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All dressed up, nowhere to go

What’s the point of having this superb military you’re always talking about” then US ambassador to the UN Madeline Albright told the cautious Army Chief of Staff Colin Powell, “if we can’t use it”? She could well have said this to the Indian government, which took more than a month to grant the ....Read more

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PAPER TIGERBy: Mathew Robert | Saturday , 1 Nov '08 19:02:34 PM Reply | Forward India does not have a meaningful foreign policy. She drifts like a ruderless boat which gets battered by strong wind and waves. Since independence, Indias lack of political will to put her house in order, has doomed to a paper tiger. India's lack of resolve to stan up to Chaina since 1962 has contributed well to Chain's agressive policy as far as India is concerned. India allowed Chaina to place a noose around the neck, by controlling Inda;s neighbours. The recent auditors report highlights the plight of the Navy and the Air force. How can Inda monitor the sea routs, with such gaps in the defence department. Yet Inda glorifys herself aa a large spender on armaments. India is at present senario, is like al lass at a fashion show. Military exercises with the other countries is only a show. In reality India is a papaer tiger, devouring the large sums of funds in the pretest of modernization.

All dressed up, nowhere to goBy: Excalibur | Friday , 31 Oct '08 6:37:58 AM Reply | Forward While the inaction in the piracy crisis can be castigated, the decision to remain out of the Afghan conflict is wise. Our aspirations of regional superpowerhood notwithstanding, it would be prudent to put our own house in order and secure our own borders prior to contemplating (mis)adventures of this kind. Contrary to the writer's assertion, the Indian Army has lots of places to 'go' - starting with Siachen, coming down to strife torn valley, along the LOC and the North East for instance. Going by the past precedences, it won't be very long before the army is called in against naxalites also.Let us not forget the bitter lessons of IPKF in Srilanka.

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