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Incursions?! Nah…you must be joking

A great post by Apollo on General Deepak Kapoor’s (Chief of Army) recent remarks re. China and incursions across the border:

Excerpts (emphasis mine):

“…Gen Deepak Kapoor has gone on record saying that India can be held equally to blame of intruding into Chinese territory!

“The Chinese have a different perception of the Line Of Actual Control as do we. When we come up to their perception, we call it incursion and likewise they do.”

His shocking statement that India can be equally blamed for intruding into Chinese territory is based on a presumed logic that since the two sides have not agreed on a mutual Line of Actual Control both sides can accuse each other of intruding into their territories.

Infact the Army chief by making such a statement has exposed his ignorance of the history of the India-China border issue…

He doesn’t seem to realise that technically India and China do not share a border.

Keep Reading…

February 28th, 2008 Posted by B Shantanu | China related, Geo-Strategic Issues (incl. Nuclear, Oil, Energy), Modern Indian History | 4 comments

The Deoband declaration - A good first step

…but more needs to be done…(see a good post here).

Specifically, some of the the questions raised in these posts should be discussed and debated:

Islam’s “uncomfortable truths” 

Gandhigiri, Taliban and the need for reform in Islam and

“We Muslims Have Work To Do” - Salim Mansur 

February 28th, 2008 Posted by B Shantanu | Current Affairs, Islam & Reform, Islam & Terrorism, Terrorism in India | one comment