On Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 9:44 AM, Krish Ashok <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > India lost quite a bit of territory to China in the 1962 war, and sure, > there was some feeling of national shame at having lost that war, but after > 4 decades, I don't see anybody baying for revenge and a repossession of what > we lost to the Chinese. So it is ultimately about machismo, because we _can_ > bully the Kashmiris (and Pakistan), we must not give up, while the Chinese > are in another league altogether.
I don't think that is quite true. There seem to be quite a few people who hope to get Aksai Chin (the part of J&K lost to China in the war). For example I posted a photo of the Pangong Tso lake on my blog recently[1]. This was one of the comments on it within hours of posting it. <quote> Aksai Chin is in Kashmir in India and the whole of Pangong Tso is in Ladakh in Kashmir. Even the eastern part of the Pangong Tso Lake in the vicinity of Rudok and Pal in Ladakh in Kashmir. Do not comment about issues you are ignorant. </quote> I know the above is not true having visited the place and talked to the army people there. We lost that part to China and we should get over it. We are not getting it back. China has better capability were India to attack Aksai chin. See this maps for example (how better prepared China is) Aksai Chin and Pangong Tso http://maps.google.com/maps?q=http:%2F%2Fbbs.keyhole.com%2Fubb%2Fdownload.php%3FNumber%3D484568&t=p&om=1&ie=UTF8&ll=33.523079,79.233398&spn=3.516708,5.603027&z=8 Scale map of the same area deep in Chinese territory http://maps.google.com/maps?q=http:%2F%2Fbbs.keyhole.com%2Fubb%2Fdownload.php%3FNumber%3D484568&t=k&om=1&ie=UTF8&ll=38.265652,105.951699&spn=0.012939,0.021887&z=16 -- Vinayak [1] http://thoughts.vinayakhegde.com/2008/08/15/photo-pangong-tso-ladakh-india/
