dun -Dunce-ing wrote:Ban me!
oh and your name "dancing" is inappropriate according to forum guideliines - so I chose one for you.
With respect vsudhir - I was unable even to find the name of the author of that article (and I left a comment to that effect).vsudhir wrote: Assuming you know what you're talking about, could you pls provide a rebuttal and instances of these superficialities you just happened to mention in passing.
I would like to know what is the connection between the first half of the sentence and the second half before I can talk about support or rebuttalWhile the world has flattened, the Indian Army has added to its hierarchical structure along with a significant increase in numbers.
Military training outsourced? Examples please. Also an analysis of how these nations might have such a large body of capable civilian military trainers based on their history and what they have been up to in the past 20-50 years.While all this has happened, there has been no talk of reduction in numbers ala the western armies. The US, UK and French military training schools are either outsourced or largely manned by civilian employees.
Please name some armies that are worth their salt. I would like to be educated on how the effectiveness or role of an army can be measured in terms of salt? Is this some new kind of currency that is being mooted on the economists blog?No modern army worth its name runs its own logistics; their logistics is totally outsourced.
And arguably NO. Look at the stress thread and you find that there may be a need for more men for COIN. And the "totally outsourced" army that is worth its salt, the US army is hiringCan we have a leaner army that is as effective an insurance for the nation’s future? Arguably, yes.
Should have? "latest military strategy"? What is he/she talking about? Whose strategy? Details. details. Where are the details?Notwithstanding this pontification, acquisition of modern military equipment and implementation of latest military strategy in the current geopolitical scenario should have led to a concomitant reduction in the strength of the army
Much though I'd like to pretend that I'm "in the know", fact is I'm not...vsudhir wrote: Wow. Your confidence indicates that either you're in the know in such matters or you resort to passing judgement without clarified reasoning.
Problem is, where does one start ?Assuming you know what you're talking about, could you pls provide a rebuttal and instances of these superficialities you just happened to mention in passing. Would be glad to hear a fact-based, logical rebuttal of the points that column made.
Whether our fauj is falling behind or not, the above article doesn't convince either way. I could write an equally shallow article proving that it's not falling behind...Would dearly love to know that our fauj is not falling behind.
Wise move... holding the breath tends to atrophy one's brain cellsThx in advance.
(Though, admittedly, am not holding my breath either about a reasoned response from your side.)
Wish you an even better day than I've had so far/Have a nice day.
Not an issue - but I was surprised to find people on the forum think that they were not supposed to start or renew threads.Rakesh wrote:Forum members are more than welcome to start threads. I create new threads when I see them. Why is this an issue?shiv wrote:Yes - but Rakesh has been rapidly and diligently changing threads as soon as they reach page 9 giving the impression that others can't start new threads.
You are wrong. It was till page 9, regardless of the number of posts. Then a new thread starts.shiv wrote:Most of these people are newer members who do not know the history behind this. The idea of changing the thread when it reached 340 posts was yours because any thread changes to page 10 after 340 posts.
That is why I provide a link at the beginning of each new thread. Saves all the work that you just explained above.shiv wrote:One of the things that I wanted to experiment with (for continuity) was to wait for the thread to reach 339 posts or even page 10 and then split off the last page or half page as the new thread. The old thread then automatically goes to the trashcan where people can look for it - while the new thread has half a page of posts that serve as continuity. This reduces the break in continuity that occurs when threads are changed. It also reduces admin workload because you don't have to find the url of the last page in the trashcan archive and put it on the first page of the new thread you have created.
Members are more than welcome to start a new thread. Myself, you or one of the other admins can edit the first post of the thread by providing a link to the last page.shiv wrote:One often finds that threads with an animated discussion suddenly goes dead when it is renewed. That can be prevented by allowing it to reach 335 plus posts (well into page 9, or even early page 10) and then splitting off the bottom 5-10 posts as the new thread. But only admins can do that. That of course does not mean that members should not start a new thread which they can if it has not received due admin attention.
After Gulf war 2 blogs became overrated. They got the reputation of being maintained by heroes in the middle of war zones telling the truth as opposed to mainstream media.Kartman wrote:Rohitvats, others: the article (or rather, series) is so pedestrian that it's best not to waste our breath over it. As shivji said, this just gives the numbskull who wrote it undue publicity/hits...
Let me put in my two..Cybaru wrote:Shiv,
yeah the old software was a little buggier. This one is a bit more robust. I installed and played with it quite a bit when I had the cricket threads going on chanakya 4/5 years ago.
I think for lots of threads like lca/sukhoi one can let them go on and on for years without the need to cull. This also serves a good research tool to have so much data handy..
I have seen other forums that rarely delete threads so new users have a easier time catching up with search function. This helps as it reduces admin workload to cull and police threads. Other users can always direct newbies to a similar discussion and they can catch up pretty fast with the rest of the forum.
A lot of oldies have to otherwise keep policing discussions to prevent repeating the same thing over and over and sometimes this sometimes causes heavy handedness which is unfortunate.
Now we know the rest of the story!Jagan wrote:On Karan Thapar's Vilification of Field Marshal Manekshaw (Letter sent to the Editor, Hindustan Times by Gurmeet Kanwal on May 13, 2007)
... By contrast, Karan's own father, General P N Thapar, led the Indian army to a humiliating defeat against China ...
Brigadier Gurmeet Kanwal (Retd.)
Senior Fellow
Centre for Air Power Studies (CAPS)
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