India is claiming victory over Pakistan in this 4 day war. But it seems that only the Indians are celebrating. No other country is celebrating with the Indians. And the Indians are angry, especially with the French and the Americans, their closest allies. One sold them the world's best fighter aircraft. One goaded the Indians into this war with promises of help and support. India is also very angry with the western countries and media. Why?
The French have all the interest to want to announce that the Rafales shot down the Chinese aircraft. But they did not. They acknowledged that the J10 Cs knocked down the Rafales, a self admission, an embarrassment. There is no good reason for the French to admit such disappointing news if the Rafales were not shot down, or better, the Rafales shot down the J10 C or JF17. There is no reason for the French to want to lie to put down their customer, India. And very likely the French have their own monitoring system to track the Rafales' wellbeing.
And the Americans also had to claim that the Rafales were shot down. How could the Americans say this? Aren't they the ally of the Indians, and very good at fabricating fake news to show their good side or the good side of their ally, India. The least the Indians would accept was for the Americans not to tell the truth. Also, the Americans did not report of any Pakistani aircraft being shot down by the Indians. How could the Americans be so careless and callous? Why didn't the Americans say a few good words for the Indians or lie a bit to tell the world the Indians won?
Likewise, the western media were all anti China and pro India. Why are they also reporting, some blaring, that the Pakistanis shot down 6 of the Indian fighter jets? It used to be their job to rubbish and belittle China and China's allies, Pakistan. Why are they not lying but telling the truth to anger the Indians? Or why didn't they report the Indian version of the truth, that India won, that India shot down the Pakistani aircraft and all Indian aircraft were safe?
And the Paris Air Show...would it be the golden opportunity for the French to invite India to showcase the victorious battle against Pakistan using the Rafales? The Dassault company would be displaying huge banners of the kills by Rafales if indeed the Rafales did shoot down Pakistani aircraft. The French cannot be so biased and anti Indians not to tell the glorious truth in praise of India and the French aircraft company. The Paris Air Show would all be about the India Pakistan War and the great Rafale fighters. No? Why not?
What do you think?
1 comment:
Not admitting defeat is already making the world laugh. Claiming victory is an Indian trait in anything under the sun. India is an aspiring superpower and cannot be seen to be defeated.
There is now an attack in Pakistan killing a few children and being blamed on India. Of course, India denied being involved, same as what Pakistan did to distance itself from what happened in Kashmir. Who is telling the truth? Perhaps Jayant Bandari could settle the issue, having said that both India and Pakistan have the same DNA in the art of subterfuge.
Both countries are now trying to sell their propaganda to the rest of the world, sending top diplomats and leaders to argue their cause. The end to the India/Pakistan tension is not going to end soon, same as in the past. It is now a flimsy truce at best, liable to erupt at any time. The reason it cannot be settled is all rooted in religion - fanatical Hindus against hardheaded Muslims.
By the way, it has been reported that some countries have also been trying to use race and religion to sabotage the relatively cordial religious and racial harmony in Singapore. This is a route taken by countries in the past that cannot swallow the rise of countries doing better than them. To take a perfect example - USA cannot tolerate a rising China.
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