“You hang me,” Haider said calmly, “and you will only make me a martyr for my people. The nation of Pakistan will rise again. Like the mythical phoenix. This isn’t over.”
“Maybe,” Ansari nodded. “But it is certainly over for you.”
“You know,” Haider said as Ravoof was about to walk out of the door, “there was only one thing that went wrong in our plans, now that I think about it.”
“And what was that?” Ravoof asked, turning around.
Haider sighed and looked Ravoof in the eye: “you people weren’t supposed to respond.”
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Dr. Vivek Ahuja is the author of several historical articles on the Indo-China border and is contributor to Force Magazine in India. He has written extensively about the historical underpinnings of the Sino-Indian border dispute, the Sino-Indian border war of 1962 and its impact on India and China. He is also author of technical articles on the mathematical modeling and simulations of combat systems, land-warfare and wartime logistics.
He received his Doctorate from Auburn University in Aerospace Engineering and currently resides in Austin, Texas in the USA.