Hi,
For once---why don't you clearly state what needs to be done---rather than live on sarcastic comments most of the time---.
Because unlike many, I don’t claim to be an expert in every matter just because I can get ten online kids to say “Jay sq8 ki” to get validation.
I also don’t make simpleton statements like “PAF are cowards” because either I know them much better in that particular field to pass blanket statements do or I trust experts who do.
I do have a penchant for sarcasm, I blame it on having a taste for British comedy but it’s better than using CAPS lock or making trumpian statements based on a single sentence I read elsewhere or heard somewhere.
I wont step into the domain of a tactical fighter leader unless I have thoroughly read up on the subject, had a chance to either practice it or at least have some portion of my learning validated by an actual subject matter expert.
Alhamdulillah, I have been slowly but surely granted to wisdom to also know that if I worked in a field ten years ago it doesn’t mean my ideas are still valid - I need to ask someone I know who still lives in it because they are ages ahead now.
I know enough 70’s immigrant Buddhas who think that their experience of the world is just as valid today as it was in 1985 and then get their slap around to know how far things have moved on.Those I respect are the ones who truly moved with the times, understand today’s realities and then think before making statements instead of harping on the same tune - I have learned from them to know when I am doing the same.
So bade mian, despite your “hawai fire” statements which people who reflect the same “I heard it on whatsapp” mentality are swallowing - I know that despite of the many shortcomings the PAF faces from its internal factors - many, many of which are highlighted by its own “heroes” who work to keep the valued and edge afloat; it had done relatively ok when compared to the rest of the nation. Are they corrupt people? Yes, like all organizations - are there cowards? Yes, like all fighting armies from the days of Uhud and before. You have plenty of books and testimonials available on what sort of leadership “rape” has been done. But to sum it up as the PAF in entirety as some blanket proof is to throw the baby out with the bathwater.
ACdre Sajjad writies in his book of how in 65 our former’s PM’s father literally sat on his butt and left golden opportunities to waste. But then he also cites a foolhardy attack on an Indian airfield using an expensively modified Elint F-104 just because some paper pusher wanted glory.
I am satirical because I have taken a break from hope for Pakistan - because from my limited perspective they are still making the same mistakes your generation made that got us here in the first place. Most people, including yourself and trust that with my life want what is best for Pakistan. But these are limited perspectives which if left without the right people advising and the right guidance will destroy the country.
I will never in my right mind argue with you on sales, dealership functions and dynamics or automotive vehicles because that is what you have lived and breathed for the last many decades and would wipe the floor with me trying to argue with it. Plenty of other subjects you know closely as well, but I would take a peck at someone who claims that Pakistani R&D is the best or useless, because for whatever limited time I have lived in it. The same goes for systems integration or Project management because that is where I live and I can wipe floors if needed. I would argue fighters with a arty man but would not dare so with even a sq commander because they live in that world - at the least I wouldn’t be the fool to say to then “you are cowards, you don’t know anything “
The biggest problem with Pakistanis is that they all think they are gods gift to earth on their own - without realizing that its a collective that when combined is the real god’s gift to earth.
When the luftwaffe attacked, many British flyers
also had shell shock, panic and bugged out. But it was flight leaders and aces that made the day along with the countless observers and radar operators to guide them.
A JF-17 , a F-16 didn’t go into Indian territory to outsmart them on their own turf. A Saab 2000 AEW which is otherwise useless in a dogfight provided the picture , A Falcon 20 business jet blinded the enemy,constant elint and humint reports built a picture in AHQ, the vipers Ew, the Mirage’s long fangs.. all of it combined worked.
If(as you allege even though we have it on video record that clearances to engage were coming from AHQ) someone chickened out - there were a hundred factors including the situational awareness that had them making that decision.
It wasn’t one person that made or ruined the day, and if it was one person then their actions were a result of their training that began from their first day in school.
Bye
