vasu raya wrote:Ceasefire Violations
Terming the killing of Indian soldiers and decapitating one of them by Pakistani Army as 'barbaric', Lt General Parnaik added, "On January 8, Pakistan breached the LoC on Mendhar sector, in a very barbaric act and mutilated our soldiers. It violates the Geneva Convention and violates the ceasefire agreement. My heart goes out to the families of these two soldiers."
He also said that Pakistan was continuously violating ceasefire and stopped only after warnings from India. "We had the meeting on January 14, on the night of Jan 13 and 14 they fired motors. We spoke to them on the hotline, we asked them that when they have agreed for a meeting, why were they violating the ceasefire. We told them we are recording all of this, their firing stopped then," Lt Gen Parnaik said.
Need of the hour could be surveillance drones watching the soldiers back followed by bombing drones serving as reinforcements in quick time.
Wrong! Need of the hour is leaders with balls. Our leaders are so old, their balls have shriveled up!
Believe it or not, the above isn't too far from the truth. As men age, testosterone & metabolism decrease. Apart from being a sex harmone,
testosterone makes one more "male"(energy, vigour etc).
A 2009 study of 25 male subjects found that men with artificially raised testosterone were 27% less generous while playing a test game than they were at their normal testosterone level. The authors concluded that "What we have found is that Testosterone appears to play a role inducing men to change from being selfless to being selfish."
After the age of 30, production decreases 1% pa. At 60, the level is about half that when one is 30!
Apologies for going off-topic, but there is an important point to this. One can clearly see Maunmohan singh is so tired, he can barely carry his weight, let alone rule the nation. The lethargy also evokes certain reactions in your opponent (person sitting on the other side of the negotiating table) and tends one to develop the attitude of "chaltha hai" or "can't be bothered". One goes to the negotiating table (be it trade, war or any other meeting) with as much firepower as one can have to get a good deal. Body language is one of them. Infact, the POTUS is coached and trained in these areas.
Frankly, I am disappointing at the way the army has handled this. Just look at this, both very deceptively titled by the media:
Fight Pakistan fire with fire, Indian Army chief orders commanders on LoC
"I expect all my commanders on the LoC to be aggressive and offensive in face of provocation and fire...No passivity is expected from them. Their response has to be measured and for effect," said a tough-talking General Bikram Singh, a day ahead of Army Day celebrations.
expect? Not sure if this is unintentional, but there is a major difference between "we will retaliate" and "I expect commanders..". The first is a certainty, whereas the (supposedly) second leaves it upto the lower ranks to make that decision - What this indirectly tells the other side is that the higher ranks won't make the hard decision of firing back!
More recently, two jawans were decapitated during the turnover between the 19 Rajput and 20 Kumaon Regiments in the Keran sector in July, 2011. "We have to put pressure on Pakistan, nationally and internationally, to make its Army accountable," said Gen Singh.
Seriously?? Now a general is saying we should go to the UN when his men are dying on the field? WOW!
Although Gen Singh emphasized the current tension would not escalate into a conflagration, holding that several stages have to be crossed before the two countries go to a full-scale war, he did admit the first stage of the spiral had been reached.
HAH! There! Thats the same as saying "you can do whatever you want, but we wont nuke you.. just fire some crackers to let you know we've got them too!
And then theres this one..
India won't remain passive if attacked: Army chief
Talking tough, he said the killing of two Indian soldiers on the LoC in Mendhar area of Jammu and Kashmir on January 6 was a pre-planned and pre-meditated action by Pakistani troops and India reserves the right to retaliate at "time and place of its choice".
time & place of its choice?? who is "it"?? Maunmohan singh?
"Our teams should be balanced to take on the onslaught of the enemy," the Army chief said.
Putting the onus of maintaining the ceasefire on Pakistan, the Army chief said India will uphold it as long as the "adversary" does.
He applauded the Indian Army Commanders at the LoC, saying they did a "great job". Gen Singh discounted the possibility of the skirmish leading to a full-fledged war and was dismissive of Pakistan's nuclear blackmail, saying it had no relation to the local conflict. "Indicators does not show upping the ante," he said.
On any response to the Pakistani action, he said it has to be the decision of the government.
Balanced?? whats he talking about? Yes.. it wont lead to a nuke war cause gen singh won't command them to bomb the pukes' locations.
All these messages reinforce the general image that the pukes have. The leaders are ball-less and the army isn't going to retaliate.
Now I'm not sure if the army is holding back BECAUSE of the politicos but if that is the case, they shouldn't be giving press conferences using such meek language. If they HAVE to provide a press conference, they should just saying something along the lines of "we are ready to do what is necessary to protect our borders and our people but we cannot do so without political authorisation" - this throws the ball back into the ball-less politicos who would then be blamed (though that doesn't really make a difference these days) for the lack of action.
The last line in that article says it is upto the politicos.. if thats the case, everything else he said has no value!
{Equal=Equal} It was only in March that Defence Minister A.K. Antony informed Parliament of Indian protests against Pakistani construction along the Line of Control. Now, no less than India’s Chief of Army Staff Bikram Singh has confirmed reports in The Hindu that India, too, was doing exactly the same thing. It is pointless to ask who cast the first stone. The 
Fourth, real gains have been made since 2003, not the least a ceasefire and de-intensification of cross-border terrorism which has saved the lives of thousands of Indian soldiers. Nothing ought to be done to jeopardise this. Not every malaise has a cure; some can only be managed better or worse, and certainly not through indiscriminate blood-letting. India’s relationship with Pakistan is one of them. 
