[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

I remember those days! East Pakistan revolted against West Pakistan’s authority. The fight was brutal with mass murders taking place.

India, got arms from Russia, Pakistan got arms from the US.

India then invades East Pakistan to help drive out the West Pakistanis. Due to upsetting the ballance of power in the area,the US sided with West Pakistan.

Our local paper, Tulsa Tribune or World had photos of tied civilians being bayonetted by the Indian troops. there was also a photo of an Indian soldier stomping to death a teen who tried to protect a family member. One letter to the editor called these photos “Pornography”.

West Pakistan is driven from the east and Banglidesh (Republic of Bengal) is formed. As one letter to the editor put it, “The world now has another beggar nation”.

My how things have changed in 40 years. The US and Pakistan are at loggerheads, and India is now our friend.

[ravager]

“India, got arms from Russia, Pakistan got arms from the US.”

India didnt invade Pakistan but provided covert support the the Mukhti Bahini freedom fighters of Bangladesh. Pakistan initates the war by bombing Indian air bases in Western sectors.

“World had photos of tied civilians being bayonetted by the Indian troops. there was also a photo of an Indian soldier stomping to death a teen who tried to protect a family member.”

Nonsense. Pakistan army massacred 3 million Bengalis on the Eastern front in one of the world's worst post WWII genocide. Henry Kissinger and Nixon were arming and supporting Gen Yahya Khan and Gen Tikka Khan in their genocide of Bengalis.

““The world now has another beggar nation”.”

Even with poverty Bangladesh is a million times better then Pakistan of today.

[ravager]

“Our local paper, Tulsa Tribune or World had photos of tied civilians being bayonetted by the Indian troops. there was also a photo of an Indian soldier stomping to death a teen who tried to protect a family member. One letter to the editor called these photos “Pornography”.”

You had morons working at your local newspaper. The pictures you saw were of Pakistani troops.

[Cronos]

well, those pictures were doctored -- the atrocities committed on the Bangladeshis were done by West pakistanis -- the Pakistanis of today.

india's operation was quick -- in and out in a matter of weeks and primarily to STOP the massacres that the Pakistanis were committing on the Bangladeshis

Bangladesh may have been a beggar nation, but if India hadn't intervened there would have been more massacres and there were millions of bangladeshis fleeing INTO India -- the indians didn't have much of a choice

little ray -- liberation worked out pretty well for Bangladeshis -- they were being massacred by the PAkistanis and denied political power to make changes.