It’s interesting and instructive how modern communication technologies – twitter feed, real time video – just fail to cut through the fog that keeps the most relevant information from reaching the people most directly affected by wars; especially early on.

Just like human progress that enabled space travel and artificial intelligence could do nothing to curb man’s ancient urge to fight and kill over flag and fiction, the information superhighway, too, has only flooded the world with more misinformation than information; made it easier to dress propaganda as truth.

That is why even the clearest assessments of how the new Pak-India war is unfolding must be presented with lots of ifs and buts, and still read with a lot of caution.

So, if it is true that India suffered disproportionate damage in first exchange, then you can be sure that it wasn’t the last and talk of quick de-escalation is also misinformation. The idea that both sides can claim victory and wrap it up........

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