Why India is annoyed by its ceasefire with Pakistan
America’s intervention irked India’s leadership and many of its people
NARENDRA MODI, India’s prime minister, sounded as defiant as he did triumphant in speaking to the nation two days after a ceasefire with Pakistan. India’s four-day military operation, he said on May 12th, established a “new normal” for responding to terrorist attacks, such as last month’s one in Kashmir. India had only paused that operation and would carefully monitor Pakistan’s actions in the coming days. In future, India would not differentiate between terrorists and the government that supports them. Nor would it bow to nuclear blackmail.
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