I today, You tomorrow

As an ex service man ( ESM ), I have analyzed the reason why the govt has managed to be so unfair to the armed forces and the ESM community. Whether it is the OROP, rank pay issue, table of precedence, ECHS facilities or the wherewithal available to the services, the govt gives them the bare minimum or less. It is not possible to give such treatment to any other organ of the state simply because of their nuisance value and their willingness to use it. The service community does not do so and that becomes the cause of its own undoing. The commuity is so tied down with the image of being ‘ good guys’ that it is ready to accept any degradation or financial loss just to keep that image alive. They are unable to see how this is chaining them. With such ingrained love for discipline and officer-like-behaviour, the community is the easiest to manipulate. The saying ‘ give a dog a bad name and hang him’ has become ‘ give the sufferer a good name, and ignore him’. The sad part is that the feedback of despair of the community gets blocked. The community is suffering today but the state and society too will have to pay the price one day. Ask not for whom the bells toll; they toll for thee and me alike.
The community is equally to be blamed for being so naive and indifferent.
‘ You fool me once, shame on you
You fool me every-time, shame on me’
Most of the civilians I have spoken to about our miseries, say, 'You guys are like a football asking to be kicked. All you ask for is to be addressed as ' Dear Sir ' while getting kicked.Who can resist such a temptation which has such a low price tag?'
Guys who know so much about man management, tactics and strategy can be so gullible in real life! This can make a good case study of ‘ psychology of military incompetence’, if ever an Indian version of Norman Dixon’s book is written.