Hegseth just met with indian def minister during Trump's APEC meeting in Korea so I imagine that Hegseth with all of his usual diplomatic tact would have told the indians to actually prove themselves worthy of further US help/aid especially after the Sindoor 1 asswhipping and the cynical conspiracy theorist in me says this could be another inside job by BJP to ignite Sindoor 2 without thinking it through and the consequences could be disastrous for everyone there.
Sindoor 2 is expected on both sides of the border. Sindoor 1 result doesn't look good for BJP, specifically it's ultra nationalist and extra-territoreal narrative it's been spewing for the past 20 years. Note also, the West appeared to dissociate from India immediately after Sindoor 1, with a huge hate movement on a public level. India has to get back to it's previous position.
I had mentioned previously that Sindoor 1 was likely instigated by the US (JD Vance strange visit to India shortly before the conflict; dozens of US military cargo flights moving to India from Qatar, and other geopolitical reasons). This was supposed to be a Western testing of India (which it failed miserably, hence the dissociation). The way Trump routinely attacks India, mentioning the downed aircrafts, is imo drawing India into round 2. Destabilize the region, weaken Pakistan, then war with Iran would become a bit easier.
