Dear Sir,
How naive can editors be? This is exemplified by the editorial in The Tribune of 30 September 2008 (Uncalled for Defiance- link given below). Where is the defiance Sir? What the three service chiefs did was absolutely correct. What kind of a country are we living in where neither the government nor the media understands the frustrations and anger of all ranks of the military, as well as the military veterans. Do they have no rights? Should they accept the peanuts being doled out to them without protest, just because they are disciplined in a sea of indiscipline and have borne all the ignominy heaped on them over decades by callous bureaucrats and political leaders?
What the Chiefs did and correctly was to inform their commands, whose morale and welfare is their sacred responsibility, about the delay in implementation and the reasons thereof. Such actions have been taken on innumerable occasions in the past. It is only naïve editors and self- seeking bureaucrats who do not know the ground realities of how the military functions. What a monumental shame? You will do well to back off and apologise to all soldiers who are sacrificing their lives, whom you have dealt a body blow with this "ill-thought-out" and "please- government" editorial.
Yours Sincerely,
Lt Gen Vijay Oberoi, PVSM, AVSM, VSM (Retd)
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