05-27-2007, 03:00 PM
Just makes you wonder, did politicians from Congress party really learn anything from the 1962 debacle? They (Congress) also right now have leftists as coalition partners. Yes, the same Indian leftist traitors who had supported China (an enemy country) during 1962 Indo-China war.
I even mentioned this earlier in one of my other posts. One trait amongst all our politicians seem to only wake up and panic when a war is thrust on the country. Then the blame game & finger pointing starts, weapons are purchased in a panic from abroad at massively inflated rates etc. Once war is over, armed forces are again neglected. Party in power cancels arms ordered by the previous govt. and starts re-negotiating again with foreign defence firms (as politicians from ruling govt. want their 10% or so cut in each foreign defence deal).
There is also little long term defence planning.
Some defence contracts e.g. trainer aircraft (Hawk deal) took more than 20 years to fructify, now MRCA deal is dragging for years on end. Also, our own indigenous industry is plagued by delays. Though to be fair to our indigenous industry, it is massively under funded. Politicians mostly favor importing arms as they can get their cut in all major foreign deals.
While China and Pakistan percentage of GDP spent on defence is increasing every year, India continues to hover at around 2.5% on defence.
China is improving roads and railways on all border areas. There were reports recently of Chinese army coming 20 kms. inside Arunachal Pradesh and occupying Indiaâs land. China claims Arunachal Pradesh is a disputed territory while our politicians donât have guts to even point out that Chinese has illegally occupied Tibet.
It is indeed sad that are politicians are just plain indifferent to the long-term threat posed by China. They also donât have a spine to stand up against China.
No wonder world considers India as a soft state. Even pygmy countries like Bangladesh now openly conduct terrorism(with help from ISI) activities in India. Some banned extremist Indian organizations are openly operating sitting in Bangladesh while our impotent politicians donât do a thing. Bangladesh Border Force openly cross Indiaâs border, drag BSF officers now and then across to Bangladesh side to torture & kill them. Nepal is plagued by Maoist problem (funded by China) while India just sits twiddling its thumbs. Of course the more Pakistan bombs places in India, the more our politicians talk about peace and 'bhaichara' with Pakistanâ¦
I even mentioned this earlier in one of my other posts. One trait amongst all our politicians seem to only wake up and panic when a war is thrust on the country. Then the blame game & finger pointing starts, weapons are purchased in a panic from abroad at massively inflated rates etc. Once war is over, armed forces are again neglected. Party in power cancels arms ordered by the previous govt. and starts re-negotiating again with foreign defence firms (as politicians from ruling govt. want their 10% or so cut in each foreign defence deal).
There is also little long term defence planning.
Some defence contracts e.g. trainer aircraft (Hawk deal) took more than 20 years to fructify, now MRCA deal is dragging for years on end. Also, our own indigenous industry is plagued by delays. Though to be fair to our indigenous industry, it is massively under funded. Politicians mostly favor importing arms as they can get their cut in all major foreign deals.
While China and Pakistan percentage of GDP spent on defence is increasing every year, India continues to hover at around 2.5% on defence.
China is improving roads and railways on all border areas. There were reports recently of Chinese army coming 20 kms. inside Arunachal Pradesh and occupying Indiaâs land. China claims Arunachal Pradesh is a disputed territory while our politicians donât have guts to even point out that Chinese has illegally occupied Tibet.
It is indeed sad that are politicians are just plain indifferent to the long-term threat posed by China. They also donât have a spine to stand up against China.
No wonder world considers India as a soft state. Even pygmy countries like Bangladesh now openly conduct terrorism(with help from ISI) activities in India. Some banned extremist Indian organizations are openly operating sitting in Bangladesh while our impotent politicians donât do a thing. Bangladesh Border Force openly cross Indiaâs border, drag BSF officers now and then across to Bangladesh side to torture & kill them. Nepal is plagued by Maoist problem (funded by China) while India just sits twiddling its thumbs. Of course the more Pakistan bombs places in India, the more our politicians talk about peace and 'bhaichara' with Pakistanâ¦