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> wrote:
> The LTTE's so called Senior Editor of Viduthalaipuligal, identified as
> Ravi from the official media organ of the Tiger organization was
> quoted in a newspaper last week as saying the Government troops were
> fighting an unwinnable war.
>
> This is a wrong notion that is being believed even at international
> level that a war has been declared by the Sri Lankan Government.
>
> I would say the notion is misleading and false in belief. Since
> Independence, no Sri Lankan Government has declared war on its people
> for sixty long years.
>
> Time and again, we've seen extremist elements and armed Tamil groups
> declaring war on legitimately elected Governments in this country. The
> Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna(JVP) declared guerilla type war twice in
> 1971 and 1988. Armed Tamil groups began to declare war from 1976.
>
> The JVP entered the mainstream of politics in the final decade of the
> previous century. Many other armed Tamil groups too gave up violence
> and entered the democratic stream towards that period.
>
> The only armed Tamil terrorist group which had declared war against
> all Governments from 1976 and continues the war is the LTTE.No Sri
> Lankan Government had declared war against even on the LTTE.
>
> It is the LTTE which forced successive Governments to resort to
> defensive action. Do the world and the LTTE want a legitimately
> elected Government to turn a blind eye when it declares war against
> it, time and again, moving away from peace talks? Peace talks were
> used by the LTTE to strengthen it militarily and to use passage for
> arms.
>
> A Government is vested with the responsibility to protect its' people
> and the territory. Therefore, it is compelled to take defensive action
> against any enemy who threatens the people and the territory of the
> nation.
>
> The LTTE's so called Senior Editor, Ravi was quoted from an interview
> on a Tamil Radio (Radio not named) as saying the Sri Lankan troops
> would be foolish to approach Jaffna as they would fall prey to the
> LTTE fighters.
>
> The question that arises is whether Ravi, the so called senior editor,
> is a journalist or a fighter of the LTTE to make such a statement. Do
> not this Ravi know that the Sri Lankan armed forces liberated the East
> from the LTTE, according to a deadline set by the Commander-in-Chief,
> President Mahinda Rajapaksa?
>
> In July 2006 President Rajapaksa,as Commander-in-Chief of the Armed
> Forces, ordered his troops to liberate the East within a year. That
> was accomplished before the deadline.
>
> Ravi claims that Prabhakaran was guiding all the deployed units of the
> LTTE to meet battalions of the Sri Lankan armed forces in the event
> Government troops entered Jaffna. If that statement is true, then
> where was Prabhakaran, and what was he doing with his so called units
> when the armed forces liberated the East?
>
> In the same breath, Ravi admits in that Radio interview that the Sri
> Lankan Armed Forces have added new brigades to launch surprise attacks
> on LTTE fighters. Ravi also claims that the Sri Lankan troops were
> trying to create dissension between the LTTE and the Tamils. The armed
> forces engaged in a battle have no time to play games between the LTTE
> and the Tamil people.
>
> It is a known fact that the Tamils living outside the LTTE held areas
> dissent the LTTE. This was amply demonstrated during the liberation of
> the East. Hundreds of innocent Tamils held hostage crossed borders
> without fear when the East was being liberated.
>
> This is even witnessed today in some parts of the Wanni. Not only
> Tamil civilians but young LTTE cadres too have surrendered to the
> troops stating they were forcibly kept in the battlefront by the LTTE.
> Even women Tiger cadres in bunkers have sent letters to their parents
> expressing disgust over the way they are being held and treated by the
> LTTE.
>
> West
> The International Human Rights bodies should bear in mind that
> terrorism is trying to over take democracy even in powerful nations in
> the West. Even the mightiest nations have been struck by terrorism.
> Big Brothers like the United States and Great Britain have not been
> spared.
>
> The danger of terrorism was felt only when they came under attack. The
> US then chose to chase behind the Al Qaeda, the dreaded terror outfit
> of Bin Laden. There's hardly any difference between the Al Qaeda and
> the LTTE. If these Human Rights bodies conduct a proper evaluation,
> the dreaded terror acts of LTTE terrorism over the past three decades,
> will prove that the LTTE is deadlier than the Al Qaeda.
>
> World leaders who realized the threat of terrorism after being
> attacked in their respective nations, called for global sup****t to
> eliminate terrorism. They banned several terror organizations as a
> move in that direction. But, did it achieve any fruitful results?
>
> Many terrorist organizations turned into Rehabilitation Units on those
> soils to fund terrorism. These lapses have led to the increase of
> terrorist activity worldwide. Even the almighty super powers now look
> incapable of uniting democracies to battle terrorism. Why?
>
> On one hand they call for unity to eliminate terrorism and, on the
> other they scream for human rights violations ignoring such violations
> committed by the terrorists. Do not these double standards promote
> terrorism?
