Pakistan was in the state of shock for hours and couldn't manage to issue a press release even after six hours after Abettabad. Clearly, Pakistan was not prepared for what happened, it was caught napping and when it woke-up, it has two clear choices, either to save its nose i.e. reputation or save its ass, i.e. its future. Very cleverly and rightly it choose to save its ass and did not accepted responsibility for Abettabad. Because if it had said that they were involved in it, their own people would have thrown their leaders in Arabian Sea. In their attempt to check the tide of emotions which would have sank already in trouble Islamabad and it's economy they had no choice but to do what they did.
However, I'm more interested in what happened during that mission, if because I don't think that US military will insert its choppers without any armed and credible air support that deep in a hostile air space. Hostile in the sense that Pakistan armed forces were not aware of any such action and hence had every right to respond to any threat to their country especially when it is arising from a place which is so close to its nuclear facilities, national capital, HQ's of three regiments and national military academy.
In case US choppers had to face their own weapons i.e. F-16's, it would have been hard for them to exit safely. Thus, presence of few raptor's or few such USAF fighter jet's in Pakistan airspace should not surprise anyone. However it may never get confirmed by either side, because it will raise anger amongst the people of Pakistan on the grounds of breach of sovereignty, which is quite fair on their part.
Whatever it may be, some of it will surface in future and some will stay under the surface forever. However it was the best time for Indian armed forces to take a swift action against wanted's such as Dawood etc. and make merry, but given the spineless approach of GOI it's an opportunity which half dead politicians in Delhi can't realize.
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