Above all, everytime they engaged in unprovoked firing on our posts at the border, we should have given a stern reply. This would have acted as a deterrent against future mischief. Power and force do not earn automatic respect, willingness to use them does. The demarcation of the border Demarcating borders is an extremely difficult task. Maps are never accurate.
Disagreements can be multi-dimensional.
And rivers change course, throwing all arrangements into disarray. Both sides have to, of necessity, be flexible, lest the people suffer. No agreement can be perfect or take all factors into account at the time of negotiations. The normal border guards are from police organisations and are armed with only light weapons, which are rarely brought to use. The army is called in only under conditions of tension and, in case of a skirmish, uses its heavy and destructive weaponry.