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I have seen these sorts of sentiments in these people a lot. Sometimes, I wonder if they actually even think about this, or if they are just completely drowned in these delusions.
Assuming that India hadn't supported them during their independence movement, and Indira Gandhi had fortified the borders and stopped any refugees, their situation would have been even more dire.
1. Without Indian support, who would have trained them and provided arms? The Pakistani military would have been far superior to a weakly armed guerrilla force.
2. Pakistan had support from major powers like China and the USA at the time (due to Pakistan's role in the Sino American reproachment after the Sino-Soviet split). It would have been almost impossible for them to find another international backer.
3. They seem to believe that independence was a foregone conclusion for them, but it would have mostly remained a prolonged guerrilla war. Without Indian support, their condition would have been even worse. How far could they have gone without proper support from another country? And anyway, once Pakistan developed nuclear weapons, no one would have wanted to help them directly. (But, would Pakistan have even pursued nuclear weapons without the humiliating defeat in 1971? That is another question.)