Chintan Discussion

Dear Prof .Gupta,

                            I m highly impressed by ur analytical,factual nd categorical expression n the current debate. Although ,joining late ,however,i feel my filler is not out of context .

 I wish to add two points .One, about Kargil,the other about Mr.Nehru .

                    Kargil victory ,was not b'cauz of ' BOFORS ' GUN AT ALL 

rather the firm determination to get the hills freed from invaders 

at ANY COST (WHATEVER IT MAY BE )

                   MY fellow country men ,,in 1999 we were lacking

 army officer of the calibre of.Jagjeet Singh of 1965 War,who

managed the CANNON FODDER ,essential in such terrains by hanging lanterns in the neck of sheeps and pushing them to climb

the hills ,creating the impression of movement of a large army 

contingent under the fire cover .In short ,this forced the Pak contingent to flee . (The same soldier 

Lt.Gen.jagjit Singh ,who took charge on ground of ,the then East

Pakistan  in Dhaaka  in 1971 to fecilitate the surrender of 93000

thousands Pak soldiers  ),

    So the Same need  i.e.CANNON FODDER was fed , this time 

in 1999 ,through the sacrifice of very large number of soldiers

very large number almost unbelievable to achieve the ouster of 

a handful of Pak occupants from that difficult terrain 

  Those who r mesmerized by Mr.Nehru's  style of running the 

country ,may pl.note that -Defeat in war against China was b'cauz of ,Nehru's wrong  choice of putting his 

first cousin ,Lt.Gen.B.M.Kaul  G.O.C. eastern command ,

 in charge of operations in that area ,,who was almost a no soldier

but an officer only in too much of contrast as that of SAM  who succeded kaul during debacle and started holding firm to the ground .

        Even Kashmir  P     R   O   B   L    E      M, as it is  ,today,is the

U P H A R by Mr.Nehru to his fellow countrymen and generations to come .With regards to all and malice to none ,

- Mahipal