header.gif banner2.gif Anim By: 45Acres
Categories

Charity
www.hrudaya.org
Advertisements
$12.95 Domains $4.95/mo  Hosting
Blog Roll

What would you do, if you are not afraid?

Visit www.dilt.orgVisit www.dilt.org
Google
 
Web www.ramdhanyk.com
Visit www.deeshaa.net

www.BPODigest.com i-Vortal


October 13, 2004

India's senseless battle in Siachen

India's senseless battle in Siachen - Sify.com
By Gurmeet Kanwal

It is senseless to be fighting on Siachen, the world’s highest and coldest battlefield. No one understands this better than the Indian Army, which was, in 1984, asked to rush to the glacier by then prime minister Indira Gandhi.
Despite several attempts to disengage from the icy heights and withdraw to agreed positions, as a prelude to the demilitarisation of the battle zone, India and Pakistan have failed to reach an agreement. The Pakistan army’s incursion into Kargil district in 1999 has hardened the Indian stance further.

The genesis of the Siachen conflict lay in the inexplicable decision, after the 1971 war, of the Line of Control (LoC) demarcation committee to limit the demarcation of the LoC up to map reference NJ 9842. Beyond this point, the agreement stipulated that the LoC was to run “thence north to the glaciers”.

Whether the Siachen area has major strategic significance is debatable.
Read the whole article @ India's senseless battle in Siachen - Sify.com

Posted by Ramdhan Yadav at October 13, 2004 03:51 PM Perma Link
Comments

Ramdhan,

Any military confrontation in itself is senseless. But seen in a larger context, the picture may be different.

The problem is one of trust. There simply is not enough trust to warrant a climbdown, even if Pakistan were to agree tomorrow.

Here's my recent post on this.

Posted by: Nitin at October 14, 2004 05:19 AM

Never withdraw our troops from Siachen Glacier

Our nation was taken to the cleaners by Nehru who sold out the Indus river water to Pakistan with the infamous one sided perpetual Indus water treaty that gave away more than 84.6% of river water to Pakistan. It was the most treacherous thing done by Nehru. Added to that all the catchments areas that are lying in J&K was occupied by Pakistan and the Pakistanis even exchanged some of our land with china. Pakistanis sent its troops to the Siachen Glacier that feeds the Indus river to occupy and control it. We should have stood for the independence of Tibet which is the catchment area of many of our main rivers. Yet the lack of concern by Nehru and the congress party clearly shows that Nehru was a traitor and the talk that Nehru's grandfather was a muslim appears to be true. The news that even Subash Chandra Bose was in India and was living in hiding in fear of Nehru is bound to raise doubts about the true nature of Nehru in the minds of Indians.
Now with two ISI agents, one our PM who approved the Pakistani ISI bank BCCI, branch opening in India in 1983 and Sonia who worked in UK under a Pakistani ISI operative who had office in Dubai for 5years, raise real fears that India is being taken to the cleaners. Pakistanis came out with various proposals to remove our troops on Siachen Glacier, including a peace park to remove us from there. Never trust these Pakistanis on this.

Posted by: kumar at March 27, 2005 05:29 AM

Well said Kumar. Even before the Indus river treaty, That selfish custard called Nehru wanted to be PM. This is why Jinnah wanted Pakistan as they both wanted glory as India's first PM.

There is something in an Indian's blood that makes a mockery of ethics, honesty and pride in one's actions.

It is not a surprise that today there exists over a billion Indians with poor values. Bribes anyone?

Posted by: Chris at July 22, 2005 06:41 AM

Siachen war is the world's stupidest war in the history of man. The war is a clear example of the stupidity of governments. The glacier basin is of no strategic value-the region is only of use to geologists and climbers. further, the restoration of the environment will cost probably a few billion dollars to remove all unexploded munitions and garbage.

Posted by: Jack at August 15, 2005 12:36 AM

Well certainly i think there is no use in fighting for Siachen....i saw on ndtv abt Siachen Battle field special episode ! OMG i can belive out that out of ever 10 five of them die due to cold!. its all paki's who started it ....today we talk abt peace process but it will not last longer.

Posted by: Abishiek at October 21, 2005 01:12 PM
Post a comment









Remember personal info?








Please click the POST button ONLY ONCE, it might take a while to post your comment as a spam checking program is running in the background