Indo-China Border & LAC

[GaudaNaresh]

If Bhutan actually merges with India , there'd be no buffer left & all the territories lost to Chinese salami slicing becomes ours to claim not to mention this will act as a grave provocation to China.

You can bet the next war then will be triggered by seeing them attempt something similar to Doklam in 2017 but with a full fledged army along with ALL the supporting elements.

At the same time , our options are limited . Even if there's no merger & Bhutan tries its best to postpone the inevitable by stalling talks like it has done in the past , China'd still come calling with similar force levels as described above to force the issue. Bhutan is simply in no position to oppose them . What will our response be ?

Whichever way the problem is diced , confrontation becomes inevitable. We just cannot permit the Chinese into Doklam being passive to their aggression , expecting the best . Appeasement has never worked nor will it work in the present day .

Sure but with Bhutan being our dependant by treaty militarily, bhutan's salami slicing claims become ours anyways - just to a lesser degree than if bhutan was Indian sovereign territory.

Ultimately having Bhutan also means we create a flank around Chinese dagger thrust position in Doklam by chicken's neck and close ranks to tawang.Those alone are worth poking the dragon for because if we poke the dragon by improving our defence on chicken's neck, so be it.

 

[Hari Sud]

Ya'll Nibbiars The The Nibba who got scared and hide gets a seat in Chinese Parliament, lol.

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