All the folks that are bashing COAS and Army, I humbly request you to move to Balochistan and show these incompetent folks how it’s done.
Its done by allocating air support resources at the disposal of the forces deployed there and provinding them with proper armoured vehicles, dont play a war of beautiful words here, its the job of the Army leadership to get the job done, not ordinary citizens who have a constitutional right to question those who are neglecting there duties while holding positions of power. I'm sure you wouldnt have such an opinion if Allah forbid one of your family members were among the ambushed soldiers and u knew that these men died due to criminal negligence of those in power and much could have been done to avoid such a catastrophic event. It has become a norm, these FC soldiers are being treated as cannon fodder by Bajwa.
Both have valid points, but when someone says "allocate", please realize someone has to approve money for this. All of this is "extra" funding needed by the Army. On the one hand, there is bashing the army that they eat up the budget, on the other you want the military to spend more.
When you or anyone else says "neglect", what do you want them to do? Do understand the capital costs of acquisition for such armored vehicles. You either buy this (efficacy is questionable as the terrain in many areas cannot be negotiated with these MRAPs. This was the same problem even in FATA. Our troops had to fight it out on mountain-tops) or the SH-15s to counter India's upgradation. Perhaps you or me should decide where to spend the limited money.
Any time such casualties happen, those in uniform feel it even more than those outside of the service. When you say criminal negligence, what if the counterpoint is that the Army has put up requests for such acquisitions, body armor, combat help support but this is not forthcoming, what is one to say? Our per-capita spend on an individual soldier is one of the lowest if not the lowest even by regional standards.
I am not a fan of Gen Bajwa but I do know that one should think logically instead of childish accusations of cowardice, incompetence etc. The change in tactics take months and sometimes years to show results. Here everyone wants the magic wand action. There is no such thing. FATA took 20 years to sort out. Balochistan has been problematic for 50 years so this will be a long slog.
I am confident and believe that the FC/Army will bring Balochistan under control iA. There is a track record with the fighting in FATA which was much more challenging and difficult yet the Army took control of the situation and turned things around.
