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'The defence minister should concentrate on acquiring a bigger stick, rather than brag of using terrorists as State policy,' says Aakar Patel.
Defence ministers should carry a big stick, but speak softly.
In Manohar Parrikar, an intellectual who studied at the elite IIT, India has got the opposite: Someone with a small stick and a very big mouth.
On May 21, he spoke of using terrorists as State policy. His words as quoted were: 'There are certain things that I obviously cannot discuss here.'
However, he then went on to discuss them, saying: 'If there is any country -why only Pakistan -- planning something against my country, we will definitely take some pro-active steps.'
Using a Hindi phrase he said, 'kante se kanta nikalna. We have to neutralise terrorists through terrorists only. Why can't we do it? We should do it. Why does my soldier have to do it?'
India has tried the 'use terrorists against terrorists' approach and it has failed. It has failed in Kashmir, where in the 1990s the Congress government decided to spare the military and arm opponents of the Jamaat-e-Islami and other Islamist groups. This experiment ended very soon, and its leader Kukka Parray was later killed by the militants who remained dominant.
The experiment has also failed in central India, where the state has fielded armed militias against Maoists, who have since turned against the helpless population. It is remarkable that a minister should have, given this experience, even considered saying what Parrikar did.
Keep your mouth shut and do what you must, instead of running your mouth.
Manohar Parrikar and his big mouth - Rediff.com India News
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