India Launches Missile Strikes in Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir: Questions Raised Over Motive and Impact

 

India Launches Missile Strikes in Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir: Questions Raised Over Motive and Impact

May 6, 2025 – New Delhi/Islamabad

Today, India launched nine missile strikes on locations in Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir (POK). According to government sources, the strikes were aimed at terrorist training camps. According to just about everyone else, the targets were already empty. So, either the terrorists got lucky, or someone in New Delhi just wanted a flashy light show before elections in Bihar.

Western reports suggest the camps were cleared out days before the strike—meaning the only things India might have bombed were empty bunkers and maybe a couple of goats. It's almost as if someone tipped them off. Or—and here's a wild thought—maybe this was never about actual terrorists to begin with.

The timing, coincidentally (or not), comes right after the devastating terrorist attack in Pahalgam. That attack, now confirmed to have been preceded by intelligence warnings three days in advance, went unprevented because apparently, someone in Delhi thought “alert” meant “ignore and proceed with routine incompetence.” Security was actually reduced in the area. But don’t worry—no one in the Home Ministry has been held accountable. They're likely busy preparing campaign speeches or taking extended naps.

And yet, instead of fixing the intelligence mess or admitting that something went terribly wrong, the Modi government thought, “Why not launch some missiles?” Because nothing says “strong leadership” like bombing empty buildings and then acting like you just saved the nation.

Now, reports suggest civilians may have been killed in these strikes—something the government hasn’t confirmed, denied, or even acknowledged. But if true, it would turn this from a political stunt into something far uglier: a tragedy sold as strength. And if Pakistan only responds with loud statements and no military action, it’ll confirm what many already suspect—this was less about national security and more about election strategy.

In real counter-terror operations—like the U.S. hunt for Osama bin Laden—you wait, gather intel, confirm your targets, and then strike. You don’t rush into action with TV cameras rolling and party flags waving. But that requires patience, competence, and actual concern for results—none of which have been hallmarks of the current government.

As always, Modi’s administration will likely flood the airwaves with chest-thumping rhetoric and patriotic hashtags. But if innocent people have died, and no terrorists were hit, this wasn’t a show of power. It was a moral failure dressed up as a military operation.

One can only hope the government eventually tells the nation who they were after, why now, and what exactly they think they accomplished—besides giving Modi one more thing to yell about in his next rally.