Wednesday, June 17, 2020

Chinese Hegemony at our Doorstep

War & Peace

Is the war on? War is already on!

I was reading a comment question on one of the articles in an online newspaper covering the Galvan Valley Faceoff. Those who are not able to make out the dubious design of our adversary could be shocked in time to come if the contemporary events have not made them yet. Hence complacency on our side would be disastrous, but I have faith in the ruling dispensation and our defense forces that such lacunae is not there.

It's all in the open especially after China blatantly favoring countries with political or military agenda that is inimical to our interest. It has been aggressively opposing us on all International forums. Its hegemonic expansionist design is no secret with constant aggression in South Asian Sea (SCS) and acrimony with nearly all its Asian neighbours. It's collusion with our staunch enemy, and some gullible neighbours is no secret. Oops! I nearly forgot the annexation of Tibet which is history.

But however aggressive and malicious the design behind the skirmishes are war is not easy to start and endure considering the International displeasure and discouragement that the aggressor may face and added to possible International isolation could be the price that its economy would have to pay. The later could result in dip in demand severely if not a total boycott.  

Unfortunately the peace initiative is not in our hand it seems. For we are a peace loving country that believes in dialogue and not war. If you look back at history we have always faced the offensive right from the days of Arab invasion to arrival of Moguls and then the British.

Whether this defensive peace loving National Character has been costly is not the matter of discussion here? But it is not difficult to conjecture that we need to be militarily strong, proactive and offensive whenever the situation arises. Any hesitation on our part could be costly, not only on terms of lives lost but losing land can be of consequence as well.

LAC 

It is not only the long boundary that we share with China called LAC the line of actual control which stretches a good three thousand five hundred kilometres it is the disputed nature of the boundary that is behind the frequent scuffles that have taken place since year. But the recent faceoff has aggravated the situation alarmingly. Behind this heat up is definitely the expansionist policy of Northern neighbor whose claim on our land should never be accepted. Most of claim on our land is chimerical based on conjectures without any fact to support. It will not be possible to settle this issue until unless status quo is accepted.   

Claims and counterclaims, blaming each other repeatedly on every event is a tactical percusor to false propaganda in order to justify the heinous acts of war. This is how wars start as the real motive behind the aggressor (China) are not known or at the best construed.  One things is not difficult to conjecture and that the aggressor has not tasted real blood so far, and for that 1962 war and our failure at that event has bolstered its belief in might is right. The economic disparity favoring it and the military might that seems to be in its favour as well creates a perception that it can any time make India bite the dust.

Way Ahead!

India is no more a disorganised weakling as it was in 1962 with practically no military capabilities. This is not the case anymore we stand neck to neck in case of confrontation now and can deliver a shocking punch.  They have lost more soldiers than we have and this will be the case in future faceoffs or full fledged war.

China should immediately stop claiming our territory and return all that it has forcibly captured during the 1962 war...if it wants good relations and peace with us. If ever they try to intrude into our territory they will be repelled and incur heavy losses.

For us this is not time to entertain political, social and ideological distances and dissension. We should stand united and deliver a solid punch to the enemy. 

Jai Hind!
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Uday is a content writer and seo service provider. He also teaches Digital Marketing in Jabalpur in Summer.
As a freelance Naturalist he loves to blog on wildlife, tigers, conservation and environmental issues hence the article.
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