tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post425522329536583940..comments2024-03-28T05:22:10.255-07:00Comments on Broadsword by Ajai Shukla - Strategy. Economics. Defence.: Raheel Sharif to succeed Kayani as Pakistan’s new army chiefBroadswordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13076780076240598482noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-10958253284702677482013-11-30T03:24:35.263-08:002013-11-30T03:24:35.263-08:00A very canny choice by the Pak PM.
Lt Gen Haroon ...A very canny choice by the Pak PM. <br />Lt Gen Haroon was a non-starter given his role in the 1999 coup.Choosing Lt Gen Rashad would have meant continuing with someone in the Kayani mould so a kick up and sideways to CJCSC was called for as otherwise superseeding him also might have seen a lot of heartburn in the officer corps.<br />Then look at the manner it was done. The PM kept the world on edge for a month whilst the press frenetically debated options on the 2 senior most generals and an outside possibility of the CNS becoming CJCSC.<br />No one even talked about Lt Gen Raheel - he was considered to be in the doghouse with Gen Kayani who had dumped him in our equivalent of the ARTRAC.<br />Lt Gen Raheel's mindset must have been contemplating life after the army when he got the call to meet the PM and hear the words " kyo mian Chief banoge?" ( with apologies to the Raja of Dungarpur).<br />The PM being a canny politician must have laid out his conditions to Lt Gen Raheel (u run the army and let me decide foreign and internal policy )- how many rank outsiders would have said no ?<br />Gen Raheel will now have his work cut out to balance the army hardliners, like Lt Gen Tariq Khan on one hand and the PM on the other.It wont be easy but most likely one thing is clear -the days of GHQ being the supreme policy clearing house are probably over.saffronbandithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10218122572454772636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-71575819994613119542013-11-29T19:19:40.869-08:002013-11-29T19:19:40.869-08:00@raw13...
still... worst... than... punjabistan......@raw13...<br />still... worst... than... punjabistan... kashmiristan... Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-72880596259444085542013-11-29T04:44:13.198-08:002013-11-29T04:44:13.198-08:00Do not put too many hopes on this new Pakistani CO...Do not put too many hopes on this new Pakistani COAS.<br /><br />They all are schooled in anti-Indianism, the day they enter primary school.Hari Sud (M.S., B. Sc., P Eng.)https://www.blogger.com/profile/14265763692224763117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-74648213330856564932013-11-28T09:23:57.479-08:002013-11-28T09:23:57.479-08:00Lt Gen Raheel Sharif in not a Punjabi!
He is ethni...Lt Gen Raheel Sharif in not a Punjabi!<br />He is ethnically a Kashmiri. Northern Punjab and Lahore are full of Kashmiri and they consider themselves Kashmiri not Punjabi!<br /><br />Some of the reports are suggesting that he was the recommended choice of kayani. One of the reasons being, that he has been one of the brains behind the new shift in PA thinking wrt cold start, COIN/CT. <br /><br />This has resulted in major overhaul of PA training. The implementation of the doctrine as you well know takes time and generally gets well diluted especially when it comes from training/education department. The operational people don't take these guys too seriously!!!<br /><br />Now the operational guys will have no choice! I think Nawaz Shraif finally made a wise decision. raw13noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-929967331655327992013-11-28T09:01:31.569-08:002013-11-28T09:01:31.569-08:00Interesting read but I am not sure it makes a lot ...Interesting read but I am not sure it makes a lot of difference to us as Indians. Pakistan or for that matter India is yet to produce a COAS who will dare to take on the establishment's entrenched positions. I suppose it is quite natural given that one becomes the top dog to represent the establishment's interests; wild ducks are culled quite early in their careersAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-15534719867232103222013-11-28T01:21:59.332-08:002013-11-28T01:21:59.332-08:00Cavalry Cad must be cartwheelin' after all rah...Cavalry Cad must be cartwheelin' after all raheel is from the infantry therefore obviously incompetent and so our flamboyant cavalry will bounce, blast and trample him with ch0ta hazri in Lahore and breakfast(sole n kippers only) at Dera Ghazi Khan before reaching Peshwar for the burra peg (single malt , of course)!!<br />MudbloodAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-41901308644955097432013-11-27T21:17:52.975-08:002013-11-27T21:17:52.975-08:00Change... Pakistan... Punjabistan... Change... Pakistan... Punjabistan... Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com