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with china encircling india first via naval outposts and now the new
development of approx 11,000 of its pla troops in the gilgit-baltistan area it
is time for the indian govt to upgrate it's reactive response system to one
that takes the initiative or at least goes tit for tat. WHilst communicating with
some of you in the shout box recently i had suggested a military alliance
with all those countries mentioned in the title plus i had suggested adding
the USA and Australia but the idea drew some strong reactions from a few.
One of the objections was that these alliances often are simply a one way street in favour of U Sam eg CENTO ...which when pak needed a response from its partners in the 1971 war , was left on it's own and cento was abruptly disbanded.
I think the unspoken objection was that when uncle sam needs your help , then
the
alliance exists , but when you need help from uncle then they give excuses
instead.
However the fact is that while china has partners and is using pak and
to a lesser extent other neighbours to encircle india , india has done much
less to counter this. We are aware of some small-time naval cooperation
with burma, perhaps idonesia and there is an air base in tajikistan ( well
done) but the sum total is far less and sporardic in comparison to china's
much larger-scale and more well -planned "aquisition" of partnering
facilities. So instead of having a tight military alliance with a few countries which "never " works of equally it might be better to lease territory or military bases instead.
Isnt it time for india to lower the feel-good factor with china and about
china in exchange for a more realistic assessment about this neighbour
and go a little more deliberately in aquiring similar cooperation or use of
facilities in neighbouring territories , doing something similar to china to
equalise the situation.
Also in the past, whenever the usa mentioned the phrase about india
being a counterbalance to china , the idea was not well received. I certainly
do not recommend becoming anyone's puppet but perhaps this proposed
alliance should also be re-viewed and modified for practical advantage.
The whole mattaer points to the unified and coordinated governmental
system that china has while in india the various political parties continue
wastiing energy fighting among themselves in the name of "democracy".
And the idea that indians fights internally but when attacked from without,
then they suddenly come together is probably the reason why the indian
response to chinese encirclement is so haphazard and weak.
well some of my thoughts and some of your ideas when chatting with
you here and there ...before hearing the news about the PLA in
gilgit-baltistan. But now theat the shocking news is out , could we have a
debate and discussion on the mattter ? Is it serious enough to warrant
your comments ? tia.
ps:- admin, please assist by editing, spell-check , thanks
development of approx 11,000 of its pla troops in the gilgit-baltistan area it
is time for the indian govt to upgrate it's reactive response system to one
that takes the initiative or at least goes tit for tat. WHilst communicating with
some of you in the shout box recently i had suggested a military alliance
with all those countries mentioned in the title plus i had suggested adding
the USA and Australia but the idea drew some strong reactions from a few.
One of the objections was that these alliances often are simply a one way street in favour of U Sam eg CENTO ...which when pak needed a response from its partners in the 1971 war , was left on it's own and cento was abruptly disbanded.
I think the unspoken objection was that when uncle sam needs your help , then
the
alliance exists , but when you need help from uncle then they give excuses
instead.
However the fact is that while china has partners and is using pak and
to a lesser extent other neighbours to encircle india , india has done much
less to counter this. We are aware of some small-time naval cooperation
with burma, perhaps idonesia and there is an air base in tajikistan ( well
done) but the sum total is far less and sporardic in comparison to china's
much larger-scale and more well -planned "aquisition" of partnering
facilities. So instead of having a tight military alliance with a few countries which "never " works of equally it might be better to lease territory or military bases instead.
Isnt it time for india to lower the feel-good factor with china and about
china in exchange for a more realistic assessment about this neighbour
and go a little more deliberately in aquiring similar cooperation or use of
facilities in neighbouring territories , doing something similar to china to
equalise the situation.
Also in the past, whenever the usa mentioned the phrase about india
being a counterbalance to china , the idea was not well received. I certainly
do not recommend becoming anyone's puppet but perhaps this proposed
alliance should also be re-viewed and modified for practical advantage.
The whole mattaer points to the unified and coordinated governmental
system that china has while in india the various political parties continue
wastiing energy fighting among themselves in the name of "democracy".
And the idea that indians fights internally but when attacked from without,
then they suddenly come together is probably the reason why the indian
response to chinese encirclement is so haphazard and weak.
well some of my thoughts and some of your ideas when chatting with
you here and there ...before hearing the news about the PLA in
gilgit-baltistan. But now theat the shocking news is out , could we have a
debate and discussion on the mattter ? Is it serious enough to warrant
your comments ? tia.
ps:- admin, please assist by editing, spell-check , thanks