Army Land and the Gujrat Government

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if the civil administration wants the place vacated, it should be done immediately. The Army not paying rent of Rs 370/- is laughable. But this kind of things do happen when there has been peace for some time. So, seen in that context, it is a good thing. There are people who have gone to the extent of suggesting that there should be a drop in the number of men in the army and that the army should be withdrawn from J & K and all that. By the way, the later suggestion is being vigorously pursued by CM of the concerned State.

Those who have read history know that a country maintains defence forces as an instrument of its foreign policy and the strenght of the forces is directly proportional to capabilities of its enemies. It has nothing to do with the current ground situation. The ground situation can change in a day, but you cannot raise a well trained and unified fighting machine overnight. History has always reserved bitter lessons for people who advocate a nation's courses ignoring this age old military philosophy.