Sufficient evidence now exists on Balakot air strikes to come to a logical conclusion | ep 129

In this episode of Cut the Clutter, Shekhar Gupta talks about the Balakot air strikes and why we can now come to a logical conclusion on what happened

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[klasgroup]

On 3 occasions reporters of Reuters were not allowed to visit the spot in Balakot, enough evidence that bombings did happen

[rahuldunakhe]

When we can shoot down a satellite moving at 7.5 km per second from the surface of the earth..dont you think its stupid to even think we can miss a stationary object..

[ashwinisidhanti]

My faith in Indian defense increased to many folds. What they said is what the evidence say. Great job Indian army. Proud of you. Keep us safe 👍

[parthap]

Denial is the Usual Thing - Pakistan Denied any Involvement of 26/11, later Nawaz Shariff confirmed it

[MuhammadAli-rdys]

No one can stop me from loving Indians. Indians are brave and cut through propoganda. More strength to you Sir.

[nkbrahm]

It's been more than a month now.. why has Pak not allowed international media on ground zero at balakote till date?? Why is the cleaning up taking place so long

[alkoxy]

Sir I cannot thank you enough for doing these videos. Everybody sees the news, fake, real and ridiculous. How to interpret the news is something that nobody is taught and a skill that everybody needs. Thank you for your service !

[udayrathod]

Modi claim such strike than questioning him makes sense but when Airforce chief claims it there should not be any questions.

[dipakdasgupta]

Pakistan PM Imran Khan himself admitted that some major damage has been done at Balacot. He told India trying to do something more dangerous than Balacot.

Whatever lies Pakistan may say but it's a fact that an F 16 was shot down and they lost a pilot. Initially they said they captured 2 pilots but later they said they captured 1 pilot. So where is the 2nd pilot?

[paragjyotideka]

Congratulations for having your name on ED chargesheet!

[sadenb]

We are proud of our IAF and army. We are proud of the current government for having the political will to make conventional weapons relevant again

[nrusimha]

Very nice analysis, particularly about the F-16 shoot down.

[piyushkant]

Their Claim On Two Pilot being Cought Convinently Establishes The Fact that They Lost One F16 . Like You Can't Go Wrong In Counting When There Are Only Two Pilot To Count.

[RAFAAAAAA]

Seen enough of your journalistic acumen for the past many years now to believe your analysis on this subject ...Thanks for that.

[stankitzz]

comes to toes, jumps slightly, goes back and repeat

[sasidharankarthikeyan]

You can question media and government claims; not trigonometry.

[able]

This is one of those rare moments when Shekhar Gupta has impressed us with an accuate, well substantiated piece of journalism! kudos, and hope this continues, especially on matters military.

[firozosman]

In war, truth is the first casualty.
Aeschylus

[ishangoyalpec]

Thanks for the dispassionate and detailed analysis. One thing I believe you should add is a huge shout out to Indian Government and Armed Forces because 1) During the whole incident, they did not rush out to provide half-baked facts. 2) It turns out that everything they said was complete truth without omission or exaggeration.
I say this because at no point was a number claimed by the government on the number of terrorists killed. Secondly, they acknowledged that one of their planes went down and the pilot was missing. Lastly, they claimed to have shot down one Pakistani F-16 based on certain evidence. As someone who was extremely worried about my side furnishing wrong or embellished arguments, this makes me very proud.

[kmrao]

What is relevant is for the first time Indian Political establishment under Modiji has shown some spine and displayed guts to hit back Pakistan. Secondly, it has made clear to Pakistan that it would not be business as usual and in case of any repeat, there will be consequences.