RE:antony
by ss on Dec 14, 2007 09:45 AM Permalink
he is weak administrator, but a clean politician. am not sure if that alone classifies him as best defence minister.
RE:antony
by Chanakya on Dec 14, 2007 09:47 AM Permalink
ss - YES, very much YES. for a Defence portlia, we need a clean politician who can protect the country as a whole... our so called secular government is in fact splitting/cutting/choppping/deviding the country on caste/sc/st/obc/minority basis.
RE:RE:antony
by ss on Dec 14, 2007 09:50 AM Permalink
chanakya, administration also has to b strong man. he does not take independent decisions. we, the people of kerala, have seen that. a critical portfolio like defence needs sm1 like erstwhile sardar patel. or today's george fernandes. losers like pranab mukherjee were an insult.
RE:antony
by Chanakya on Dec 14, 2007 09:58 AM Permalink
ss- I agree with you... It is difficult to survive for a straight-forward, sincere politicians like Antony in a well educated (politically too - with communalism) state like Kerala. However, in Sardar's time, there were no thousand political parties - when it comes to the Nation, everyone was together. In today's situation, hardly any Minister, Chief Minister (or Defence Minister) can take a stern and individual decision, since several of the governments are coalition partners and the fear of pulling the rug under, always there.
