CONSTABLES (COPS)AND SOLDIERS
Sent by a retired Army Officer who has flown choppers for a number of years, while in the Army and later, in support of Anti-Naxal operations...------------------------------
Please forgive me for Ruffling any "Nationalist" Feathers but I am Upset at the CRPF being called variously as : "Troops" and "Soldiers"... All these fellows serving with CPOs (Central Police Organisations) as they are known, are *Police (Constables), and Not Military (Soldiers)*. They copy the Military in Appearance. Denigrate the Military at Every Opportunity, but they are nowhere close to being as Capable and Effective as the Military... Our Media needs to learn this difference between a soldier and a constable. Similarly theu must also know the difference between an army officer and a police officer including the so called elite Indian police Service!
Let us please stop calling them "Soldiers." They are Not Soldiers in the real sense.
As for this latest Incident of an Entire Platoon of CRPF Getting Wiped Out in Sukma... Well, Sad... And God Bless the Souls of those who lost their lives in the Ambush, But it was Inevitable.
I have been watching their Antics in Anti-Naxal Operations... ever since Jan 2010.. And as a Veteran Professional Soldier, I have No Professional Sympathy for the CRPF. They are Incompetent and are Surviving on the Largesse of their 'Enemy'.
The Area where the latest Encounter has occurred, is an Old and Recurrent site of 'Action'. It was just a matter of time before the Naxalites hit them with a Deliberate Ambush.
Indicators over the past few months were Signalling towards something like this happening this year.
As an 'Outsider', observing things and cut off from the nitty gritty details of the Operational Situation, I could Sense that something like This was going to Happen Soon.
The Blokes involved in the Operations Would Have or Should Have Sensed the same, Much More Strongly.
Anyway, the Dreaded... 1st Battalion of the "People's Liberation Group Army" has Hammered Home to the CRPF/ Security Forces... the message that they are still a Potent Force, not yet Spent & Dissipated by Surrenders and Desertions, as was generally the Impression.
Once again, I Apologise for the Un-palatable Opinion, but I insist that the Cops may please be called : 'Cops' only, Not Soldiers and Troops..!
Indian Army still Exists... Despite being Overshadowed and Overlooked by the Politician- Bureaucrat combine.
The Fear of an 'Army Coup' has led these Fools into Pushing the Indian Army into a forgotten Corner, Aided by Spineless and self Serving Military Generals.
However, I feel angry when I see the cops beginning to believe they are better than the soldiers at soldiering. Sorry for the outburst, friends.
Please forgive me, but I feel better now after venting my pent up feelings.
I donot mean to hurt any one, its my anguish at the ignorence of our country's media arm.
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