Twenty soldiers of India killed by the Chinese just a few days back is not a big number for India to think seriously and take corrective steps to evade the repetition of such incidents? Did Indian intelligence find out the capacity of our soldiers to face the supposed to be the superior quality of Chinese, Militarily? Or did India took Chinese as Sri Lankans and Nepalese? India lost 20 soldiers just like anything, is it not because of the wrong preparation of Indians to face as understood, the much superior Chinese who liquidated Indian soldiers as if it was nothing? The leadership of India will do better when it answers clearly why and under whose order Indian soldiers were sent to face this type suicidal death? What is the defense ministry saying? What was their opinion and assessment before India’s soldiers engage with their enemies? Did they take Chinese lightly? And is really the number of deaths was 20 only or more?
In mid-eighties in the longest time Hyjacking of a Kuwaiti Plane, I think coming from Thailand and taken to Iran, because of one American passenger flying in that Plane, the then President of USA was not sleeping properly by keeping constantly awake even late at nights to enquire about the safety of Only One citizen of theirs and when India lost its 20 soldiers it should be terrible. What was the intelligence advice before engaging in this so called skirmishes with China? Did India think it would be a Kabaddi match with China to take it so lightly the life security of its so many soldiers? Or is India having extra excess soldiers to allow them to be sacrificed ? They had human life in them. And can India trust China from its past experience?
When Nehru visited China somewhere in 1954 the base for the slogan “Hindi-Chini Bhahi – Bhahi” was just laid and it was further fortified somewhere in 1960 when Cheu-en-lai visited Delhi. But hardly had the echo of this slogan died down, in 1962 China waged a border war with India killing so many soldiers of India and annexing a big area of land of India which is still in their possession.
Is India capable to fight with China? This question must be answered first in its proper perspective. Burning Chinese Flags and effigy of their leader and boycotting Chinese goods will solve India’s problem? By marketing Chinese goods did India getting benefits or the other way round? This is an economic point and whoever is benefiting more surely will move forward. Fighting China is not fighting Portuguese soldiers in Goa in 1961 and not Pakistan in East Pakistan. China is a rogue nation and most unreliable besides Militarily more advanced. This nation does not care for the World public opinion and it is not a democratic country for its leaders torule it decently.
A.Veronica Fernnandes,