D:\afif\handy_cam\mahdi.jpg Three is an important historical fact ignored or not discussed in deatils - that our freedom fighters, (Mukti bahini) also saved Bangladesh from Indian incursion. There was a great chance India would stay or minimum establish a military base in 71, if we don’t have a large number of war trained freedom fighters who would be hostile if they saw that treason. What Indian did to sikim could happened to us,- to tame some internal political conflicts in sikim , Indian reserve police were moved in and took control of the streets of Gangtok(capital of sikim) and sealed the whole country for several years, Later it became a part of India. I think there should be scholarly work need to be done on this issue. So our freedom fighter wins two battle one against Pakistan win our sovereignty and decisively protect our sovereignty from India. Salute you guys! It’s now obvious that with its super mighty army US did not able to tame an insurgency and the liberation war by the Iraqi people. Now I will call those think tanks(or mug!!) patently stupid who thinks that Pak army would survive and win against mukti bahini if India not intervened. I think there was a influence of Indianan in 71 war in terms of outcome and that was they saved the life of Pak army else most of those tired soldiers would died within next 6 months. War is not an easy business and without the support of the native people any modern war is unsustainable. US become almost bankrupt and Pakistan was imploded that time.