Comments on: WAS Lt Gen A.A.K. NIAZI A TIGER OR A JACKAL???

By: Surjit Singh

Surjit Singh — Mon, 25 Mar 2019 17:13:16 +0000

MBJ
Do please share your experience with us.
Surjit

By: Col M B Jauhari

Col M B Jauhari — Mon, 25 Mar 2019 10:52:59 +0000

Thank you sir.

I have a little more insight into an event that happened when I was in my first year of engineering at IIT Roorkee.

By: colls

colls — Fri, 15 Jul 2016 17:11:42 +0000

I just came by
Sorry I don’t have a spare copy
but HQ WEST.COM and MCEME have it
MCEME
liby and archives have a copy to spare or loan may be
they had two…
rgds ex csm

By: wg cdr (r) Ramayabalachandran

wg cdr (r) Ramayabalachandran — Mon, 18 Apr 2016 15:24:29 +0000

Dear sir, it was a great reading, unbiased, without humiliating the opponent . i had read Blood telegram. one’s blood will boil on the treatment of civilians of the east by the military of the west. No political or military logic will hold good for massacring the students in their university. Every evil action should be met with punishment. The country was punished by its disintegration into two. Niazi was punished by his President, by not even replying his pathetic letter unbecoming of a brave general as he claims to be. Two things become clear. He had washed the dirty linen in public. East was sacrificed for saving the west. may be that crook Nixon and kissinger combination would have sold the idea as Americans always fish in troubled waters.. All most all replies are dignified. Thanks for making us travel back. History should not be forgotten

By: Kapil Aggarwal

Kapil Aggarwal — Mon, 18 Apr 2016 06:34:05 +0000

Dear Sir,

Thank you Sir for the link.

Also read Niazi’s letter to President. I think whosoever labelled him a jackal, in Pakistan, was not fair. The General at least deserved a hearing before being condemned. But when was Pakistan, a land of coups and political intrigues, known for being fair? He might have been a scapegoat.

Regards,

Kapil

By: Surjit Singh

Surjit Singh — Sun, 17 Apr 2016 06:08:14 +0000

Dear Brother,
Indeed. War is like a team game. And when you lose, even the best players have to suffer the ignominy!
Such is life.
Surjit

By: Surjit Singh

Surjit Singh — Sun, 17 Apr 2016 06:00:48 +0000

Dear Brig,
Thanks . I was a young Mag in the Eastern theatre, and moved by what I saw and heard. I was curious to know their side of the story. This book answered all my questions!
Surjit

By: Surjit Singh

Surjit Singh — Sun, 17 Apr 2016 05:52:55 +0000

Affable General,
Your comments are cogent, logical and comprehensive.
I once read some where that it is wrong to categorize people as ‘good ‘ and ‘bad’. The more appropriate division is to rate them as ‘worthy of being taken note of’ or otherwise. In the movies we have a hero a villain and countless ‘extras’ (called junior artistes)
Be that as it may, Niazi had his hour of glory. He lived in a palace in Dacca when the going was good. Even in India he was treated well. But it appears that he did not have many friends in the army, or else his pension would have been restored when Bhutto was over thrown by Zia.
Surjit

By: Cdr Prem Prakash Batra

Cdr Prem Prakash Batra — Sun, 17 Apr 2016 05:30:45 +0000

Dear Sirs, Very simple. It is better to be coward than lose, 95,000 Soldiers. Ashoka became Great, after annihilating the opposing Armies and total loss of lives on both sides. In the War of attrition, Mukti Vahini backed by Indian Army would have inflicted slow painful elimination. For sure, Pakistan President and Bhutto must have got some quid-pro-quo, from Kissinger-Nixon duo, for stopping India from wrecking Pakistan War Machine in West Pakistan. Plus unharmed 93,000 POWs, living in style were to be returned on a Platter. We as Cadets lived in lesser luxury in Italian POWs Barracks in Joint Services Wing [JSW] at Clement Town/Dehrdun, before JSW was shifted its permanent abode in Khadakvasla/Pune. Court Marshal of Niazi would have happened in any case. It is not Indian Army alone that has lived down for Political misadventures. I am intrigued by one aspect after watching the Serial Ashoka Hai. Why suddenly Ashoka has become Great again, after his 4 Lions were embedded in National Emblem, in 1947. That his Mother was a Lower Caste Slave!!!! Also the demand by Dr Ambedkar followers now that Ashoka and his Birthdays be celebrated together. Another astonishing media revelation has been that why Indian Kings did not arm SCs/STs Adivasis to fight the wave after wave of Invaders. If they had done so, the Cruel Invaders reins could have been defeated or halted. Of course the practice goes back to many centuries before. The 2nd largest Indian Armed Police in the world is taking hits from Naxalites and Maoists in the present State quest to quell the arms. Assuming that the Armed Police in the end would prevail, then how Indian Army would recognize their fighting abilities of Adivasis. Nepal Army has been struggling with absorption of Maoists who now have the upper hand in Nepali Government. Brass of Nepalese Army is trained at NDA/IMA and now even China. And Madheshi have been given 2nd class status, in the new Constitution. Also not to be forgotten that small size Vit Cong Guerillas of Ho-Chi-Min defeated the two most powerful Armies of that time, the French and then the Americans. Yes they got all the help from Soviet Union and China but the biggest Tunnel Network of Logistics was their own sweat. That is what Palestinians are now doing against Israeli Settlements. With best regards, Cdr Prem P Batra Retd

By: Surjit Singh

Surjit Singh — Sat, 16 Apr 2016 16:50:20 +0000

Dear BBG,
First of all let me compliment you on your daily doze of mails. They are well selected.
My only complaint is that more than half of them come from multiple sources.
Thanks for the link.
Surjit