We can launch surgical strikes on Pak but why can’t we be friends: Aiyar. Congress leader and ex-Union Minister Mani Shankar Aiyar said India is being "seen as hypocritical" because it tells the world this isn’t an era of war, but then goes to war with Pakistan. “We seem to have the courage to go into surgical strikes with them...Why can’t we talk to them? Why can’t we make friends with them?” Aiyar added.