And @SwarajyaMag is carrying this piece of shit! I expect such a piece in Wire, Scroll or Newsminute. Not on a portal which is supposedly right of center! This is the best you could come-up with in terms of fixing accountability? Throw the chap in uniform under the bus? Pathetic!
So, as per the geniuses at @SwarajyaMag, a soldier is worthy of praise as long as he makes no mistake. Or better, if he dies in ops. We will then pin a medal on his chest, and write a moving tweet or an article. If he screws-up, BC, charge him with murder! Thankless buggers.
Guess next time an officer is asked to site an ambush/lead CI Ops basis some intelligence, he should ask for it to be submitted in triplicate, duly notarized and also signed by SDM. Because if anything goes wrong, he knows dunderheads in @SwarajyaMag will paint him as a murder.
Since you chaps @SwarajyaMag at fucking know-it-alls, why don't you compile a SOP on CI Ops, basis your immense experience of social media cat-fights, which can be shared with the Army? You might finally end-up doing something worthwhile for a change.
These are the soldiers which some shit-head at @SwarajyaMag wants to be charged with murder.
People who'll piss in their pants if faced with 1/100th of the situation that these soldiers found themselves in, are passing sermons @SwarajyaMag on need to revisit CI Ops doctrine. BC, how many years have you spent in CI Ops to preach this nonsense?
Please, listen to what the good Major is saying. He's been there, done that. We're all pained by the loss of lives. But go easy on passing judgement. Trust the army to handle this in a fair manner. And for god's sake, think about the soldiers as well.
Ever heard of soldiers armed with automatic weapons, that too SF soldiers who can put a bullet between your eyes in sleep, being injured in mob attack? They could've killed every attacking villagers but most likely held off till it became impossible +
+ to do. Even suffered grievous injuries before opening fire in self defence. One soldier is supposedly dead because of this attack by villagers. Others are in ICU. Trigger happy soldiers? Feel like planting a boot to backside of some people here.
And our 'brightest' are here with their pearls of wisdom. People who consider online criticism of their judgement as contempt of court, don't move around w/p posse of security, are pontificating on nuances of combat. ndtv.com/india-news/nag…
The same democracy has been put, and kept together through the blood & guts of security forces. Extraordinary situation requires extraordinary powers. Period. Otherwise if one goes by fantasies of Track-2 worthies here, there won't be any democracy left to defend.
Still bigger tragedy than nonsense peddled by @SwarajyaMag or some other Track-2 worthies is reprehensible commentary by some Veterans on SM. Some try to appear holier-than-thou and willing to throw soldiers under the bus to appear all-upright on SM. While others are blinded by+
+ their hatred for Modi and BJP. I mean, there is one gentleman who thinks NSA needs to be held accountable because he most likely ordered this SF Team to mount the ambush! Others have linked it to electioneering. Seriously?
Imagine you're a serving soldier and you read such idiotic hot-takes by ex-officers?
Not to mention holier-than-thou veterans like Lt Gen Panag here who's always quick to pass judgement on every development. Thinks only thing good about the army was him as an officer, everything, and everyone else is crap.
Pakistan Watch - Socio-political
- News & Analysis about Pakistan's socio-political and socio-economic aspects.
- Do you know what this is?
- This is the tomb of a boy named Ilm-ud-din in Lahore.
- Known locally as Ghazi Ilm Din Shaheed Tomb.
- Why is he revered?
- Because in 1929, he killed a Hindu publisher named Mahashe Rajpal for publishing a 'blasphemous' book Rangila Rasul.
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- Here are some other images from his tomb.
- Goes w/o saying that even 90+ years after he 'avenged' the insult to Prophet Mohammad, by killing the Kaffir Hindu, he remains a revered figure.
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Before holier - than - thou Hindu warriors jump in and accuse Haryana government of appeasement, please ask yourself this - under what provision will government disallow the namaaz? And as government, it is duty bound to provide required security to allow the event to take place.
- So, this tweet generated a lot of heat.
- Never mind the idiotic comments, it shows how shallow is our understanding of issues.
- Bas chad jao daal-paani le ke sarkaar pe!
- First, basic facts:
There were 106 government designated sites for offering +
+ namaaz, which were consolidated into 37 sites in 2018.
- The news in media is about only TWO specific sites: Sector-47, and Sector-12A.
- Here again, what are the issues?
(A) Sector 47: (1) Residents say that there is overcrowding at the Namaaz site on Fridays, and its spills +
“Men of the Rajput Regiment, you were born to die for your country. God has selected this small river for which you must die. Stand up and fight like true Rajputs”.
- Maj B K Pant, 2 Rajput, 1962, Battle of Namka Chu.
- Tale of his indomitable courage.
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+ Indian Army lacks everything but courage.
- Everytime the 1962 war anniversary comes up, I'm reminded of Major BK Pant.
- Men like him remained true to their oath of Naam, Namak, Nishaan.
- Men who were let down by Nehru, Krishna Menon, and a compromised Army leadership which+
+ could not stand-up against the Politicians for its men.
- I've been reading about the 1962 war, and believe you me, as I read the details of how we lost men, territory, and honor, I feel a pain in my chest.
- But I hope we can tell the stories of our bravehearts.
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PART 1: Modi - Amit Shah - Shaheen Bagh
- Many are blaming AS for incompetency in handling Shaheen Bagh, and farmers protests.
- Here's a contrary opinion
- 1st, if there is incompetence, and if anyone has to be blamed for it, it has to be Modi.
- Why?
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- Coming to Shaheen Bagh (SB) and famers protest (FP), bot of these were/are much more than simply a bunch of people protesting against certain laws.
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- Shaheen Bagh was a carefully orchestrated, high profile event where Muslims (minority) was openly pitted against GOI.
- It was a high decibel, high optics protest with very careful social media management.
- BJP as it is has been painted as anti-Muslim, and this protest was +
To people outraging over Sikh Regiment versus Sikh Light Infantry, do you know that The President's Bodyguard recruits ONLY from Hindu Jats, Hindu Rajput and Jat Sikhs? Your topic of the day for outrage 😝
BTW,when the society itself cannot get Jat Sikhs and Mazhabi Sikhs to live together, how do you expect them to form a cohesive fighting unit? And no, please don't bring in the example of All-India, All-Class Regiments or Corps as a counter. Because in these Regiments or Corps, +
+ no single community dominates. An all encompassing Sikh Regiment is different from a Punjab Regiment which will have a mix of Jat Sikhs and Mazhabi Sikhs. Because it also has men across all castes from Punjab, Himachal and parts of J&K. And as a soldier, one desires to join +
Remember the much persecuted Ahmadiyyas from Pakistan?
- Well, during 1947-48 Kashmir war, they set-up an all volunteer, all Ahmadiyyas force known as Furqan Force (7 Punjab) to fight against India.
- Even undertook expenses & maintenance of this force by themselves.
The irony!
Said a person who left India and migrated to Pakistan, a nation created on religious identity.