Srinagar, Nov. 11 -- It was the immense human cost that France paid during World War I that made civilian leaders question the military's strategy and conduct of the war that prompted the then French Prime Minister Georges Clemenceau's to make his famous "war is too important a matter to be left to Generals" remark. However, the popular belief that this seemingly brusque statement is a derogatory observation made by a politician that insults the professional ability of military leadership to handle warfare is misplaced. What Clemenceau actually wished to convey was the vital and inescapable importance of civil control over the military as well as the need for the political leadership to set the overall strategy and objectives of war. Famo...