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Re: This happens when you make a country of inferior people
by pratik patel on Feb 28, 2009 03:31 PM

Cut out the holier than thou attitude guys. We have had our share of mutinies. Remember the Indian Army mutiny after the Golden Temple incident. There is a larger issue at hand out here. It is one that is prevalent in all armies born out of British Empire. Where the Army Officers were a privileged class which consisted of Lords and Earls and the common jawan was nothing more than a peasant who was more of use as cannon fodder to be sent to die for sake of achieving dubious battle objectives. Their living conditions were and still are extremely poor. It shows a complete disconnect between the officers and jawans. It is something that can happen over here too if we are not careful.

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