To put into context something I wrote earlier ...........
Understand it in the context of what I wrote in my previous post . Don't look at it standalone.
I don't really what to discuss such things but let me make a exception
Reasons why India must not be drawn to a large scale war without adequate preparations.
Localised action in a tic for tat situation is ok and I fully support it provided we yield the power to contain it in the first place.
But for a full scale war we have to
1. Not limit ourselves to reclaiming lost territories in Ladakh and Arunachal Pradesh only
2. Retake Tibet completely
Why ?
Because if we reclaim Ladakh and AP only , in the future we will still be exposed to Chinese counter attacks at the time and place of their choice . The Chinese will definitely attempt revenge. Our economy will get tied down trying to defend everytime . Negative psychology effect will mount on our population over a period of time .
However if we retake Tibet then we will deny the Chinese the geographical proximity to undertake counter attacks in future as part of any possible retaliation.
Tibet will then become the buffer zone , with combined Indian and Tibetan forces who will hold the Chinese at risk in Chinese mainland itself . Their economy will at direct risk plus the psychological pressure will be immense on their leaders and population.
This way our population centers will not be at risk by Chinese artillery etc , currently our population close to border is at risk while Chinese population centers are not at risk.
If we retake Tibet then the situation becomes opposite , the Chinese population comes under threat from Indian forces . While our own population becomes safe.
Any plan to attack China must incorporate liberation of Tibet , otherwise India will be always vulnerable to Chinese counter actions .
And importantly we must do it in a single war only , cannot risk multiple wars with China because otherwise we will get bogged down progressively with each counter move by china .
So best we prepare and arm ourselves for a full scale war to retake Tibet completely and deny the Chinese geographical proximity so that they cannot threaten India ever again.
If any body has read Chanakya's mandala theory , he or she will agree with me , heck even chanakya would agree with me .
Irony is Indian planners don't follow Arthashastra , if they had we would never been in such situations. Solution to almost every problem has been described by chanakya , only need is to conform them to prevailing situations and importantly develop the will power to implement them .
Again long story short
India must plan to recapture lost territories and Tibet and it must do so in a single war effort .
