Thread by @dravirmani

"We will fight with what we have," can be costly in lives, when 2 land-obsessed, nuclear armed aggressors are colluding against us (for 50 yrs)! And it's difficult to indigenize when a stronger power is knocking down 1s door. We need both higher defence budget & an ally for 20yrs

https://twitter.com/rajatpTOI/status/1297376281021911041

2/xi The old story of the boy who cried #wolf will have to be inverted. In new story guards("experts") kept seeing wolf in distance, but didn't warn villagers, thinking its too far to worry. Villagers kept farming peacefully, till the wolf suddenly came & attacked children grp

https://twitter.com/rajatpTOI/status/1297373466593603584

3/Xi And we no longer have the luxury of time for gradual econ rfrm. We need #BigBang reform in FY21 to liberate a million entrepreneurs & attract Global #ValueChains to accelerate "catch-up growth". This will also generate revenues for Defence & encourage our partners'(economy)

4/Xi #Assasains #Mace is now pointed at us, and it won't be withdrawn, just sheathed for next thrust. Even if #Xi focuses on #Taiwan invasion for nxt 6 months, he will unsheathe it again, at next opportunity (waiting for us to go back to sleep again, as we hv done every time)

5/Xi example of the "guards" mentioned in 2/Xi ( above )- he 👇always knew, but said nothing cnn.com/2020/08/22/asi…

6/xi Probability of invasion of #Taiwan by #CCPchina has increased dramatically in #XiEra 👇🏼[one scenario speculates an invasion may take place the day before inauguration of next US president a la #Assasain's #Mace]

https://twitter.com/kevincarrico/status/1297432307414908930

7/xi #National #Security With Wolf Warriors of #CCP11 at doorstep we can't afford to delay signing #BECA & raising ambition of India-US partnership: #India shld present a modernized version of Indio-Soviet #Friendship #treaty for consideration of USA: bit.ly/31nWBSJ

8/xi Lesson from 1970: Keep your cool and prepare for all eventualities, before acting: business-standard.com/article/curren…

9/xi As #Xi is the #Center of #Gravity of the aggressive strategy, can his #Assassins #Mace be countered by an indirect approach? #IDS should be thinking about it! thestrategybridge.org/the-bridge/202…