Wonder what our genius Goans who have served, and pride themselves on strategy, have to say about the following. Or for that matter wilful politicians, attaches at large, etc. ++++++++++++ (excerpt) More damningly, CRPF jawans feel expendable because they think Naxals are killing them only to exert the “right amount of pressure.” This is why, goes the thinking, Naxals are not targeting senior officers — no IG, DIG or DM — although they have the firepower and reach. “Even they know that killing us would not warrant a deadly reply. You start killing IPS officers and see what happens.” Such gloomy conclusions are incubated in despair. “By God, the layman reading newspapers or watching television must surely think a bunch of bumbling idiots have been sent to fight highly motivated and efficient Naxals,” says Prasad. The last straw, he says, was a DGP telling the world he can’t teach us how to walk.
Hard Battles, Harder Lives http://www.tehelka.com/story_main46.asp?filename=Ne240710CoverStory.asp ++++++++++++ venantius j pinto