Kumar Bahukhandi
John Spencer, American warfare expert – Photo: ANI / X @SpencerGuard
After former US Army officer John Spencer’s praise of India for Operation Sindoor, now former Pentagon officer Michael Rubin’s comment on Pakistan not only exposes Pakistan’s false claims, but also shows what the global community’s stance is on Pakistan’s propaganda. For a sovereign nation, even if one does not support the words used by Rubin, it is important to understand their context.
Although Pakistan has been spreading regional instability for a long time by making terrorism a tool of its foreign policy and it has a long history of supporting terrorists, which has also been admitted by Pakistan’s Defense Minister, but the well-planned propaganda campaign launched by Pakistan against India during Operation Sindoor – which may have been foiled by India – is certainly worrisome.
In fact, the main weapon of Pakistan’s propaganda machinery is the use of lies and half-truths. Now take the statement of Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar, in which he claims that the British newspaper The Daily Telegraph called the Pakistani Air Force the undisputed king of the sky, while this claim was based on a picture created by AI.
Earlier also, it had spread many false news like damage to our S-400 and Brahmos missile base. US President Trump’s changing statements are becoming a joke, in which now he said in Qatar that he did not mediate, but just helped in stopping the war.
On the other hand, among the American newspapers which generally have an anti-India stance, after The New York Times, now The Washington Post has also admitted that Pakistan has suffered a lot of damage in the military action, which only exposes Pakistan’s false claims. This propaganda of Pakistan is actually an attempt to hide its own weaknesses.
For Pakistan, which is struggling with economic turmoil, allegations of harbouring terrorism and internal instability, portraying India as a villain may be a convenient strategy, but it must understand that the policy of spreading instability under the guise of propaganda is not only harmful for regional peace, but it is also pushing it into a deeper crisis.
