My friend Nehru had a deep dislike for the Army. He had no idea about defence forces. Just before Nehru left for Sri Lanka on a visit the news paper head lines were full of the news - Nehru orders Indian Army to throw out the Chinese. The very next day history was made-China ran thru' the Indian defences like butter thru' knife. That was the knowledge about politics and defence that Nehru and Krishna Menon possessed. It is not very much better now. We need a lot of improvement still. It was definitely Nehru who believed that China would never attack India. This belief was strenghthened by the Mullick the then IB head who too had no idea of how to interpret intelligence. He only told Nehru what he liked to hear.
