Bharat Rakshak

Amarnath, Good that you regret to have started the '71 issue. We shall keep it off the spectrum in this thread. Again read to the depth of any content before dismissing it. I didn't say it was an Indo Pak stand off in isolation, but in then exisiting situation there was an equilibrium minus the part...

Raj, 1. Thanks for joining the issue and questioning the statements and steering the discussion for the '71 war instead of Op.Parakram. 2. Thanks for the references citing the swift move on the ground on the Eastern theatre. 3. Going to my assertions, it was primarily that military objectives where ...

Nitin, Fair enough, there is no requirement for one and all to agree with me. We can positively discuss on the merits of ones argument and that should be mutual. Disregarding the "venom" you would like to engage me, I would be happy about it. Amarnath, Its your assumption that "idiots...

You must also understand that the 1000+ estimate of casualities are not entirely because of Op.P. Most of those casualities would have occured even without Op.P Read my previous posts carefully. Casualty in terms of death alone hasn't been discussed. If "idiots of delhi" are bureacrats in...

Shiv, Your geocities email addy doesn't work anymore? I got a bounced mail from the server. Is there a different addy you use? Amarnath, Blah blah blah. It's getting to be more a panting gibberish than discussion. 1. Op Parakram was mobilization for war and not CI ops, which happens in Kashmir and e...

Amarnath, Good for (and typical of) a teen (if you really are one)! By saying this i am indeed defending the political decision made post 13/12 and the leaders who made it happen 1. When you know "your balls" are in someone else's hand why try to run a 100m dash? If there was an offensive ...

1. Am I to think that you take "idiots in Delhi" as purely the Netas? If you had, I'm sorry you are way off the mark. 2. I suppose you didn't mean that conducting of elections require mobilizing the entire army, cancelling of all the courses and death of jawns. 3. I didn't quiet get your p...

A victory has a thousand fathers while a defeat is always an Orphan (or a B@st@rd if you please). Seeing the response in owning up of Op. Parakram it's open for anyone to decide on its success. Our Beloved thieves (or politicians, which ever one would choose to call them) decided that the parliament...

Subra,<P>Seems like you got here a tad early that I did. Albeit Raj has made the acrimonious post, which deserves a response in kind I will desist it. <P>Manavendra,<P>I don't think you have missed anything. The doctrine on sniper use in IA has not been discussed. I'm still eagerly awaiting someone ...

George,<P>It's not LTTE, any force that ambushes goes for the communications and leaders first. That is a standard doctrine in GI operation from may be prehistoric time?<P>The comm guys have these antenna's which in a GI's word are like Please_hit_me sign! If you let loose a volley, you are most lik...

Tim,<P>Thanks for a detailed note. The reason I used the phrase "turning point" was to emphasize the origin of acceptance of snipers by GI. Again, I have never been in field with GI's to know the reality about the acceptance level. My source is purely the history channel program. Alternate...

Kabra,<P>Loving yanks wont change facts! http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/ubb/smile.gif <P>I'm sure about what I said. Unless you missed it, I mentioned that the snipers were used extensively during the civil war. After the war, the snipers were considered immoral force and the program was abandoned. T...

Avrim,<P>Thanks for the note that the D's weren't around during WWII. I still believe that I'm right. Too bad that I didn't record the history channel program which was the source of the info I provided.<P>Thanks for the note on effective use of sharpe (a name of manufacturer) shooters during the ci...

Interesting discussion! <P>GI considers snipers scum. Primarily because they stalk their victim, get to know their behavior, look them in the eyes and takes one shot that is a sure kill. Besides, snipers carry bounty on their heads, which even generals don't! Given that snipers get it from both ends...