'When the adversary has tasted what you can do, he is going to be more experienced in countering how the Indians think.' 'He will go back, rework and come back.'
'If you behave like a nail, the adversary will behave like a hammer.'
'The Chinese thought India would back off. 'They did not expect such a firm Indian response to their expansionist manoeuvre.'
'Having tied himself in knots, he just might take a decision which is dangerous, one that could take his nation to war.'
'If one puts the context of what Xi Jinping said at the UN about not wanting a 'hot or cold war with any country', one realises that his speech was quite bizarre.' 'The world does not expect such statements from China, a nation aspiring to be a superpower.
'He is psychologically preparing the PLA and the Chinese public to avoid a loss of face.'
'The use of military power to settle disputes is not always preferred and is the last preferred option, but it certainly remains an option.'
'India is not the India of 1962. We are not carrying that baggage of history anymore.'
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