Pakistan News and Discussion-8

[Naresh]

[center]<b><span style='font-size:14pt;line-height:100%'>Two wars we lost</span></b>[/center]

Dr. Ijaz Ahson in The Nation of October 06 has given us the final word on the 1965 war and Kargil. <b>"In 1965, Pakistan attacked the lifeline of Kashmir at Chhamb-Jaurian. When India attacked us, we were so short of troops (& ammo) so we forgot about Kashmir and saved Lahore and Sialkot with great difficulty.

In Kargil, we repeated a similar blunder. This time we occupied the lifeline of the northern Indian army in Kashmir. <span style='font-size:12pt;line-height:100%'>When the Indians threatened an all-out war, we asked the US to intervene". I wonder what do they teach in our defence institutions; tactics that are not backed by any strategy? Why do we make the same mistake a second time?</span>.-KHURSHID ANWER, Lahore Cantt., via e-mail, October 9.</b>

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