In this crowded space when many Generals & other accomplished security experts, like television anchors and page 3 socialites, are offering security advice, in the aftermath of the Uri attack, when cross-border militants killed 18 Indian soldiers, here are some steps that just might help strategically.
1. Stop jingoism designed to play to the gallery
"Covert" Ops are not announced like TV programs, though TV channels undoubtedly want to be the “First to announce” "Covert" attacks.
These operations based in TV studios are designed to get them Television Rating Points and celebrity status. Most TV anchors, politicians & some Generals will fight until the last drop of blood.
Doesn’t help strategically or even tactically.
Keeping the enemy on tenterhooks is far better than a few skirmishes. It forces the Pakistani Army to stay on high alert (huge cost & stress on formations) and forces dilution of troops in their Western border with Afghanistan – thus easing Pakistani pressure on pro-India factions in Afghanistan, allowing them time and space to consolidate and gain momentum.
Keeping Pakistani troops committed in their Eastern border for months, awaiting the anticipated retaliation, is far worse for them than actually carrying out a few raids.
2. Recognise that there are three Pakistans: Pakistani Army, Pakistani politicians & Pakistani people
Devise three different strategies for each faction.
Pakistani Generals want to continue ruling the longest running military dictatorship in the world.
(Pakistan has been a military state since just two years after their independence.
Consider this. Their current Prime Minister when he was Prime Minister last time – sacked the military chief while the latter was mid-air.
Before Pervez Musharraf’s aircraft landed, Nawaz Sharif was deposed, and Musharraf was President of Pakistan. Despite being ousted and charged with nothing less than treason, General Musharraf gallivants the world and even visits India as the chief guest of summits.
If that doesn’t tell you what the real leadership institution of Pakistan is, then stop reading this post and read Alice in Wonderland instead.
3. Generals run Pakistan not their Prime Minister or the politicians.
Recognise which Sharif to apply pressure on. Army Chief Raheel controls Prime Minister Nawaz, not the other way round.
Pakistani Generals are part-time soldiers & full time businessmen. Attack their business interests. Hit Pakistan commercially. Map every export of Pakistan and every market they sell to. Subsidise own products in those markets and undercut the pricing in such a way that Pakistani farmers and small businesses feel the squeeze.
For the cost of less than few fighter aircrafts, India can devastate Pakistan’s commodity export economy.
Leverage India’s global buying power & tell the world they have to choose between Indian or Pakistani market access. They can’t have both.
Every multinational corporation operating in India should get the same message from the government, corporations, and private citizens. Choose where you want to do your business. India or Pakistan.
Now the government may have some challenges in implementing such a strategy because that’s contrary to world free trade agreements, but what stops citizens from boycotting every McDonalds, Coke, Pepsi, Honda, Vodafone, Unilever etc with the simple caveat. If you do business in Pakistan, forget about our wallet shares.
Instead of jingoism on WhatsApp, forgo your Coke. That’s far more effective. You don’t need divisions to wage a war. You can start becoming a warrior yourself!
4. You don’t need to use weapons to win a war. You just need to buy them instead
India is the largest weapons-buying country in the world. This is not because we are arming ourselves suddenly, it is because most of our equipment is now "end of life" cycle and we are replenishing them.
This means that entire asse
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