Wise words TP. :thumb:
Media will want to blow up the incident and take extreme positions because it is not they (the anchors) or their sons and daughters who are at the border and whose life is at stake.
My thought on this : We unfortunately have possibly the worst neighbours in the world, barring North Korea. Now coming to the issue of Indian commandos / army striking the terror camps inside Pakistan, unfortunately, Pakistan, a failed state, did not leave us much choice. We are a responsible country and believe in peaceful co-existence with our neighbours. However, Pakistan, since its inception has been a nation driven up by hate. They resent us, our progress and achievements. Their army and the ISI rules the country by default though Pakistanis say that they are a democratic country. And for the military elite, living in comfortable bungalows in Islamabad and Lahore, stoking enmity and tensions with India gives them a leverage over the politicians. So they support jihadi and hate groups, for their own interest and not of their country. And they have illiterate, brain washed and hate filled idiots in Pakistan who are willing to die because they are anyways struggling to live a decent life, so do not mind dying to get out of their misery. These idiots then are used as a cannon fodder by the Pakistani army/ISI/hate groups against India. So what is our country at the receiving end supposed to do? Good will, talks, trade, etc, we have all been tried and tested. It does not work with Pakistan. PM Modi went the extra mile to reach out to Pakistan. Not only did he invited Nawaz Sharif for his oath taking ceremony, but also impromptu went to Pakistan, and visited Sharif’s house and met his mother. With this personal touch, it showed that Modi/India was willing to forgive/forget the past and create new beginning. But hate filled agenda of the few/elite over-rides the fact that many of the common people of Pakistan would rather have good relations with our country, see economic progress, and have a better life to give to their children. But hate mongers and people with vested interest will not let this happen.
India acted while on the back foot, as it had no choice. War is not the first option of the wise, howsoever strong. Sun Tzu, the great Chinese general, military strategist and philosopher has said : The supreme art of war would be to subdue the enemy without fighting. We have tried to do it all along. But it has not worked till now. So our actions in Pakistan have been measured and appropriate. Pakistan cannot take our restraint for granted. India has done well to take the fight against Pakistan on different levels, be it political, economic or strategic. And we must continue to do this and put pressure on Pakistan so that they know there is a cost to pay for creating problems in India.
So while we salute our brave soldiers, army, commandos, we need to ensure that we do not get trapped in a game the enemy may want us to play. And we must remember that China and America are NOT our friends. They have sided with Pakistan in the past. America will look after their own interest first – as they have always done. American closeness to India is only because they want to benefit from trade, and they also want to use us in their fight against China. We have few real friends. So we need to be thinking and doing what is in our long term interest, and not be carried away by jingoism, no matter what the TV channels say.
Media will want to blow up the incident and take extreme positions because it is not they (the anchors) or their sons and daughters who are at the border and whose life is at stake.
My thought on this : We unfortunately have possibly the worst neighbours in the world, barring North Korea. Now coming to the issue of Indian commandos / army striking the terror camps inside Pakistan, unfortunately, Pakistan, a failed state, did not leave us much choice. We are a responsible country and believe in peaceful co-existence with our neighbours. However, Pakistan, since its inception has been a nation driven up by hate. They resent us, our progress and achievements. Their army and the ISI rules the country by default though Pakistanis say that they are a democratic country. And for the military elite, living in comfortable bungalows in Islamabad and Lahore, stoking enmity and tensions with India gives them a leverage over the politicians. So they support jihadi and hate groups, for their own interest and not of their country. And they have illiterate, brain washed and hate filled idiots in Pakistan who are willing to die because they are anyways struggling to live a decent life, so do not mind dying to get out of their misery. These idiots then are used as a cannon fodder by the Pakistani army/ISI/hate groups against India. So what is our country at the receiving end supposed to do? Good will, talks, trade, etc, we have all been tried and tested. It does not work with Pakistan. PM Modi went the extra mile to reach out to Pakistan. Not only did he invited Nawaz Sharif for his oath taking ceremony, but also impromptu went to Pakistan, and visited Sharif’s house and met his mother. With this personal touch, it showed that Modi/India was willing to forgive/forget the past and create new beginning. But hate filled agenda of the few/elite over-rides the fact that many of the common people of Pakistan would rather have good relations with our country, see economic progress, and have a better life to give to their children. But hate mongers and people with vested interest will not let this happen.
India acted while on the back foot, as it had no choice. War is not the first option of the wise, howsoever strong. Sun Tzu, the great Chinese general, military strategist and philosopher has said : The supreme art of war would be to subdue the enemy without fighting. We have tried to do it all along. But it has not worked till now. So our actions in Pakistan have been measured and appropriate. Pakistan cannot take our restraint for granted. India has done well to take the fight against Pakistan on different levels, be it political, economic or strategic. And we must continue to do this and put pressure on Pakistan so that they know there is a cost to pay for creating problems in India.
So while we salute our brave soldiers, army, commandos, we need to ensure that we do not get trapped in a game the enemy may want us to play. And we must remember that China and America are NOT our friends. They have sided with Pakistan in the past. America will look after their own interest first – as they have always done. American closeness to India is only because they want to benefit from trade, and they also want to use us in their fight against China. We have few real friends. So we need to be thinking and doing what is in our long term interest, and not be carried away by jingoism, no matter what the TV channels say.
