Iraq policy was not in our favor but yet Iraq saga happened. Hawks are in every establishment. The problem is , we could afford Iraq but India can't afford any misadventure with Pakistan. Cold-Start is a doctrine based on
assumption. An assumption that India will not cross the 'threshold' of Pakistan. That is a tricky businesses right there.
I don't need logical points to debunk cold-start. It debunks itself. Since when nations' doctrine are based on an "assumption" about enemy's unknown response? lol Is Indian military that junkard?
I don't believe cold-start even exists in real life. If it does , then may Lord protect your country from your mentally handicap generals.
Lastly , cold start was 'tested' in war-games? how so? how did Indian planners determine the response of Pakistan military?
One more thing : Can India mobilize its military faster than Pakistan? Not a chance! (Unless offcourse you believe in fairy tales).
Pakistan can mobilize its
entire military to Indian border in a matter of hours. India just can't do that.
Fair enough dude, but let's first look as to what Cold Start actually is, this is what ur own Govt. (if u r American) has to say via Wikileaks:
it is a developed operational attack plan announced in 2004 and intended to be taken off the shelf and implemented within a 72-hour period during a crisis. Cold Start is not a plan for a comprehensive invasion and occupation of Pakistan. Instead, it calls for a rapid, time- and distance-limited penetration into Pakistani territory with the goal of quickly punishing Pakistan, possibly in response to a Pakistan-linked terrorist attack in India, without threatening the survival of the Pakistani state or provoking a nuclear response.
Now the question comes how it came into existence, again
Long Live Wikileaks:
Cold Start is said to have been formulated after the Indian Army's slow and drawn-out 2002 mobilization in response to the fatal 2001 Pakistan-linked terror attack on the Indian Parliament. The lengthy process of mobilization, lack of strategic and operational flexibility, and the resulting lack of any element of surprise drew criticism from Indian politicians and opinion leaders, which prompted Indian Army planners to devise Cold Start.
Now, i can't stop laughing at one of ur point which says "Cold-Start is a doctrine based on
assumption", i mean how else a country makes plans/doctrines against another country if it does not take into account some "ASSUMPTIONS", or u wanna tell me that Great Hyper Power America has produced a mind reading device so that they can read the minds of there adversaries, wasn't Iraq happened b'coz of an assumption of Saddam having nuclear weapons & what will be American response if he used it against American Interests??? wasn't Hitler's attack on USSR on the assumption that Russia's surrender would be a question of months??? wasn't Kargil an assumption by PA that International forces will make cease-fire resulting into Pakistan gaining Kargil, Drass, Batalic & Siachin???
Thus, Indian armed forces, by developing Cold Start, wants a doctrine that can help India take effective measure in case of another Mumbai-26/11 type attack, since operation Parakram was a total disaster which can't sustain the 21st century era of warfare which demands fast mobilization, effective intelligence, great use of 4th dimension of warfare i.e. space, all at one time.
Ofcourse, India cannot be seen as doing nothing in case of another 26/11, thus this doctrine gives it the much needed element of surprise & keeps Pakistan's armed forces on it's toes & give it as much ambiguity in Indian use of Cold Start as there is of Pakistan's use of nuclear weapons. So much so that in it's recent war games Pakistani forces are practicing how to counter the CSD:
The Pakistani Army chief declared 2010 the "Year of Training", conducting a large scale military exercise named Azm-e-Nau 3 which focused on offensive defense against Cold Start. The army also tested the Nasr, a nuclear-capable missile from the family of Hatf-IX missiles with a purported range of 60 km, high accuracy and a shoot and scoot delivery system.
Now in case of application of CSD by India, there is the probability that Pakistan will use tactical nuclear weapons against marching Indian forces rather than Strategic nuke weapons against Indian cities (reason why Pakistan is developing tactical nukes in first place), so damage would not be as great & radiation would be spread in the Pakistani territory itself, so Pakistan has to think many times before it's been used, if used it will be upto India as to on what scale the retaliation should be since the NFU policy will be breached, loss will be of India for sure but it will be greater for Pakistan.
As far as mobilization is concerned, there is no need (this is all what the doctrine is about), as stated earlier 60% of India's land & air assets are facing Pak, so within the time when the IA & IAF will be attacking inside Pak, there will be reinforcements for the defence of Indian territory.
Lastly, yes India has tested CSD in wargames, if u don't know what wargames means, here is the definition - "An often physical or electronic simulation of a military operation involving two or more forces and using rules, data, and procedures designed to depict an actual or
ASSUMED situation."
Hope now u understand.
P.S. why not come into ur true colors i.e. put real flags???
10k bucks are like spending a evening for him 
Dont mess up with him !! 
