. Thus
boldness at tactical level was sacrificed
because of operational and tactical timidity
at the highest level.
No one appreciated that the army men who
were employed , and it is a fiction that there
was a single Mujahid in Kargil, had flesh
and blood ! These men mourned by a few
hundred families were sons husbands
fathers and brothers !
The Kargil operation at the military level is
a watershed ! Idealism that propelled many
hundred to die in those Himalayan wastes is
buried for good ! Now there is a new breed
which dominates the army ! The ones who
aim at going on lush UN second
-ments or to KESC,WAPDA or as well paid
consultants !
What can one conclude ! It was the human
heart that failed in Kargil and this heart
which failed was housed in the ribcage of
men sitting in the GHQ and not on the rocky
pinnacles of Kargil ! Once the supply lines
were closed under Indian threat of a counter
attack , these brave men all Pakistan Army
regulars were abandoned to die, pounded by
artillery fire , bayoneted by overwhelming
numbers , weakened by starvation ! Who can
hear their cries ! Our ears are covered with
heaps of lies ! Truth died at Kargil ! What
remains is a bodyguard of lies!
A. H Amin is a writer , journalist , ex editor
of Defence Journal
(Pakistan), ex Editor of Globe (Pakistan);
author of Indo Pak Wars
from 1947 to 1971, Man's Role in History
and Land of the Pure (short stories).
He contributed above article to
Media Monitors Network (MMN) from
Sindh, Pakistan.
Source:
by courtesy & © 2003 A. H. Amin
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