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The Nepal "quagmire"

Maoist guerrillas are attempting to raise themselves from the dust bin of history and seize control of Nepal which lies between India and Tibet.

It is somewhat surprising that Nepal is struggling at this point to deal with the Maoist "insurgency." Ghurkha troops from Nepal where a key element in the British defeat of the communist insurgency in Malaya as well as another insurgency in Borneo.

An example of the Gurkha tenacity is given by E.D. Smith in Valor describing an ambush of a terrorist at a point where he picked up food:

...there was no covered approach to elephant grass which meant that once the ambush party was in position, it had to stay there.

The six Gurkhas' vigil lasted for three days with no cover from the sun by day or from the wet, damp cold of night. Cooking was out of the question and the only water available was the limited supply that Partapsing and his men had brought with them. It required incredible self disipline, complete silence with no movement whatever, and after it was over, the NCO said they had to answer the call of nature where they lay! At about nine in the morning of the third day -- when there seemed little hope of any success -- Goh Sia suddenly appeared, full of confidence and clearly suspecting there was no danger because his carbine was slung over his shoulder.... At a given signal, a rifleman rose swiftly to his feet, a shot rang out and the terrorist leader dropped dead....

What would Dick Durbin, think of such dedication? The Gurkhas were extroidinary troops in the British Army for over 100 years. Many Gurkha leaders wound up being trained at Sandhurst. The current government needs to find that spirit to resist the Maoist.