Pakistan, July 1 -- Napoleon was right then and is right now 200 years later. To understand the current crisis, it is critical to view it in the context of history.

India did not learn its lesson in 1962 and was condemned to repeat the same mistake in 2020. Aksai Chin was the battleground then and now. Draped in snow with temperatures below freezing, the area is part of greater Kashmir. Ladakh is part of it and is claimed both by China and India because of its strategic location.

The Line of Actual Control (LAC) is a loosely defined border that emerged out of the 1962 war in which India inflicted significant casualties on itself and suffered domestic and international humiliation. Prior to the escalation of tensions, Indian provocations...