I completely agree. Not only that, Isaw on India Today TV an illustrated
prediction of war in September 2018 between India China/Pakistan combined
with internal attacks (Two and a half fronts), where we are giving them all
hell and USA and Russia eventually step in with UNO for a cease fire! Gen
Bakshi and other retired officers as advisors!Are we gone bonkers?
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Message: 12
Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2017 13:41:51 -0400
From: Roland Francis <roland.fran...@gmail.com>
To: BT Yahoo Mail <gdig...@yahoo.com>, "Goa's premiere mailing list,
estb. 1994!" <goanet@lists.goanet.org>
Subject: [Goanet] Does India Want A War?
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Eddie,
Not surprising, considering that the BJP has convinced itself that India
is a superpower despite half the population having to use the great
outdoors for their biological needs.
India is currently in a hostile standoff with China in the Doklam area of
Bhutan. Matters have reached a stage where China is openly threatening to
militarily humiliate the Indian Armed Forces.
There are two pressures in India exerting themselves against the Chinese
and in favour of armed skirmish, including even a short war.
One is the Indian Armed Forces. Within, there is poor leadership due to
politically motivated out of turn appointments to top positions for two
decades or more. Secondly there is a huge gap in officer positions since
bright young men unlike previously, no longer desire a career in the
Forces. Thirdly the Air Force and the Army are poorly equipped due to
bureaucratic bungling in procurement along with corruption in the
arms-buying process, a fairly recent phenomenon, both at top positions in
commands and in the bureaucracy. After all India is globally one of the
biggest arms buyers. This has led to soldiers and pilots having to make do
with poor operational equipment. However the top brass see an opportunity
in a battle defeat to be able to ride the civilian backlash to push for
more spending to rearm in the manner and to the standards that they once
took for granted.
The other pressure for war comes from the BJP itself. Stung by the
accusations of targeting unarmed and docile minorities, they have a strong
need to prove themselves by bullying neighbouring countries and showing
their strength in armed conflict. Modi himself is a silent rabble rouser
but also a practical man. He knows that in China he has met a more than
superior adversary and he knows as his recent statements show, that he is
very well aware that rabid corruption has eaten away the strength of his
country. Once the economy stops performing well, he knows that the rust
will show. How far Modi and a few other BJP top guns are able to push back
the rabble rousers is to be seen. One can only hope they do.
On top of all this there is a political undercurrent of frustration with
an inability to engage a violent and unstable Pakistan due to their threat
of nuclear 'first strike'. With the Chinese who are infinitely more
sensible, they are confident that there will be no nuclear involvement.
Therefore at worst, the Indians will face the PLA and in their Hindu
Rashtra fervour, they are ready to take on the risk, however huge.
Unlike America where the return of body-bags triggers a huge political
price for decision makers ending in their rout at the hustings, in India
where value for life is far less, patriotism and nationalism is whipped up
to add to the general lethargic perception of "So what, that is the risk
of joining up. There are more than 1 billion of us anyway".
Roland Francis
Toronto.
On Aug 10, 2017, at 11:48 AM, BT Yahoo Mail <gdig...@btinternet.com>
wrote:
The passage appears in the Sanskrit textbook "Sukritika Volume-3" in
chapter eight, which is about the achievements of the country's first
prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru."What famously came to be known as
Sino-India war of 1962 was won by India against China," the book says
according to the report. "
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