I initially was not in support of sending troops on afghan soil but now i think we better send them.
With the recent Dokalam stand-off and Cpec project which is being run by 2 rouge states on the land which is legitimately ours,i believe its a must to send soldiers in Afghanistan.
It will help us check chinese influence in check in the central asia and will put pressure on pakistan.I want a military base near khyber pass.
We must become the net security provider in the IOR.Many countries in the south east asia have requested for that.USA is not a reliable ally-they dumped Ukrainians despite the memorandum of Budapest,they did not stop the chinese from expanding in the SCS region,now they have artificial islands in the region.
With more than 60% of our trade passing through SCS and usa being an unreliable ally,we need to step up our efforts to modernize our armed forces(specifically air forces and the underwater submarines).Need to put more effort on domestic arms industry,will save forex and will maintain an undisturbed supply chain of spares for equipment.
As our economic might grows,so should our military might and our influence only then we will be called a global power.
We must have high aims and we need to start,so be it Afghanistan.
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I rest my case.