Joe Shearer
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Is it threat from north or the threat from east ?
As the response may be different for both.
Quite right, Sir, we have to distinguish between the two.
Sadly, today, it appears that the Indian armed forces must acknowledge and address at least nine theaters, from the DBO area to the Burmese frontier.
In good old days, strategists in Pakistan used to say that the defence of East Pakistan lie in West Pakistan. We ultimately lost East Pakistan. Yes off-course the environment were altogether different then and can not be compared with today.
However, the strategy of obviating the vulnerability in the East through neutralizing the threat from West has down-turns. One major down-turn for India is that by default, it makes China and Pakistan natural allies. Therefore, the threats would never go away and India would remain boxed in between two nuclear powers joined together against a common threat.
The perpetuity of the threat, despite other enhanced cooperative measure, may never allow formation of the trust which
is so much necessary for a good neighbourly co-existence.
How can the threat from the nuclear armed West be neutralized by India, besides the application of military arm. It may also generate interesting discussion.
There is indeed a fallacy in defending one point by attacking another widely separated point. However, the recommendation was with regard to eliminating a weaker enemy before tackling the stronger one.
A military policeman was known for selecting the smallest partner he could before plunging in to pacify bar-room brawls. He was asked why he didn't select the biggest man instead. His answer was simplicity itself. "if you see a big and a small guy coming at you, whom will you hit first?"