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INTRUSION AND THE FARCE OF BEING FRIENDS
By Ashok K. Mehta
Editorial
The Pioneer
http://www.dailypioneer.com
Wednesday, May 15, 2013
New Delhi played down the encroachment as a �local�
incident, having misread the Chinese intention. There was
an intelligence and surveillance lapse. The
responsibility for the border is with the Home Ministry,
not the Army
The unprecedented Chinese incursion into the Depsang
plateau in Ladakh should be a wake-up call for the
Government. Judging by the record of appeasement of China
� a choice triggered by the two-front contingency � and
the slipshod manner in which the adverse situation was
allowed to continue for three weeks in full public gaze
reflects the passivity of the establishment which will
encourage the new Chinese leadership to push India around
on any future settlement of the border dispute. China�s
first Blue Book released on May 10 sees the UPA
Government in �serious crisis�.
What else could be expected when Ministers described the
intrusion, the most serious since the 1986 face-off at
Wangdung, as a �local incident�; an �acne�; and as one
lying in no-man�s land? A former foreign office mandarin
has candidly described Minister for External Affairs
Salman Khurshid as someone suffering from verbal
diarrhoea, when, after his recent visit to China, he said
he would like to live in Beijing. In his meetings with
Chinese leaders, Mr Khurshid merely flagged the incursion
because he did not want to apportion blame when clearly
it was the most serious violation ever of the perceived
Line of Actual Control in Ladakh. Mr Khurshid�s
illustrious predecessor took the abundant precaution of
never speaking off the cuff � he was always equipped with
a written statement. It is another matter that at the
United Nations he read out a part of the Portuguese
Foreign Minister�s speech.
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Jai Maharaj, Jyotishi
Om Shanti
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By Ashok K. Mehta
Editorial
The Pioneer
http://www.dailypioneer.com
Wednesday, May 15, 2013
New Delhi played down the encroachment as a �local�
incident, having misread the Chinese intention. There was
an intelligence and surveillance lapse. The
responsibility for the border is with the Home Ministry,
not the Army
The unprecedented Chinese incursion into the Depsang
plateau in Ladakh should be a wake-up call for the
Government. Judging by the record of appeasement of China
� a choice triggered by the two-front contingency � and
the slipshod manner in which the adverse situation was
allowed to continue for three weeks in full public gaze
reflects the passivity of the establishment which will
encourage the new Chinese leadership to push India around
on any future settlement of the border dispute. China�s
first Blue Book released on May 10 sees the UPA
Government in �serious crisis�.
What else could be expected when Ministers described the
intrusion, the most serious since the 1986 face-off at
Wangdung, as a �local incident�; an �acne�; and as one
lying in no-man�s land? A former foreign office mandarin
has candidly described Minister for External Affairs
Salman Khurshid as someone suffering from verbal
diarrhoea, when, after his recent visit to China, he said
he would like to live in Beijing. In his meetings with
Chinese leaders, Mr Khurshid merely flagged the incursion
because he did not want to apportion blame when clearly
it was the most serious violation ever of the perceived
Line of Actual Control in Ladakh. Mr Khurshid�s
illustrious predecessor took the abundant precaution of
never speaking off the cuff � he was always equipped with
a written statement. It is another matter that at the
United Nations he read out a part of the Portuguese
Foreign Minister�s speech.
Continues at:
http://www.dailypioneer.com/columnists/edit/intrusion-and-the-farce-of-being-friends.html
Jai Maharaj, Jyotishi
Om Shanti
http://groups.google.com/group/alt.fan.jai-maharaj
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