tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post8147237081776320174..comments2024-03-28T05:22:10.255-07:00Comments on Broadsword by Ajai Shukla - Strategy. Economics. Defence.: Henderson Brooks: too many questionsBroadswordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13076780076240598482noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-57778574735294244772014-04-14T06:18:20.042-07:002014-04-14T06:18:20.042-07:00There must also have been discomfiture over the HB...There must also have been discomfiture over the HBR’s criticism of the higher military and political leadership.<a href="https://www.youtube.com/rizwanarshaddotin" rel="nofollow">Congress Youth Leader in Bangalore Central<br /></a>bashabaihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10154022805215420942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-53173470717891142812014-04-07T14:54:28.758-07:002014-04-07T14:54:28.758-07:00It would be good for the readers of this blog and ...It would be good for the readers of this blog and this article to go through Admiral Arun Praksh's article in Asian age entitled "Life After Henderson Brooks".<br /><br />Well, I think that is the way to go about it rather than wasting four blog posts spanking the dead and living Generals. They are not free from the faults but they certainly were not responsible for the national debacle.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-56703118295879200192014-04-02T10:52:43.762-07:002014-04-02T10:52:43.762-07:00@ Anon @ 91.3:
Why is the question moot?
Who wil...@ Anon @ 91.3:<br /><br />Why is the question moot?<br /><br />Who will the new Raksha Mantri be and what will it mean for the current COAS?Moot questionnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-17813419052608019862014-04-01T20:43:13.110-07:002014-04-01T20:43:13.110-07:00Col Shukla ,you have hit the nail on the head.The ...Col Shukla ,you have hit the nail on the head.The moot question is whether things have changed over the years.The higher military leadership is as incompetent as it was at that time. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-73075694856501665152014-04-01T19:36:56.997-07:002014-04-01T19:36:56.997-07:00Your HBR fixation is “general bashing” born out of...Your HBR fixation is “general bashing” born out of your background similar to Raghvan who you quote for support and towards that desire fulfillment you are using HBR as a wind fall. Whereas there are larger issues involved. Look what rational Maxwell gives in making the report public.<br />http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/report-on-1962-war-released-to-rid-indias-induced-delusion/articleshow/33085461.cms<br />Firstlly, he says, he did it to “to rid Indian opinion of the "induced delusion" that India was the "victim of an unprovoked surprise Chinese aggression". While stating that he does not forget what the Chinese did in Aksai Chin :“Nehru and his close advisors selected the alignment themselves and put out new maps showing them as full, formal, final international boundaries...and including an area beyond { what Britain had ever claimed,} the Aksai Chin", the area captured by China in 1962 war. <br />So what Maxwell is stating that India in 1950s, having gained independence was guilty of fixing boundary without consulting China and England. India did not exist before that and it has no civilizational history. Is that so ??<br /> Maxwell states “without for a moment considering that good sense and good international manners pointed to the need to bring Beijing in to discuss their common border, Nehru and his close advisors selected the alignment themselves”. Here no one asked Maxwell if China ever consulted India before bringing Chinese borders to bear upon India by military aggression and occupation of Tibet? As if India was not a stake holder in that Chinese aggression and as if China was entitled to march wherever they willed ?<br />Why did Nehru do that? In answer, Maxwell said “ the Indian leaders felt insulted by (late Chinese premier) Zhou Enlai's insistence on negotiations as they felt it impugned India's character as an ancient nation with defined boundaries." <br />A man like Nehru who wrote “Discovery of India” and his companions who swore by his vision would definitely know what was India, the “Aryavarta” which was defined long back by Manu and others. <br />Even today the question to be decided is not if Tawang belongs to China or India. The issue is civilizational and whether it is for China to decide what Constitutes India and also if at all it is a matter of negotiation? If China does insist on defining what constitutes India, which it is doing including in Northern Areas of Pakistan, then we see ahead nothing but war a civilizational war.<br /><br />Focus on bigger issues rather than assuaging your psychological needs of bashing the generals.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-79579074957217391962014-04-01T16:43:01.839-07:002014-04-01T16:43:01.839-07:00This Neville Maxwell guy is the idiot that predict...This Neville Maxwell guy is the idiot that predicted that India would not survive as a democracy.kulari94noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-51517202336980655082014-04-01T15:42:07.569-07:002014-04-01T15:42:07.569-07:00How does Shukla feel able to pass judgment on Gene...How does Shukla feel able to pass judgment on Generals that retired a few decades before he was born? Where does his assessment of Henderson Brooks as a "plodding officer" come from? This is pure, unadulterated nonsense, with no basis in fact and with no sourcing. <br />Mr Shukla, I am interested to see if you have the intellectual honesty to publish my comment below:<br /><br />Shukla consistently seems to apologize for the Congress and for the political class in general, while seldom passing on the opportunity to criticize the uniformed services - without, alas, much in the way of competence to back his claims. <br /><br />"He was held in high esteem, especially by himself" - perhaps that observation is truer of Shukla than it's supposed target, Gen. Chaudhuri. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-80113611688711319202014-03-31T21:40:58.551-07:002014-03-31T21:40:58.551-07:00I think DGMO should take most of the blame since h...I think DGMO should take most of the blame since he went along with Gen Kaul and failed miserably despite the claims in his book.His advice regarding the entire operations especially positioning of reserves (and may be offensive air support when things were going wrong) would have had phenomenal impact and turned the tide. A copy of HBR is kept in Military Operations Directorate and he as DGMO would not have liked it to be disclosed. The legacy carries on...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-74656670175982053392014-03-31T21:00:23.681-07:002014-03-31T21:00:23.681-07:00This probably was the reason Bhagat was superceded...This probably was the reason Bhagat was superceded when he should have been COAS.Ashwin Baindurhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12472294269065735591noreply@blogger.com