Dekhiye, he said, everybody wants to go to war, particularly the armed forces, they really want to thrash Pakistan. And then after the customary endless pause: But I am asking the chiefs, when the history of this war is written, what name will be given to it? The war of destruction of Pakistan, liberation of Kashmir, annihilation of the Pakistani army, what? We must have a clear objective before we go to war. We can’t launch what history would merely call a war of anger. After an even longer pause, he resumed the thought process: The problem with a war is, how you start it, when and where you start it, is in your hands. But how it will end, and when, is never in your control. That is why the decision to go to war is never taken lightly or in anger.
Posted on: Wed, 10 Sep 2014 07:17:09 +0000