I personally dont blame the planners of the Kargil, or their planning or their logistics. In a nutshell, it was an inverse of Op Meghdoot we wanted to do. If it would have been Siachen like terrain, this op would have been a success since IA would not have been able to respond in the manner they actually did.
I dont think dissent in a military organization should be there. The strength, instead, be derived from the military institutions who train you leaders at all levels. If your leader is good in all aspects, of course he will take the right decisions and do the right thing. Therefore, dissent will not be required. Remember, imagine you facing bullets, your leader asks you to lead your men into the bullets, a notion or iota of dissent there and then may prove disastrous for you, your men and the whole op. Its actually the trust in our senior leadership that makes go into all of this.
Doest mean that there no devil's advocates in the military. There are, we have seen them, its always a personal choice whether you want to dissent or not. There are always people around who speak their mind. They are there.
But then you must ought to believe that our Half a million army is not a normal army. Its not an army which is facing a limited number of conventional threats. Almost 5-6000 km of border and coastline, threat from all sides less north, internal threat spread over an area of 7,96,096 sq km, disaster relief, operations in aid of civil power, all hybrid threats against major powers and int agencies of the world.......list goes on.
Tell me, in your opinion, any army or country in the world, having a strength of half a million, been able to deal with ALL these threats simultaneously? Its a give-up situation for many.
Btw, in today's world, let alone 10 km, would the world community let you cross the border and capture even 1 km of land across the frontier, when you and the other guy have nukes?
However, at the moment, we are doing our best in squeezing the juice out of our enemies.
I do miss my home, been quiet a while having gone on vacations. However, I'll keep your suggestion in mind. Thank You.
But then, lets stick to the thread. Lets not bring Kargil or military leadership or our capabilities here. They are entirely different topics.
As far as this remark of yours in concerned, i'll just quote Col Haroon (SSG), shaheed, what he said once (i've got the vid clip as well).
He says," .....is kaam ko appreciate karne k liye us banday ki nazar ka hona zaroori hai jo khud yeh kaam karta ho...." meaning: only that person can appreciate a work who himself has done this job.
Col Haroon