Our men in uniform are fighting the nation's battle. We should not demoralise them

Anybody who has been watching the Kashmir tragedy unfold on live television will know who's the aggressor, who's on the defensive. The mobs are running riot, provoking, attacking and bullying the police and armed forces. The latter are withdrawing into their shells, trying to defend themselves as best as they can. If we still hear about civilian deaths daily, it's not too difficult to imagine why: when the attackers get too close or threatening, the men in uniform fire, and someone, sometimes drops dead. It's not really about a trigger-happy force.

This is not the time to demoralise our men in uniform. They are fighting the nation's battles in extremely adverse conditions. Our politicians keep screwing up continuously, and we then send in the forces to bring back some semblance of order. But the human rights rabble-rousers would like us to believe that our armed forces are little more than criminals. This is completely unacceptable.

There is more rape and murder in lawless Delhi than in Kashmir. But we want to paint the armed forces as the villains of Kashmir. Libertarians need to think about the rights of uniformed Indians as much as civilians.
Let's be clear why the armed forces are there in the first place. Kashmir is where embattled secularism is trying to hold its o...