Articles of the year 2019
Published on March 03rd 2019
Modi does not realise the blunder he has committed. He has personally insulted the very man he appointed to lead the charge against the Pakistanis. This insult comes at a heavy price.
The star has always been the air force and every boy, every teenager, every man dreams of flying among the clouds aspiring to be another Tom Cruise a role made for a Bollywood blockbuster. For Modi to treat a war hero like Wing Commander Abhinandan in this insulting manner is paramount to destabilising the Indian war machine. We do not know what sin Abhinandan committed. This question must be echoing throughout India. It appears that Abhinandan is the victim of Modi politics for which there is no place in the Indian war machine for it brings sleaze into what should be pure military where politics has no place. Merit has been discarded and a top pilot sacrificed for some political whim very similar to Rommel being recalled by Hitler leading to his suicide ending a glorious career of the most brilliant tank commander in history.
The biggest danger shown in this instance is the complete disregard of classic military training as taught in military academies throughout history. Unless Mr. Modi possesses the military acumen of a Napoleon the Indian war is lost. Doubly dangerous is the Modi command over many nuclear missiles. This, then, is a threat to the whole world. Modi is shifting all his miscalculations onto his hapless fighter pilot. Meting out such treatment to an acknowledged wing commander will send the wrong message to all the youngsters under training and also those wishing to join the air force dreaming to become the next Abhinandan. And the armed forces need a constant supply of the best young blood without which no military can succeed. Modi may have just given Pakistan the victory that we deserve and the Indians a defeat because of his myopic and small mind by bringing this chaiwala mentality to bear upon the Indian military at a time of war. Modi is no Napoleon and certainly cannot be allowed to continue as prime minister.