India, May 18 -- Despite the Western media's attempt to equate India and Pakistan in terms of military capability, Islamabad quite literally begged for US intervention after New Delhi struck the Nur Khan air base in the heart of Pakistan with missiles on the morning of May 10, alongside an imminent Indian Navy attack on the Karachi naval port.

That the Modi government chose not to escalate further after the Rawalpindi strike was simply because Pakistan is no match for India.

Pakistan's capitulation was evident from the frenzied attempts by US Secretary of State Marco Rubio to reach his counterparts, S Jaishankar and Ajit Doval, on the morning of May 10.

While the Nur Khan air base was hit hard by Indian missiles in the early hours, Pak...