12-16-2003, 02:56 AM
I lost all respect for Zhou immediately after 1962. He was a scheming SOB if ever there was one. The alacrity with which he courted TSP and Nepal immediately after the failure of the talks with Nehru, indicates that the Chinese leadership had planned lining up all their ducks vis a vis india long before 1962.
I have often blamed Nehru for his naivete in dealing with the chinese, his propensity to give gratuitous advise to world leaders like Zhou and Nasser, his excessive faith in British advisers to the exclusion of his own military generals, but the sins of Nehru pale in comparison to those of the Chinese leadership. They were quite simply a lying bunch of thugs and bandits, whose sole concern was to perpetuate their rule over China. The Chinese people have paid dearly , with the loss of over 30 million during the 'Great ' revolution and the treks to the Gulag. I hope Indian leaders have learned their lesson well. There are no permanent friends among nation states, only permanent interests. Only the weak minded defer to considerations of 'log kya kahenge'.
I have often blamed Nehru for his naivete in dealing with the chinese, his propensity to give gratuitous advise to world leaders like Zhou and Nasser, his excessive faith in British advisers to the exclusion of his own military generals, but the sins of Nehru pale in comparison to those of the Chinese leadership. They were quite simply a lying bunch of thugs and bandits, whose sole concern was to perpetuate their rule over China. The Chinese people have paid dearly , with the loss of over 30 million during the 'Great ' revolution and the treks to the Gulag. I hope Indian leaders have learned their lesson well. There are no permanent friends among nation states, only permanent interests. Only the weak minded defer to considerations of 'log kya kahenge'.