Myth about winning 1965 War

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Re: Myth about winning 1965 War

@ehsan

Jitnay munh utnee baatein but one thing comes out of all these articles, Pakistan did not badly lose the war, at best it was a draw but the fact that we stood up and defended our country against overwhelming odds was a victory. If Pakistan failed to capture Kashmir, India also failed to have tea in Lahore gymkhana which their generals were going to have within hours of crossing the Lahore border.

Its good that we are living in an era, where this ‘jitne munh itni baaten’ can be practiced. Otherwise, the old generations were provided daily dose of government lies saying ‘sab acha hai, hum jeet rahe hain’ and next day ‘its all over’.

The OPs article is right enough that popular version of history told to public (whether through text books or media) is not reliable. There remained huge censorship policy for the people who want to talk alternate history. Even Hamood u Rehman Commission report remained unpublished for decades. Wusatullah Khan’s column in my post above, also refer to a 600+ pages thesis on 1965 by a retired general, which could not be published. This says all about our willingness to hear and truth.

For us, all the sources which boost our bloody ego are bible and anything telling alternate history is bu11****.

We did missed our target (Kashmir) in 1965 and Kashmiris have sacrificed their 3-4 generations, but still the matter is unresolved. What victory we are celebrating? Is it poverty that dances on both sides of the border or is it dearth of basic necessities in so called nuclear states that we are proud of?

@phoenixdesi

Refrain from personal attacks pls and focus on the discussion.

Mere Bhai, it seems you never read Miyan Muhammad Bux saying ‘keekar te angoor chaRhya’. Demanding civilized discussion without personal attacks from certain posters in PA is like ‘bhens ke aage been bajana’.