S10
SENIOR MEMBER
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- Nov 13, 2009
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China did not intrude. The LAC is poorly defined, with both sides have different ideas of where the line actually is. The area is marked by points known as Fingers 1 to 8, arranged from East to West side of the lake. Chinese troops patrol up to Finger 4 from its eastern positions, while Indians go up to Finger 8 from the west. If the patrol from both sides see each other, there is a risk of confrontation. China build permanent structure at Finger 4 in April, preventing Indians from going beyond Finger 4.From reading the Indian media lately, some very sane voices among them, there is now a clear admission that not only the Chinese had intruded but they also hold dozens of sq km of land India claims and that the Chinese have no intention to vacate those areas. Options presented by some of the Indian commentators include :
1) Just resign to the occupation and keep negotiating for the return of the land.
2) Launch operations to grab some Chinese land where the Chinese positions are relatively weaker
3) Work with the Quad group to threaten the Chinese supply lines from the Indian Ocean to the Pacific Ocean; in that regard, some even suggested allowing deployment of the Quad forces in the Indian islands in the Indian Ocean.
But looking at what has happened in the last 1-2 days, the Indians are going for #2 and negotiate if India grabs Chinese held land.
At this point, it is extremely important for Pakistan to not accept any 'brokered peace' between India and Pakistan, even if KSA or USA mediate. The least Pakistan should accept is now not even the Restoration of the Article 370 in Kashmir but of a globally guaranteed peace in Kashmir with the deployment of UN and trusted nations' troops in all of Kashmir, including Pakistani part of Kashmir, and allowing freedom of movement of people between all sides. Build on that for an eventual peace.
So now India is complaining that they "lost" territory from our "aggression" since they can't go up to their claim line anymore.