>
> The LTTE virtually operates its' network from the West. And mostly
> from countries from where they have been banned. Those nations are
> well aware that LTTE leaders live and operate from their soil under
> the guise of asylum seekers.
>
> The West should not adopt double standards when it comes to terrorism
> in poor or developing nations. Where did the so called LTTE
> Theoretician Anton Balasingham live till the time of death? He lived
> in Great Britain, a country where the LTTE is still banned.
> Balasingham flew to the terror stronghold of Wanni and peace talks
> from London.
>
> Did the British authorities try Balasingham in the way they have tried
> and jailed Karuna? Britain itself is a nation inflicted by terrorism.
> LTTE cadres have openly flouted British laws. But Balasingham lived a
> free life in Britain. A ban on terrorism should not be limited to mere
> words or paper.
>
> Human Rights
> The international Human Rights Bodies and Country Re****ts prepared by
> nations hit by terrorism, scream about human rights violations here.
> What have they done about the child combatants recruited by
> Prabhakaran? Isn't recruitment of under aged children a human rights
> violation? When Olara Otunu of the United Nations came here,
> Prabhakaran promised to stop child conscription.
>
> In contrast, the LTTE leader began to recruit more and more children
> to his terror outfit. The UN just turned a blind eye. From Otunu to
> Allen Rock and Kofi Annan to Louise Arbour, the LTTE leader had
> conscripted thousands and thousands of innocent Tamil children. The
> tragedy is that all Human Rights Organizations are blind towards such
> a dastardly crime that destroys future generations of the Tamil
> community in Sri Lanka.
>
> Then what about the countless bomb explosions caused by the LTTE which
> killed thousands of men, women and children in all parts of Sri Lanka?
> Then the number of Tamil and Sinhala political leaders killed by the
> ruthless LTTE? Is the world blind or has it forgotten history?
>
> Apart from tragedies caused in Sri Lanka, what about the killing of
> the former Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi? How many Indian troops
> have been killed and how many have been maimed for life by the LTTE?
> Have the LTTE not targeted the Diplomats living in Colombo?
>
> Has the international bodies which cry for human rights forgotten the
> deadly attack on the aircraft that carried Diplomats to the East last
> year?
>
> The German Diplomat was wounded and the US Ambassador, Robert O'Blake
> had a miraculous escape.
>
> Following that attack, Robert O'Blake, then new to Sri Lanka, said the
> LTTE may have been unaware of his presence in the aircraft. Certainly
> being a "Super Boy" from the world's "Super Power" Blake, may have
> been prompted by nature to make such a statement.
>
> But, for the LTTE there's hardly any difference between Rajiv Gandhi
> and Robert O'Blake when it comes to launch attacks. Aren't such
> attacks on Diplomats human rights violations ? The modus operandi on
> how human rights bodies *****s or evaluate human rights violations
> seems to be a method better known to them.
>
> Mission
> In the backdrop of a history of thirty years of terrorism, the
> Government is engaged on a mission to free the nation of that menace.
> Considering the past, torn apart by LTTE violence, Defence Secretary,
> Gotabhaya Rajapaksa, himself a battle hardened soldier who fought the
> LTTE for many years in the past, assured the nation and the people
> that the present regime would not pass on the terrorist war to the
> future generations of this country. President Mahinda Rajapaksa had
> asserted that his determination was to establish permanent peace
> through a political dialogue to end the ethnic strife.
>
> The terrorism of the LTTE and a resolution to the ethnic problem are
> two different entities today. Earlier, the majority of the Tamil
> community saw and linked terrorism also as a part of the ethnic
> problem.
>
> But, today, after many Tamil armed groups have entered the democratic
> process, the Tamils at large have realized that terrorism and a peace
> process are two different entities. Because they do believe today that
> the LTTE is the stumbling block towards a peaceful resolution to Tamil
> grievances.
>
> EPDP leader Douglas Devananda and TULF leader V. Anandasangaree have
> substantiated this position with Devananda stating that peace was a
> distant dream as long as Prabhakaran was allowed to live.
> Anandasangaree too had expressed similar sentiments in a different
> tone.
>
> Defence Secretary, Gotabhaya Rajapaksa who has seen the ruthless
> terrorism of the LTTE to his ****d eyes and experienced it on the
> battle front has expressed a sincere sentiment to save future
> generations from the clutches of extremist LTTE terrorism. The people
> and the nation have been yearning for such an expression in the form
> of a pledge over the past three decades. The Defence Secretary
> believes that the LTTE must be defeated at all costs to pave the way
> for a peaceful resolution to the ethnic crisis. Contrary to the belief
> of the so called senior editor of the LTTE Ravi, the security forces
> are confident of defeating the LTTE. Today, the people and the nation
> too want LTTE terrorism uprooted to protect the future generation of
> all communities living in this country.
>
> Peace and India
> For the Government to embark on a mission to establish peace by the
> people and the nation, it needs the sup****t and cooperation of all
> sections of the society.
