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Sam Manekshaw

机译:山姆·曼尼克肖

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His most famous remark was not, strictly speaking, true. On the eve of the war with Pakistan in December 1971 that led to the creation of Bangladesh, India's prime minister, Indira Gandhi, asked her army chief, Sam Hormusji Framji Jam-shedji Manekshaw, if he was ready for the fight. He replied with the gallantry, flirta-tiousness and sheer cheek for which he was famous: "I am always ready, sweetie." (He said he could not bring himself to call Mrs Gandhi "Madame", because it reminded him of a bawdy-house.)rnYet General Manekshaw himself recounted a cabinet meeting in Mrs Gandhi's office in April 1971. To forestall secession, the Pakistani government had already cracked down in what was then East Pakistan. Hundreds of thousands of refugees had crossed the border into India. Mrs Gandhi wanted the army to invade Pakistan. General Manekshaw resisted. The monsoon, he pointed out, would soon start in East Pakistan, turning rivers into oceans. His armoured division and two infantry divisions were deployed elsewhere.
机译:严格来说,他最著名的言论是不正确的。在导致孟加拉国成立的1971年12月与巴基斯坦的战争前夕,印度总理英迪拉·甘地(Indira Gandhi)询问她的陆军首长萨姆·霍姆斯吉·弗拉姆吉·贾姆·谢季·曼尼克肖是否准备战斗。他以他著名的勤快,调情和面颊回答:“我时刻准备着,亲爱的。” (他说他不能称自己为甘地夫人“夫人”,因为这使他想起了一个肮脏的房子。)然而,Manekshaw将军本人在1971年4月的甘地夫人办公室内阁会议上作了发言。为了阻止分裂,巴基斯坦政府已经镇压了当时的东巴基斯坦。成千上万的难民越过边界进入印度。甘地夫人想让军队入侵巴基斯坦。 Manekshaw将军抵抗了。他指出,季风很快将在巴基斯坦东部爆发,将河流变成海洋。他的装甲师和两个步兵师被部署到其他地方。

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    《The economist》 |2008年第8587期|107|共1页
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