[sukhoi-30mki]

Ping!!

[CarrotAndStick]

The claim of the author of In the Line of Fire that India understated its casualties is also without any factual foundation; even if the intention exists, undercounting and underreporting numbers of the military dead and seriously injured is just not possible in India. Pakistan's well-documented efforts to cover up its losses, and give credit to imaginary mujahideen fighters rather than the troops who lost their lives, provoked riots in its Northern Areas after the war.

Even the bravest soldiers are not immune to the inevitable effects of the one-sided use of air power and superior artillery. That a professional soldier is in denial, refuses to face the truth, reflects the Pakistani officer class's belief that it is infallible — and invincible.

As the historian Christophe Jaffrelot has pointed out, the "myth of the Muslim soldiers' superiority over his Hindu counterpart has long been a part of the mental landscape of Pakistan's senior officers" — even though it has "exacted a high price from Pakistan's troops."

An intelligent enemy, or a deranged one? Both seem equally dangerous these days.

[Valin]

Thanks.
bump for tonight. Time to go pretend I'm working
Monday...it's no way to spend 1/7th of your life

[razoroccam]

The man is a liar and cannot be trusted. If Singh has any sense, he would avoid making deals with such a scoundrel.

[Valin]

Pakistan's military, General Musharraf's book reveals, still sees Kargil as a triumph

Ok, if he says so it must be true.
/sarcasm