Bhadra
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Chinese have secured the territory they consider necessary for their national security. Under present circumstances, when they do not perceive a major threat to China- India LC and Tibet why should they recognize and formalize any border? China by national character is Asiatic Despot. By Civilisational values, they are expansionists and Imperialistic. They believe in Mainland and outer periphery... Hence they would not like to bind themselves against futuristic expansion particularly when they have very grand dreams and ideas about themselves. Their ambitions are very clear and they do work towards realizing those ambitions.From the words used, Gen Hooda appears to be concerned about the situation which would mean he sees a real cause for worry and it’s isnt as simple as some are making it out to be.
On a related note, I would hope that we stop asking for the LAC to be demarcated etc except at closed doors official talks where such discussions may be pertinent. Otherwise, it looks like us whining. If the Chinese don’t want it, no reason to let on that we want it any more than they do. Senior military officers, retired or otherwise also should not be saying “diplomacy is the only thing that will work...” even if that was true. Leave that to the diplomats, unless military diplomacy is what is being spoken of. Worrying about Chinese belligerence is pointless, they will only stop when that no longer works for them. Some Indian belligerence may well be necessary.
Out of their 14 land border neighbors, India is the largest having the largest Army, with capable national resources, and capable of giving them competition in all fields. Why should then they loosen their grip on the insecurity of India caused by instability of borders? They laid quite for a century on the issue of Tibet with the British, They ignored and remained unresponsive to their proposals to settle boundaries of Tibet with India. They consider India as the successor of the British Empire and Imperialism and must attempt to take back their perceived losses from Inda. That is their national perspective and narrative.
India thus has no choice but to consolidate their military position on LAC and remain ready to strike at the opportune time.India should also a long term perspective on Our country and take back what Chinese have taken from us by military aggression = First Aksaichin and second- Liberation of Tibet. The former is a constitutional position of India and hence part of our stated national interests. We have promised that land to our country and no one can surrender that except the Communists in India. Let it be another fifty years but we can not let it go.
The question of LAC is but a temporary settlement that would benefit India. We should not hesitate and keep pricking Chinese on that issue as a step towards realizing our final national interests. We must insist on other relations with China being linked to it. India must use the issue of LAC settlement as a coercive diplomatic tool against China but for that the diplomats and the Indian Army will have to work hand in gloves with each other. Indian Army's stance along LAC must become a coercive and an effective tool of diplomacy.
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