When Nawaz Sharif says today that “militant organisations are active in this country,” he should also explain what measures his government took to deactivate them? His own political party is renowned in giving political patronage to the right-wing parties in the country. But being not only out of the office but also thoroughly discredited on many accounts and looking at the possibility of being convicted and jailed soon - the experienced politician and the thrice-elected prime minister is now definitely taking positions on the death ground. Had he spoken on the subject of lack of progress and delay in completion of the Mumbai trial while he was still in the Prime Minister’s Office it would have sounded more reasonable. The most appropriate question raised on his latest comments is of timing. Today our former prime minister also stands on a desperate ground and the death ground strategy that he is employing is a consequence of the realisation that “there is left no escape route now” and in this battle of the zero-sum outcome it is the choice of killing or being killed. When there is no place for refuge at all, it is desperate ground.” In the Art of War, Sun Tzu called it “desperate ground” and defined it as “when you have the enemy’s strongholds on your rear, and narrow passes in the front, it is hemmed-in ground. It is in the same book that Robert Green reminds us about “death ground” as the strategy of warfare. Petition to initiate treason case against Nawaz submitted in LHC Whether it was the defeat of the Danish fleet by the English fleet in the famous naval battle of Copenhagen under Admiral Lord Nelson, who was demoted and not appointed commander-in-chief by the British civilian authorities (yet secured one of the finest naval battle victories) under the less accomplished command of Admiral Hyde Parker, or the Mongols whirlwind onslaught in Eurasia in the 13 th century that introduced the world to warfare mobility and adaptability smashing the “order in the battle concept” - it is all there. ‘The 33 Strategies of War’ by Robert Greene is a must-read for anyone indulging in the art of understanding the dynamics of civil-military relations. Had he spoken on the delay in completion of Mumbai trial while he still in office, it would have sounded more reasonable
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