Re: [silk] Was there really a threat?

[ashok]

Agree that the terrorism in india has
largely been ignored by the west, probably becuase it never came 
home to them....but this is true for
every terrorism problem in every country in the world.

but, what is a pro-active reaction....
starting more wars and more bloodshed...? 

recently on occassion of  the independence
day anniversaries i saw  various indian  blogs with  listings

of 'greatest indians ever'  ....most
of it included politicians, scientists, cricket players, actors etc...i
hardly 
saw anybody  mention a  param-vir
chakra  winner  (the highest military award  for bravery)
or a famous 
general . does anybody even remember
five names from these ranks?

my dad served in the army for 30 years,
 he saw many conflicts and many insurgencies, most of the time 
he was away from his family, yet he
did his job extremely well, but at the end of it  he was just very
tired. 
the last time i checked, the military
had a severe shortage of officers, simply because the monetary 
and social benefits are so few that
no one wants to come.  

when no one is willing to  fight
the war, i find it just silly when people talk of starting pro-active wars....



> It therefore irritates me when Indians parrot
out "Western" reactions to a 
> situation that calls for more pro-active anti-terror responses and
less 
> copying of what the West is saying about leaders of the Western world.
> 
> Just my thoughts.
> 
> shiv
> 
>