Your rest of the argument isn’t bad, except the part I have quoted above.
Op BuM was a dud. The reasons have been discussed to death.
Calls for a ceasefire weren’t from a position of weakness as purported by many posters. India had offered a ceasefire as early as 7th May. The day after they had lost fighters as a gesture of not escalating. Munir and Co, decided against it and launched BuM. What did they achieve in that?
All claims of success of BuM are circumstantial. S400 destroyed, C2 nod attacked and other damages are based on, so and so said this and that, it means this.
Sorry, these may be good for believers but not for those who seek evidence based BDA. There is non for BuM.
Optics for loosing aircraft are far bigger. Hence, I do grant it to Pakistan. IAF blundered on day one.
But, attempts to make it only one sided?
No one thought that Pakistan wouldn’t respond. It responded with BuM. Did BuM cause a dent? Because 7th May wasn’t BuM, but a tactical response to Sindoor.