"Kargil, like every other meaningless war that we have fought, brings home lessons we continue to refuse to learn.
" Instead, we proudly call it our history written in the blood of our children. Indeed, our children penning down our misdeeds with their blood!
"Medals for some, few songs, a cross road renamed, and of course annual remembrance day and a memorial for those who sacrificed their tomorrow for our today; thus preparing more war fodder for our continuing misadventures.
"Since nothing went wrong, so there is nothing to learn. We shall do it again," he wrote.
" There were no mujahideen, only taped wireless messages... our soldiers were made to occupy barren ridges Wasn't a defensive manoeuvre. There were no indications of an Indian attack. We didn't pre-empt anything Boys comforted by assessment that no serious response would come. But it did — wave after wave", the retired Lt Gen wrote.