In this episode of Generals Talk , Lt Gen Satish Dua, Aadi and I discuss the narratives which are coming out of Ukraine and the need for taking a hard look at the flow of information coming out of the battle field.
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The Pakistani FM to BBC: War would be suicidal. Pakistan has already started negotiating with a gun to its head! Welcome home Wing Commander Abhinanadan. Well done. You flew into the Valley of Death and survived. India is proud. Sincere condolences to Air Marshal Waseem Ud Din on the loss of his son Shahaz Ud Din under most unfortunate circumstances. He was incredibly brave to continue his mission when others had turned around. Paradigm Emerged A lot has happened since Balakot. Some in focus some out. Some hyped. Some diffused. Time to sum up the situation and see where things are heading. Militarily it is called Review of the Situation. I will do it journalistically so that the intellectual western media understands it. They might or not buy our story. Incidentally it is not a story. It is not for sale. This is real live action. Nuclear exchange receding. Not ruled out. A fundamental paradigm has emerged. India’s fight is ag...
For the medium term, the winner looks to be the US MIC and deep-state as it has got the next "forever" war to push their agendas and has placed a deep thorn within Europe to keep them pre-occupied. If European rearmament leads to their atavistic tendencies rising again, another world war sparked by Europe is on the cards. If the western controlled financial and media systems get replaced by truly neutral mechanisms, the globe will be the winner.
ReplyDeleteGood to hear some independent analysis.
ReplyDeleteIn terms of the implications for India: It appears that the US courted Ukraine since early to mid nineties after the fall of the Soviet Union. US has considered Russia to be a competitor at that time, and some how picked Ukraine, a closest neighbour of Russia as some kind of all. Ukraine seems to have got sucked into the role of a pawn in the games between super powers. The results of getting "ukrained" are there for all to see.
Now, the US seems to regard China as the next major competitor. It may be natural for the US to want India, which is a close and big neighbour of China to become its ally/collaborator. Shouldn't India strongly avoid the temptation to become a US ally to counter China? There are some reasons due to which Nato could not join the war to defend Ukraine. In case, china decides to attack India, one would imagine that Nato/US would also not be able to come to India's defence for the same reasons. Do you think it is better for india to have economic co-operation with different blocks, and try to improve self reliance for defence purposes, with the expectation that no one will come to help india, in case there are any external attacks.