The only deterrence I can think of is having our assets in Pakistan (if we have them) carry out something similar against upper middle class in Lahore, DHA types.
Why are we shell shocked.
These types of events will continue to happen as long as Pakistan exists as a unitary state and its military/Army/intelligence apparatus stays intact.
A BJP Government cannot totally stop it.
Neither can a Congress Government stop it.
Why.Because the cost is still not high enough.
The Pakistan state and its Army are willing to bear the costs imposed by India.
At the risk of sounding like a parrot, unless we do salami slicing into POK and capture a few Sq.kms of territory after every major terrorist attack (which under no circumstances should be returned ),the Pakistan state will not feel permanent pain.
It is not an panacea to all our problems but there is a high chance it may work.
This attack of a religious nature is meant to inflame passions.
'See,we are killing Hindus and you can't do anything '
Of course, it was pre planned and the question is
Was Pakistan acting alone or was the Pakistani whore state acting at the behest of some other bigger power .
The powers which can weild influence on the Pakistan Army and the ISI are mainly the US, Russia and China.
I sincerely hope that the Russians in their attempt to dislodge an supposedly pro Western BJP Government have not started becoming openly anti Hindu.
The Chinese hostility to India is not hidden and everybody knows that there are anti Hindu groups in the US which include the extreme right wing Christian Evangelists and sections of the Pentagon.
An communal attack timed to coincide with the Swearing in of a new Government means that a political message is also being sent.
Nonetheless since an religious target was chosen, an retaliation targeting Pakistani Muslims is probably justified.
Now,attacks on Mosques in Pakistan is nothing new.
So the targets should be Sunni Mosques in the Cantonment areas of Islamabad and Rawalpindi.
Mosques frequently visited by serving Pak servicemen.
An suicide bomber with an explosive jacket having sufficient quantity of RDX mixed with large number of ball bearings/nails should detonate during peak crowd time. Or an IED with the required explosive charge should be smuggled inside the Mosques and either an timer detonation or a remote control detonation should be effected.
I reckon the deaths would cross a hundred Sunni Muslims.
I guess the Pakistan Army and the Pakistan state will feel the pain.
Undoubtedly.
For the timid people in our country, yes Pakistan will retaliate. But we should keep on increasing the costs through our counter attacks until they see reason and sue for peace.
We are a far bigger country with more resources.
No way the Porks can win.
