Kargil war what I believe was an intelligence failure. It was the government mistake that it was not able to protect and secure its borders (LOC)and the enemy took advantage of it. Initially we lost loot of our brave men in war but in the last after facing the challenge in a brave manner we won the war. The NDA regime under which this war was fought was strategically planned and bravely fought by our soldiers. There is no question which says that NDA took this was easily and we lost any of our earlier conquered points. Very few Indian know that the kargil war went Nuclear as when Mr. Nawaz Shirr was in Washington meeting with Mr. Clinton and the US Govt was putting pressure to withdraw troops from LOC AND Mr.Vajappe was personally also putting diplomatic pressure on Mr. Nawaz shariff by the way of US to withdraw troops ,during the mean time Mushraff ordered without the knowledge of PAK PM ordered to displace nuclear arsenal and to load it near pak borders. This report was conformed by CIA and when India came to know we took the very right decision to also move our own nuclear arsenal irrespective of international pressure to annihilate PK if war goes to nuclear, bcz pak govt has made its mind to take the war to nuke if they lost it. So under guidance of Mr. Vajapee India won that war and we should respect our ex pm for his vision and leadership that when the country was facing nuclear threat he used his political skills and suavity and saved the country to go nuclear
Though the switch might be operated physically by the army general, but it has to be logically operated by the PM. Hence let us salute both soldiers who fought bravley and ex-PM for his timing.
RE:Kargil War
by prabhat mohanty on Jun 27, 2007 07:06 PM Permalink
Kargil was a short burst war. Pakistan pretended that regular army was not involved. So they had maintain that lie. And to maintain that lie they could never get into full-fledged war mode. It had to played as a limited war. And it stayed that way. India did not want to cross the LOC. Pakisthan did not want show that as a country it is invoved in the war. So the scope was limited to pay out a full-fledged war. India won Kargil.
But where India lost and ended up looking bad was when we mobilised massive forces to the border after the attack on the Parliament. You spend more than 10000 crores to mobilise the support and do not even fore a pop-gun, is certainly ridiculous. To maintain a stance is OK. But you create a war like hystria. Let the force be there on the front for months and then come back home on a bullock cart whistling is not a posture to relish.
India surely has second-strike capability. So if you think Pakisthan was at fault and was the reason behind the attack on the Parliament and want to "punish" Pakisthan like USA does to many country, then go by your conviction and punish. If you are out to punish, go to enemy's doorstep with an aggressive stance, then do punish before turning back. Else do not show aggressive posture. That certainly did not show look good on our political bosses. That proved that our political bosses were uncertain,indecisive. So Mr Bajpayee surely does not deserve your praise.
RE:Kargil War
by Bhanu on Jun 28, 2007 08:57 AM Permalink
probably you dont know that our logistics were in a bad shape during that war...No.of casualties reported by Indian Army were much deviated from the actual figures....and have u head of any role of south africa in this war??
And it was a good move not to attack pakistan during and start a full fledged war...we can contain pakistan but can not fully defeat it...and it is China we should worry bout not the pakistan...
