mr. deshpande, it was kind of you to have given me references. your reliance on wikipedia was an aberration compared with wat u hv given in yr latest post. & i wudnt b surprised if yr final post led to a feeling of self-congratulation. but, following is my response that you may like to chew on. i do not hv any flippant links or posts to validate my statement that the russian t 64s were indeed responsible for china's withdrawal. the only reference i hv is my father's official diary. for obvious reasons, i cant divulge his details, but just FYI he was a senior military officer in the MoD who had access to info which yr bombastic press of that time did not. believing or not is yr prerogative, but i stand by my statement that the US did not send any crap at that time. yr statement that russia sat & watched the drama unfold is speculative & highly derogatory of an ally that stood by india in a time of crisis. if someday, my dad decides to "declassify" his diary, u & other unenlightened souls in this subject can have a field day.
