General Rawat's arrogance mars India's image: Chinese media on comments about 'two-front war'

[Stephen Cohen]

General Rawat's arrogance mars India's image: Chinese media on comments about 'two-front war'

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/...-about-two-front-war/articleshow/60419181.cms

 

[Stephen Cohen]

HIGHLIGHTS

• On Wednesday, General Rawat said China will continue with its efforts to nibble away Indian territory
• He added Pakistan could swing into action to take advantage when India is busy with problems on the China front
• "We have to be prepared for conflict on the northern and western borders," said General Rawat.

Army Chief Bipin Rawat (Photo: PTI)
NEW DELHI: Following army chief General Bipin Rawat's statement+ that India should be prepared for a two-front war, with China and Pakistan+ , state-backed Chinese media characterised him as having "such a big mouth that he could ignite the hostile atmosphere between Beijing and New Delhi."

The hawkish Global Times, in its editorial titled "Rawat's arrogance taints India's image", said that the timing of his comments, coming as they did after "positive signals about bilateral ties" at this week's BRICS meet, "sent the completely opposite message" about India-China relations.

The editorial further hinted that India wouldn't be able to handle both China and Pakistan as its adversaries at the same time.

"Generals in India need to form some basic knowledge about the current situation. Can India bear the consequences when it has both China and Pakistan as its adversaries at the same time? Should the Indian Army simulate a military rivalry with its Chinese counterpart before letting Rawat speak?," asked the editorial.

Chinese people, the editorial said, do not expect the border disputes between the two countries to be solved soon and they support negotiation result comes out, they support maintaining the status quo. But comments like General Rawat's send the wrong message, said Global Times.

"The Chinese and Indian leaders just met during the BRICS Xiamen Summit and sent positive signals about bilateral ties. While many people believe it is time to leave the episode of the border standoff behind, Rawat has sent the completely opposite message," said the Chinese publication, which is run by the mouthpiece of the Chinese Communist Party.

On Wednesday, General Rawat said China will continue with its efforts to nibble away Indian territory through "salami slicing" and other measures. He added that Pakistan could also swing into action to take advantage when India is busy with problems on the China front.

"We have to be prepared for conflict on the northern and western borders," said General Rawat.

Yesterday, a Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson wondered whether General Rawat was authorised to speak and if his comments represented the Indian government's position.

Global Times called Rawat's comments "arrogant" and wondered why the General advocated a two-front war "in such a high-profile manner".

 

[Kinetic]

They are getting their own medicine!!!

 

[GodToons]

And we (general Indian, not MSM and leftist groups) care about Chinese propaganda channels...

 

[The BrOkEn HeArT]

He is right.

 

[turbofan7a]

The general is right there could be a two front war with two very hostile countries like pakistan and china.

 

[帅的一匹]

What a clown

 

[ranadd]

What a clown

Agreed. Chinese kung fu military and media made themselves look like baboons over the last 2 months.

Clowns of the first order.

 

[Taimoor Khan]

"state-backed Chinese media characterised him as having "such a big mouth that he could ignite the hostile atmosphere between Beijing and New Delhi."

"Generals in India need to form some basic knowledge about the current situation. Can India bear the consequences when it has both China and Pakistan as its adversaries at the same time? Should the Indian Army simulate a military rivalry with its Chinese counterpart before letting Rawat speak?," asked the editorial.

 

[Rajaraja Chola]

A General's job is to prepare for all account possibilities which he does like every other General do. Doesnt China have a plan if all her neighbouring countries who hate her decides to gang up and invade?

Its not unfair

 

[abc123xyx]

They are getting their own medicine!!!

rawat saab gusse me hai.....aajkal chini jaida kha rahey lagta....

ek bhi chini nahi bachke ja sakta...

 

[Kinetic]

"state-backed Chinese media characterised him as having "such a big mouth that he could ignite the hostile atmosphere between Beijing and New Delhi."

"Generals in India need to form some basic knowledge about the current situation. Can India bear the consequences when it has both China and Pakistan as its adversaries at the same time? Should the Indian Army simulate a military rivalry with its Chinese counterpart before letting Rawat speak?," asked the editorial.

cheap cheerleader. lol

 

[#hydra#]

For we Indians it's a possibility,for Chinese it's an opportunity but for Pakistan it's a necessity. So any war with china invariably attract Pakistani military action,but any info Pak war may not attract Chinese direct involvement.

 

[SingaporeGuy]

Well, i accept that he could say that.

But i could only say that if a war happens between india and china, he must expect that taj mahal will not be sparred even if nukes are off.

China will and must strike india really hard and one off in order to quell troublemakers in south asia.

India must add herself what did it do for pakistan (taking away pakistani people's land much) sri lanka (supporting tamil tigers and destroying 30 years of growth) , nepal(madhesi crisis, human trafficking, border disputes and killings), bhutan(influencing the king and robbing sovereignty), bangladesh(killing bangladeshi at border) and (exporting rohingyas, violate sovereignty by entering myanmar for military operations)myanmar.

The existence of taj mahal must therefore be on the negotiating table in any future war between india and china and/or pakistan to force india to back down.

In fact, in future, i believe pakistan should use taj mahal as a bargaining chip to take back kashmir.

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[Tshering22]

Considering that he heads the Army and knows about on-ground situation better than all of us here, I think he's qualified to make statements based on those situation.

I can see that PM Modi has given him a lot of power; much more than what his predecessors had.

Good.

That's what we need.