08-13-2006, 06:18 PM
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The Editor
The Statesman
New Delhi
Sir
Apropos your report on Rajnath Singh's suggestions we attack Pak and Bangladesh
Mr Singh is preposterous in his imagination. Plain mischievous and hollow rhetoric has become an endemic disease with our politicians who take turns to fire salvoes in suggesting pure outlandish ideas so long as they have no commitment to carry these out. Conceding Rajnath's background as a simple village school teacher and his total ignorance of geopolitical matters , he is at least expected to update himself on military issues before opening his mouth and making himself a laughing stock specially in countries whose support he may have in his mind , which are likely to be none. There are so many party underlings he could have consulted who have a military background. Rajnath must know that it was his party which was caught pants down when Musharraf mounted his adventure in Kargil. This was a gifted opportunity to have taken the battle into the enemy camp across the LOC without international fuss and reversed history as was shaped by the adroit adversary who came to the Rashtrapati Bhawan and took a General salute too. Nothing gave a jab in the arms of 'terrorism' than the two events. One the handing over of Salahuddin the LeT leader by Jaswant Singh and our halting at the LOC Kargil because the BJP was dishonest in its commitment, more interested in using this for domestic political mileage while taking orders from the Americans. Rajnath's plea that Bajpai was depending upon promise from Musharraf to stop trans border infiltration is sheer passing the buck to the adversary . You don't run governments and wars on benevolence of your enemies . Rajnath must also care to learn the dissheveled state of our military which is incapable of eeven mobilising effectively let alone take on two fronts in a sub continental war. The habitul and untethered cheating of own people by such off the cuff suggestions from politians must be treated with utmost alarm on which the media must itself act responsibly
maj gen aps chauhan (rtd)<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
The Editor
The Statesman
New Delhi
Sir
Apropos your report on Rajnath Singh's suggestions we attack Pak and Bangladesh
Mr Singh is preposterous in his imagination. Plain mischievous and hollow rhetoric has become an endemic disease with our politicians who take turns to fire salvoes in suggesting pure outlandish ideas so long as they have no commitment to carry these out. Conceding Rajnath's background as a simple village school teacher and his total ignorance of geopolitical matters , he is at least expected to update himself on military issues before opening his mouth and making himself a laughing stock specially in countries whose support he may have in his mind , which are likely to be none. There are so many party underlings he could have consulted who have a military background. Rajnath must know that it was his party which was caught pants down when Musharraf mounted his adventure in Kargil. This was a gifted opportunity to have taken the battle into the enemy camp across the LOC without international fuss and reversed history as was shaped by the adroit adversary who came to the Rashtrapati Bhawan and took a General salute too. Nothing gave a jab in the arms of 'terrorism' than the two events. One the handing over of Salahuddin the LeT leader by Jaswant Singh and our halting at the LOC Kargil because the BJP was dishonest in its commitment, more interested in using this for domestic political mileage while taking orders from the Americans. Rajnath's plea that Bajpai was depending upon promise from Musharraf to stop trans border infiltration is sheer passing the buck to the adversary . You don't run governments and wars on benevolence of your enemies . Rajnath must also care to learn the dissheveled state of our military which is incapable of eeven mobilising effectively let alone take on two fronts in a sub continental war. The habitul and untethered cheating of own people by such off the cuff suggestions from politians must be treated with utmost alarm on which the media must itself act responsibly
maj gen aps chauhan (rtd)<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->