07-03-2020, 08:11 AM
(07-01-2020, 09:01 PM)John J. Xenakis Wrote: As I've written in the past, the Ladakh military clash is remarkably similar to the military clash between Japanese and Chinese soldiers in 1937 in the Marco Polo Bridge Incident. The clash was resolved quickly, but both sides brought in reinforcements. Within a month there was full-scale war, leading to the Japanese "Rape of Nanking" shortly thereafter.
With both sides bringing reinforcements into Ladakh, the situation is very similar.
It is very similar on the aggreomania front. Unless it is a bargaining ploy, the Chinese pushing the LAC line forward is discouraging, as is their shift to real modern weapons from improvised muscle powered ones.
Not so similar on the war is a racket front. They are not fighting to win anything valuable. There is nothing like the decision of Japan to become a colonial power in the old days, and thus have hyper aggressive troops.
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