On Jan 7, 2013, at 8:52 PM, manuel tavares <[email protected]> wrote: > From what I can gather, Jawaharlal Nehru, in order to appease the Indian > public for the horrible defeats in the North by the Chinese, and the fact > that his relative a general commanding Indian troops on the border abandoned > his post and his army and ran to New Delhi in a cowardly fashion to obtain > protection from Chacha Nehru and obtained it without paying the price . Such > an action , had it been by any other person would be court marshal able.Thus, > Nehru, in order to cover up these two glaring wounds, decided to invade Goa > in order to appease the Indian public. There was no true love for the Goan > people in this action it was pure Political Expediency.
Comment: The above from Manuel Tavares may not be totally accurate. General Elections due early 1962 ( Congress not looking too good) GOA Dec 1961 General Elections Feb 1962 ( Resounding victory for Congress) CHINA Oct 1962 jc
