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@Areesh bro, with Indian border on the east, and Afghan border on the west, we will never be able to fully eradicate the menace of terrorism. Even if we say that ISI is top (of course it is not a top agency because of the funds it receives to secure two borders), we can't expect it will work like Israeli agency.. With huge budget and resources, India can't control Kashmir situation, and other northern separatist movements. Every now and then, their security personnel are killed.. and they have to control relatively much less of a border as compared to their strength..
You must compare the situation, where were we in 2010, and where are we in 2018. 5-10,000 ISIS terrorists hiding in the vast land of Afghanistan, we will have to accept that some will slip through.. even after the borders are sealed..
Many, many terrorist attempts are foiled on a daily basis.. Ammunition gets recovered, terrorists killed, but 2-3 attempts out of many become successful.. and why we shouldn't expect this when RAW, CIA and others are working against one country and helping ISIS covertly? It is really hard to believe that an attack in a few months will not happen by the enemies.. no way possible..
One possibility, that you have suggested in your earlier posts is to be aggressive. I think all the agencies are working aggressively against the several enemies, but if we think that we must enter Afghanistan to neutralize the terrorists, this is exactly what our enemies want.. First, it will not achieve anything as Afghanistan is not a small country, and secondly, we will lose many more soldiers on a foreign land. There are two ways remaining, (1) strengthen pro Pakistan forces in Afghanistan (and you may have noticed that we have been successful in that lately) (2) Put diplomatic pressure on Afghanistan, US and India to stop supporting terrorists in Afghanistan..
Now unfortunately, options # 2 requires us to be strong on all fronts first.. economically, diplomatically, internally, and on the defense front..
If you notice, out of the four above, we have failed miserably on 3 i.e, economic, internal security, and diplomatic front.. These three are primary responsibilities of civilian government. But even if I take your argument that internal security is also Army's responsibility, then we must first abolish all in civilian agencies, like FIA and IB, and give their budget to ISI.. and scrap our police and give its budget to Army.. We can't expect our 600,000 (1.2 million with reserves) army to secure eastern border (with one of the largest armies of our foe stationed there), secure western border, with all the mess on the other side of border, provide 450,000 individuals to election commission, and control internal security.. But Army is still doing it. It is stretched heavily man.. It requires our praise more than anything..
Among other top 10 armies, our Army is probably the cheapest, and yet very much effective when it comes to the services we obtain from our forces.. We can't increase budget, because our economic condition is too weak, we can't fight our case properly internationally, because our governments do not have guts, and to be honest, no one listens to a country which only asks for loans rather than developing and implementing right economic policies. Now there is another front opened by India.. and that is water.. even there, Army is showing the politicians what should be the priorities.. because when there will be no water in 2025, our Agricultural country will not have anything left to even pay for our defense budget, and we may have to shrink so many institutions, including Army and Air force to get the things going.. It is Supreme Court and Army that has taken this initiative so that politicians kuchh sharam karain..
Halaat buhat kharaab hain bro, but bashing Army or GHQ will not take us anywhere, other than towards more chaos..
You must compare the situation, where were we in 2010, and where are we in 2018. 5-10,000 ISIS terrorists hiding in the vast land of Afghanistan, we will have to accept that some will slip through.. even after the borders are sealed..
Many, many terrorist attempts are foiled on a daily basis.. Ammunition gets recovered, terrorists killed, but 2-3 attempts out of many become successful.. and why we shouldn't expect this when RAW, CIA and others are working against one country and helping ISIS covertly? It is really hard to believe that an attack in a few months will not happen by the enemies.. no way possible..
One possibility, that you have suggested in your earlier posts is to be aggressive. I think all the agencies are working aggressively against the several enemies, but if we think that we must enter Afghanistan to neutralize the terrorists, this is exactly what our enemies want.. First, it will not achieve anything as Afghanistan is not a small country, and secondly, we will lose many more soldiers on a foreign land. There are two ways remaining, (1) strengthen pro Pakistan forces in Afghanistan (and you may have noticed that we have been successful in that lately) (2) Put diplomatic pressure on Afghanistan, US and India to stop supporting terrorists in Afghanistan..
Now unfortunately, options # 2 requires us to be strong on all fronts first.. economically, diplomatically, internally, and on the defense front..
If you notice, out of the four above, we have failed miserably on 3 i.e, economic, internal security, and diplomatic front.. These three are primary responsibilities of civilian government. But even if I take your argument that internal security is also Army's responsibility, then we must first abolish all in civilian agencies, like FIA and IB, and give their budget to ISI.. and scrap our police and give its budget to Army.. We can't expect our 600,000 (1.2 million with reserves) army to secure eastern border (with one of the largest armies of our foe stationed there), secure western border, with all the mess on the other side of border, provide 450,000 individuals to election commission, and control internal security.. But Army is still doing it. It is stretched heavily man.. It requires our praise more than anything..
Among other top 10 armies, our Army is probably the cheapest, and yet very much effective when it comes to the services we obtain from our forces.. We can't increase budget, because our economic condition is too weak, we can't fight our case properly internationally, because our governments do not have guts, and to be honest, no one listens to a country which only asks for loans rather than developing and implementing right economic policies. Now there is another front opened by India.. and that is water.. even there, Army is showing the politicians what should be the priorities.. because when there will be no water in 2025, our Agricultural country will not have anything left to even pay for our defense budget, and we may have to shrink so many institutions, including Army and Air force to get the things going.. It is Supreme Court and Army that has taken this initiative so that politicians kuchh sharam karain..
Halaat buhat kharaab hain bro, but bashing Army or GHQ will not take us anywhere, other than towards more chaos..
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