it establishes red lines and precedents. I am no fan of aggressive military posturing but then if we don't establish costs then it our lack of action acts like a positive incentive for other sides to keep pushing. However if they meet a brick wall - may be they will stop? Either way we don't know until we try it.
I agree with @Abingdonboy here - any response has to be documented in public domain - unsanctioned ops are unlikely to have the same effect and in absence of Indian ownership can be spun away by the other side to keep up the moral.
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