It is well written and well thought out. I must admit even a Tamil person of any renown cannot write like what you wrote . You can see or read all the Tamil and Tamil “English media .. well you make up your own mind.

Anyway, Kusal, I was responding to Lionel and I respond to you also, let us unite and kick the bastards out and rule the nation as an equitable nation reaching out to her peripheries in all directions. I was born in the north…but I had my university education in Colombo and Peradeniya and worked for a few years in Colombo..while working , I took a few .. say more than 20 ambitious Sinhalese boys and spend my evenings with them in a pirivena , teaching them engeering subjects for the London City and Guilds exams and all entirely free. I didn’t see them as Sinhalese ..as youth with future..I did the same for Tamils boys at Saivamangaiyar Kazhagam. Anyway.. Tamils and Sinhalese have many with goodwill and patriotism too. But these baffoons including JRJ ..or any other ..only had their own
interest and their group or tribes’ interest.. and they didn’t even feel there was anything need to be done over and above what our sultha masters did..now we are moving back…anyway , can we take over the nation ? and put these buggers under house arrest or send them to their benefactors in India, USA , USSR .. let them enjoy all the bribes they got from these International pariahs …buying arms and bombs from them.. while the hospital in the periphery are crying for supplies. Let us not talk about the Tsunami money.

Change .. are we going to do it or keep talking ?. Well without them we have nothing to talk either…so we better have them ?.

q1 - suspicion & fear…If it is the civilians trying to catch buses to school & work or the pilgrims going to prey or the families in the Northern jungles who have had their children forcibly removed by the terrorists yes dismantling the LT TE will go a long way to removing the fear for these citizens in Sri Lanka.

q2- You may have read one too many propaganda posters but let me refresh your memory there is a unified Sri Lanka with single elected government, and it is the responsibility of that government to administer the laws of the land and protect the people from terrorists, at the moment there is terrorist organization that control patches of land in the north and frequently engage in terror acts in other parts of the island bus bombs, suiicide squads etc . The Army has the duty to dismantle this grave threat to the people and the nation.

Read the recent FBI report if you want to know why the government has an absolute responsibility to dismantle the terror outfit.

q3- The LT TE is proscribed terror organization in India after they assassinated Rajiv Ghandi . As I understand it is outlawed to even voice support for this outfit in Tamil Nadu. You seem to think Tamil Nadu is independent from the rest of India. Reading recent reports support for the tigers is low and restricted to some hardcore Dravidian separatists old schoolers who are largely irrelevant in the modern political landscape. Does Tamil Nadu have an army I dont know about ?

The Army does not have to keep anyone ‘in check’ they are entrusted to put an end to terror, they must do so with in the the laws of the land and international norms of engagement and must show restraint to not unduly target civilians.

The real question is how to move forward after the cycle of terror.

Correction. There is no hope for the Sinhalese. Why don’t you answer my questions from comment # 14? Is it because you got no answer or your answer to the all the question is the annihilation of the Tamils?

Your government is wagging this war with out any outline for the future. The LTTE is waging this war with an outline. Even if the LTTE is defeated it will only serve to strengthen the call for a greater Tamil Nation.

Before you make any more comment, I expect you to answer my question in comment #14.

Thamilan,

Fortunately for the rest of us (the Majority of Sri Lanka) who are not Racists, Bigots, and Communalists like you; we feel that Tamils have a right to live anywhere around Sri Lanka…

Their stranglehold on the Tamil People in Sri Lanka will be severed,…then the only Racist Ideologes who peddle Hate will be living in foreign countries and we dont need to worry about you people spoiling the future of Sri lanka since none of you displaced racists will ever pick up a gun and fight, you’d only cheerlead and shout but if your team is dead there would be nothing to cheer for…

You can go about your merry ways, die alone by yourselves, knowing that your hatred has driven you into this sad situation for which you are completely responsible for….

No point arguing I can only take the donkey to water I cant make it drink.. by all means keep brainwashing your children there is no hope for you my friend.

Don’t include the Muslims in the same list as the Sinhalese. I totally agree that Sinhalese are not allowed, why? You are a prime example of it.

Yes, we do wash the brains of our children; if the Sinhalese did the same there could have been some that could reach the IQ of the world’s average (there are few that are above average but, they are kept in the dark). The dirt in your brain has built up to a point where even the heaviest dirt cleaning chemicals would lose the fight. Hopefully people will see through the dirt and realize that you have a brain that was slapped around unnecessarily by a society built on fear and myth.

Your government is in disaster and how exactly are they planning to bring prosperity even if they win?

Let’s say that at the most unlikely situation; the government has eradicated LTTE will that be enough to live with out suspicion and fear?

Once the war is over, what is Sri Lanka planning to do with the trained youths who will be unemployed (not to mention most of them have JVP influence)?

Let’s just say that a stronger military is needed to keep the minority in check, how long is this going to continue? How long will the economy be able to handle this? What are you going to say to the IC? How are you going to deal with the animosity that is developing in the state of Tamil Nadu against the Sinhalese with the population of 60 million + where the youths number exceeds the entire population of the Island?

Just pointing out your baseless lies, which you peddle as fact, You may be able to brainwash your children but most people will see through your diatribe for what it is.

As to what happens in the jungles I cant say because as you well know Sinhalese and Muslims arent welcome in these areas, in act they are summarily executed let alone having access to schools or business opportunties.

You mean once the “Battlke is over.” As the Wall Street Journal’s editorial of mid-January said, while it is quite plausible that the Rajapaksa administration may win a military battle with the Tigers, unless and until a just political solution is presented, President Rajapaksa will never win this war.