The failure of Ops Gibraltar was due to stupid planning and presumptions of your Army. Such operations can’t be launched thinking that spontaneous uprising will take place without any prior coordination.
Really? A think tank saying this? You are trying to lay failure of your Kargil misadventure on Kashmiris? It was complete failure of your army again.They didn’t even inform your Airforce and the Navy about it. And you were expecting Kashimirs going around with their lives to suddenly wake up and launch an attack?
It has been an utter failure of the Paksiatn Army to understand the situation in Kashmir and has made multiple blunders in the past. And like all its failures they have laid the blame on Kashmiris. They have never accepted any failure ever and have always palmed it off to others including Bangladesh.
Eqauting Kashmir with Palestine is incorrect in many ways. Kashmiris have equal rights like all other Indians, unlike the situation in Palestine. That itself makes the situation vastly different. They have full freedom to pursue any activity as they wish including joining the highest jobs and the best of professions. Palestinians have been displaced from their homes and moved to ghettos which is the biggest difference between the two conflicts. The list of differences is very long.
The comments of many members equating it to Palestine situation shows lack of understanding and nuances of the same.
I am very happy because an adversary with poor understanding of a situation is the best adversary to have.
The Hurriyat was the best money making scheme, if we look at it deeply
The separatist leaders themselves murdered any chance of Kashmir secession. They started with American funds at the start (US Institute of peace, head Robert Oakley), then Pakistani funds and Indian funds too.
This is all in addition, to external funds through hawala and collections from locals. They took money and made noise, got their kith and kin plush govt jobs as well. Lot of current govt employees are related directly or indirectly, to people involved in terrorism.
https://economictimes.indiatimes.co...secret-fund/articleshow/70580438.cms?from=mdr
The above is just a tip of iceberg
Now this is my feeling and have no source for it, I think RAW has infiltrated the movement long back. Using money, benefits and sometimes punishment it managed to steer the movement slowly away from secession.
We are no Russia who will storm a movie theatre to kill all terrorists, and gas hostages as well. No Israel either who has the backing of US, to go to town on Palestine. So we did what we could, and must say managed things not that badly.
Signalian isn't wrong actually, when he calls out Kashmiris for sitting on asses. Any secessionist movement needs local support, and they (Pakistanis) did get some initially. Only our boys managed to dilute it, before anything serious could happen.