>
> The people are ready to sup****t the Government in that direction as
> they did when the East was liberated. They peoples sup****t alone for a
> Government cannot exercise the process into a reality. Aren't 225
> people's representatives cast with that responsibility to turn peace
> into reality? If these people's representatives are genuinely
> interested to bring peace to the people, they should join hands
> leaving aside petty politics.
>
> In fact, all these men and women in that August Assembly have
> witnessed how much the people and the nation have bled and yet bleed.
> The question they should ask themselves now is-"Should they indeed
> bleed?" The time is not op****tune to dredge up the past to live
> eternally in the past debating shortcomings which have led to the
> present crisis. Instead, they should draw their attention to the
> urgent task of seeking peace to this island torn by LTTE terrorism.
> Political parties representing Parliament should bear in mind that
> good neighbourliness with our immediate neighbours is an essential
> component in the pathway to find a peaceful settlement to the crisis
> here.
>
> Today, we see some political parties and their leaders making
> statements against our immediate neighbour India when it comes to
> discussion over the 13th Amendment, which is proposed as a base
> towards a resolution to the crisis. It must be recalled that all fears
> about an Indian plan to integrate then Ceylon with India was
> eradicated in 1951 when it was proposed by Dr. Pattabhi Sitaramayya,
> President of the Indian National Congress. Dr.Sitaramayya elucidating
> his statement in a speech in Bombay said-"India must sooner or later
> enter into a treaty with Ceylonese people so that Ceylon may become an
> organic part of the Indian body politic". He also added that he
> considered India and Ceylon are one and recalled that in his
> Memorandum on redistribution of Provinces in India in 1916, he
> suggested that Ceylon should be integrated with India while Burma may
> be separated. But, in 1951,Dr.Sitaramayya confessed that he did not
> wish to suggest any such opinion unless Ceylon suggested it.
>
> When Dr. Sitaramayya made his confessional type statement in 1951,the
> late SWRD Bandaranaike who later founded the SLFP claimed that such a
> suggestion by Dr.Sitaramayya was neither desirable nor
> necessary.Mr.Bandaranaike told the President of the Indian National
> Congress that India and Ceylon were the best friends and
> added:-"Although Ceylon is a small country, its' people have always
> been jealous of their sovereign rights for which in the long history
> of this country they have always fought and striven. Having once again
> regained our freedom and sovereignty it is not at all likely that the
> majority of the people of this country will submit to the type of
> subordination which obviously Dr.Sitaramayya has in mind".
>
> Our politicians who represent the people should read history
> concerning our neighbourly nations. India upheld the position taken by
> the late SWRD Bandaranaike with due respect. It has recognized Sri
> Lanka as an Independent sovereign nation.
>
> Therefore, the issue of Indian domination on our soil does not arise.
> Political parties and their leaders should make statements with
> responsibility to prevent damage that would be caused to good
> neighbourliness with India, the 'Big Brother' in the region.
>
> Challenge
> The challenge to restore peace must be met by all political parties
> inside and outside Parliament. A correct decision towards such a
> concrete direction should be met with confirmation to start a stable
> negotiation process to achieve peace. All political parties are bound
> to honour its' loyalty to the nation and the people.
>
> The common vision is the need to build a non-racist society, a stable
> nation with peace and normality. Democracy could only be strengthened
> by such moves. Then the definition of good governance could
> effectively be visible. Such a society and a nation could only be
> built by a protracted process and not by a confrontational system in
> politics.
>
> The time has come for all politicians and the people to decide between
> self and the nation. What the country needs is a balance of sacrifices
> to survive.
>
> The LTTE terrorism has increased defence expenditure many a fold over
> thirty long years. Political party leaders must realize that the rise
> in defence expenditure had caused harm and disparity to the
> distribution of wealth, employment op****tunities, expansion of health
> and education facilities of the society and the people at large.
> Political party leaders should learn from the past. Experience is the
> best Teacher to rectify errors of the past.
>
> Unity among all politicians will herald hope for a better Sri Lanka.
> It is only then we will not leave the LTTE terrorist war to our future
> generations as stated by Defence Secretary, Gotabhaya Rajapaksa.When
> Dr. Sitaramayya made his confessional type statement in 1951,the late
> SWRD Bandaranaike who later founded the SLFP claimed that such a
> suggestion by Dr.Sitaramayya was neither desirable nor
> necessary.Mr.Bandaranaike told the President of the Indian National
> Congress that India and Ceylon were the best friends and
> added:-"Although Ceylon is a small country, its' people have always
> been jealous of their sovereign rights for which in the long history
> of this country they have always fought and striven. Having once again
> regained our freedom and sovereignty it is not at all likely that the
> majority of the people of this country will submit to the type of
> subordination which obviously Dr.Sitaramayya has in mind".
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