Ladakh Flash Point

Sardaukar20 said:

Lol... The PLA troops are treated to warm meals, hot tubs, gyms, and other good stuff. So their morale must be extremely low?

Fine, going by this logic. Can you imagine the utter depression Indian troops must be going through having to deal with insufficient warm clothing, horrible cold meals, ramshackle shelters, and no hot tubs? Becareful, those Indian soldiers could be so depressed, they could be suicidal or going insane! Lol...

Sometimes Indian media is so hilarious. That's good for this forum. Helps to lighten the mood once in awhile.

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In the story, there are many scenes that reveal Ah Q's personality. One of the Ah Q's personality traits is that, no matter what happens, Ah Q always makes an excuse to get out of a tight spot. For instance, in Chapter 3 of the book, the author writes that after the fight Ah Q uses his "precious 'ability to forget'", which shows that he does not have enough courage to deal with his emotions and, instead, uses this "ability" just to satisfy himself.

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Ah Q is known for deluding himself into believing he is the victor every time he loses a fight. In one scene in Chapter 2, Ah Q is beaten and had his

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stolen while he was gambling beside the theater. He slaps himself on the face, and because he is the person doing the slapping, he sees himself as the victor.

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siegecrossbow said:

If the Indian morale is so high then why are they committing suicide so often?

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Kakyan said:

Suicide rate in Indian military is quite low, last year (2019) the suicide rate was only 7.0/100,000.
The rate is lower than the military suicide rates of USA, Australia, Canada, France, Japan, Turkey, Russia, S Korea and is about the same as Israeli DF suicide rate.

This year till Nov 15, 85 suicides in Indian military in comparison in just Jan-Jun 2020 US military saw 170 suicides.

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Mt1701d said:

For some reason this article reads more like projection than an analysis...

So providing some entertainment to bored troops at a boring ass border where soon it would be more difficult to move around, rotate troops or even go on patrol means the troops have low morale... then I guess the armed forces around the world have been doing it wrong for the last few decades!

Makes one wonder! It explains why the Indian armed forces position seems so spartan, soldier psychology be damned, morale come out of nowhere and guts is the only thing needed to win wars, seems India has been learning history at least... just not sure if the example of French army thinking at the beginning of WW1 is the right way to go in the modern age tho...

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siegecrossbow said:

Projection is exactly what this is. Remember how an Indian "analyst" leaked that the PLA purchased substandard winter gear for soldiers and that they weren't suitable for high altitude terrain? Just a few days later their own media leaked that Indian soldiers had a sleeping bag shortage and had to use substandard sleeping bags unsuitable for high altitude uses (as per experience from Siachen). It is obviously a case of "if I am suffering, you must be suffering too".

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siegecrossbow said:

Projection is exactly what this is. Remember how an Indian "analyst" leaked that the PLA purchased substandard winter gear for soldiers and that they weren't suitable for high altitude terrain? Just a few days later their own media leaked that Indian soldiers had a sleeping bag shortage and had to use substandard sleeping bags unsuitable for high altitude uses (as per experience from Siachen). It is obviously a case of "if I am suffering, you must be suffering too".

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Figaro said:

Another Indian soldier freezed to death the day after this story came out. Karma hits these jokers hard lol

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siegecrossbow said:

Wait you have a link for this?

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Sardaukar20 said:

Lol... The PLA troops are treated to warm meals, hot tubs, gyms, and other good stuff. So their morale must be extremely low?

Fine, going by this logic. Can you imagine the utter depression Indian troops must be going through having to deal with insufficient warm clothing, horrible cold meals, ramshackle shelters, and no hot tubs? Becareful, those Indian soldiers could be so depressed, they could be suicidal or going insane! Lol...

Sometimes Indian media is so hilarious. That's good for this forum. Helps to lighten the mood once in awhile.

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