Manikshaw was asked for the war in April'71. He took seven months for preparation. And finally he was ready only in Dec'71. So what was so greatness in him? Any Army chief would have done it. If he was so great, he should have been ready for war when he was asked for or he should not have taken so much time for preparation.
RE:What was so great abot manikshaw?
by gagan tagore on Jun 28, 2008 12:49 PM Permalink
dear you may respect bloody politician not our soldiers. shame on you.
RE:What was so great abot manikshaw?
by Dinesh on Jun 28, 2008 01:11 PM Permalink
Our politicians are dirty no doubt. But at the same time our army also not in good position. In army front, we should be always ready to face any attack. If we want to start attack, we should not take more than a month for preparation. If we follow sam's strategies, we will take seven months for preparation. This is absurd. There are so many better strategies in the world available now to be ready for any type of war. So his strategies are outdated.
RE:What was so great abot manikshaw?
by Shaan Nair on Jun 28, 2008 08:23 PM Permalink
Dear friend ... the greatness lies in knowing when to act .not about foolishly getting into trouble morover putting others in to trouble. It was a time when there was no body who could stand up to Indiara Gandhi.
anyway it is an incident which is reported ... not particularly praising him for not ready for action in april.
