India too has suffered many casualties and destruction and so it is not right for some to frame this was 5 Indian planes vs Pakistani civilians. And I know some PDF members are paddling a certain narrative and that's for their domestic political needs: They just don't stop and when some of us push back the mods jump in. They should stop their non-sense and go to some political thread on PDF instead!
I too have thought along those lines and see some merit in that. But I don't think India has learned the lesson for long term yet. Maybe they will be quiet for the next 5-6 years and then try again; the Indian over-reaction to Pahalgam suggests long term goals against Pakistan. I think Pakistan should take the initiative and take back IoK. This time, India is more isolated than ever on the international support for this conflict, the Kashmiris in IoK are more alienated than ever, the Chinese are sitting on top of Ladakh, the Sikhs in Indian Punjab and even in the Indian military have questionable loyalty toward India and, above all, Pakistanis for the first time WANT a war against India because the decades old Indian blackmail has forced Pakistanis to.