For once, China need to be dealt by those who are trained to deal with thm-Indian forces & not MEA!

MEA is in love with specter of 62, so much so that they refuse to come out of that-that too wn fact is tht Army buried that ghost in 1967 on the icy heights of Cho La & Nathu La!

It is not Indian defense forces,that lack capacity to give back to Chinis; it is MEA which is real part of problem. They are the ones who play the role of "Shalya" in the power corridors and pour water over any talk of dealing a blow on the flat-nosed chinis to leave it bloodied!

Too many "on Chini rolls" commentators are singing paeans of their military prowess forget basic thing- Indian hinterland is used to receiving bodybags; next of our fallen heroes, take it as a badge of honour-doubt that barring accidents, Chinis have lost any in past few decades!

1962 was more a failure of Nehru-who for reasons best know to him,never used a single fighter of much superior IAF (as compared to PLAAF) of those days & ended up dealing a deathly blow on Indian psyche. Although, forces recovered fm it in 67 but MEA & political leadership cudnt!

And even if one were to talk of 1962, there are stories after stories in every sector- stories of valor and sacrifice despite much inferior weaponry or reinforcements- that makes me & millions like me feel proud of @adgpi and believe in their abilities to show their might!

We do need to realise that standoff-be it in Depsang or Dokalam earlier or now in Galwyan-Shyok river region- helps Chinis more. Peaceful ending of this standoff helps them as it-
1) adds to fear psychosis that ails @MEAIndia vis-à-vis Chinis
2) buoys Nepals to do Lipulekh on us!

Better strategy would be to see every Galwyan-Shyok type incident as a localized one & let @adgpi decide its response to that- Chinese with their hands full in SCS and on Taiwan issue, cant do any misadventure elsewhere. Deal a Nathu-la- Cho-La type blow on them in Galwyan region

Chinis have more reasons to avoid a full blown war with India than Indians- they are aware of the fear psychosis that ails our foreign policy and strategic think tanks vis-à-vis Chinis & such standoffs helps them; an aggressive Indian response will help everyone- even US!

Rest those in powers have more info and more intellect to decide what they think or feel is best for India....and we all shall see how situations pans out...…

Merger of Sikkim owed a lot to psychological victories scored following drubbing of Chinis at Nathu La and Cho La- LT Gen Aurora and Major Gen Sagat Singh were heroes of that conflict-do we even remember FS of that time? Same way during Sumdorong Chu standoff, we remember Gen KS

Be it 1967 or Operation Chequerboard of 1987, it was the work on the ground by Indian armed forces that laid the ground and launched the base for MEA and others to perform.....I don't see any reason why we must not follow that time tested strategy vis-à-vis a permanent adversary!

Chinis have been following same salami slicing strategy since 1950s- gobbled Tibet, Aksai Chin in Himalayas; Paracel islands, Johnson & Mischief reef & Scarborough Shoal in SCS from Vietnam & Philippines; trying same with Japan on Senkaku islands as it is doing with us in Galwan

Much of their recent claims in relatively peaceful middle sector- Barahoti in Chamoli & Lipulekh now via Nepalese-is actually a result of their claims in Northern & Eastern sectors getting a kid glove treatment. Stories of their claims in Western and Eastern sector is documented

Galwan is part of Western Sector & most likely will be followed by transgressions in Barahoti or perhaps new front in Uttarakashi in foreseeable future-hence imp to ask @adgpi to snatch that Chinese knife being used to "salami slice" Indian territories & point it back at them!

Old thread on Barahoti- Badaheti, Baraheti- different names by which it is known here - we now have a road beyond Sumna I guess and Rimkhim isn't as far as it used to be...… not sure but will check https://twitter.com/alok_bhatt/status/758181716578086912?s=20