NEW DELHI: Pakistan ran like a "scared dog with its tail between its legs to secure a ceasefire" after India thwarted its missile and drone attacks, said Michael Rubin a former Pentagon official. He acknowledged India's precision attack on terror hideouts and infrastructure in Pakistan and PoK and said that it was able to blunt Pakistan's response following the recent strikes.
Talking to news agency ANI, he said that Pakistan and its army cannot shield itself from the truth that it "lost very, very badly."
When asked about Operation Sindoor launched by India on May 7, Rubin said, "India won this both diplomatically and militarily. The reason why India won diplomatically is all attention is now on Pakistan's terrorist sponsorship."
On the officials of Pakistan's armed forces attending the funeral of terrorists, he said, "it shows that there is no differentiation between a terrorist and a member of the ISI or the Pakistani armed forces."
'Pakistan has started every single war with India'
"Basically, the world is going to demand that Pakistan extract the rot from its own system. So, diplomatically, India changed the conversation, militarily, Pakistan is shocked."
He further said that Pakistan has initiated every single war with India and somehow convinced itself that it won even after losing them. "One thing that we can say with certainty is that Pakistan has started every single war with India and yet convinced itself that somehow it has won. It's going to be very different. to convince themselves that they won this 4-day war. The reason is. India was able to, with precision, decimate the terror headquarters and training camps," Rubin said.
"When Pakistan responded, India was able to blunt their response and then, when Pakistan continued to try to retaliate, India was able to put their airfields out of commission," he added.
'Scared dog with its tail between its legs'
He continued, "Pakistan went running to try to achieve a ceasefire like a scared dog with its tail between its legs. And the fact of the matter is, there is absolutely no spin that the Pakistani military can put on what occurred to shield themselves from the full reality of the fact that they not only lost but they lost very, very badly."
Rubin further asked, is Asim Munir going to resign? "The question now, however, is what Pakistan will do next. Clearly, there's a problem within the Pakistani military, both because it's a cancer on Pakistani society and because, as a military, it's incompetent and so is Asim Munir going to keep his job? Is the ego of Pakistani generals going to trump the future strength and well-being of all of Pakistani society? Basically, Pakistan needs to clean house, but it's an open question whether they are too far gone to do that," he added.
Indian armed forces on May 7 launched Operation Sindoor in response to Pahalgam terror attack on April 22, which claimed lives of 26 people. The armed forces targeted terror infrastructure in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, leading to the death of over 100 terrorists affiliated with terror outfits like the Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM), Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and Hizbul Mujahideen (HM).
After Operation Sindoor, Pakistan started crossborder shelling across the Line of Control and Jammu and Kashmir. It attempted several missile and drone attacks along the border regions. India strongly retaliated and damaged radar infrastructure, communication centres and airfields across airbases in Pakistan. India and Pakistan reached an understanding on the cessation of hostilities on May 10.
Talking to news agency ANI, he said that Pakistan and its army cannot shield itself from the truth that it "lost very, very badly."
When asked about Operation Sindoor launched by India on May 7, Rubin said, "India won this both diplomatically and militarily. The reason why India won diplomatically is all attention is now on Pakistan's terrorist sponsorship."
#WATCH | Washington, DC | On India-Pakistan conflict, former Pentagon official and a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, Michael Rubin, says, "...Pakistan went running to try to achieve a ceasefire like a scared dog with its tail between its legs. There is… pic.twitter.com/KxedVCO5Dd
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On the officials of Pakistan's armed forces attending the funeral of terrorists, he said, "it shows that there is no differentiation between a terrorist and a member of the ISI or the Pakistani armed forces."
'Pakistan has started every single war with India'
"Basically, the world is going to demand that Pakistan extract the rot from its own system. So, diplomatically, India changed the conversation, militarily, Pakistan is shocked."
He further said that Pakistan has initiated every single war with India and somehow convinced itself that it won even after losing them. "One thing that we can say with certainty is that Pakistan has started every single war with India and yet convinced itself that somehow it has won. It's going to be very different. to convince themselves that they won this 4-day war. The reason is. India was able to, with precision, decimate the terror headquarters and training camps," Rubin said.
"When Pakistan responded, India was able to blunt their response and then, when Pakistan continued to try to retaliate, India was able to put their airfields out of commission," he added.
'Scared dog with its tail between its legs'
He continued, "Pakistan went running to try to achieve a ceasefire like a scared dog with its tail between its legs. And the fact of the matter is, there is absolutely no spin that the Pakistani military can put on what occurred to shield themselves from the full reality of the fact that they not only lost but they lost very, very badly."
Rubin further asked, is Asim Munir going to resign? "The question now, however, is what Pakistan will do next. Clearly, there's a problem within the Pakistani military, both because it's a cancer on Pakistani society and because, as a military, it's incompetent and so is Asim Munir going to keep his job? Is the ego of Pakistani generals going to trump the future strength and well-being of all of Pakistani society? Basically, Pakistan needs to clean house, but it's an open question whether they are too far gone to do that," he added.
Indian armed forces on May 7 launched Operation Sindoor in response to Pahalgam terror attack on April 22, which claimed lives of 26 people. The armed forces targeted terror infrastructure in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, leading to the death of over 100 terrorists affiliated with terror outfits like the Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM), Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and Hizbul Mujahideen (HM).
After Operation Sindoor, Pakistan started crossborder shelling across the Line of Control and Jammu and Kashmir. It attempted several missile and drone attacks along the border regions. India strongly retaliated and damaged radar infrastructure, communication centres and airfields across airbases in Pakistan. India and Pakistan reached an understanding on the cessation of hostilities on May 10.
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