It is all well and good to find fault with the hypocritical practices of the West and their agents. The case of the LTTE and Karuna faction being accused of Child recruitment is not about just getting them into hot water.
It has got to be much more than that. It is about small children who are being forced to do something against their will for the most part.
Have a little heart man. These are fellow Sri Lankan children. These are also humans, not some commodity like guns or drugs for us to talk in numbers. Even one of these little ones being misguided is one too many. What is more important, telling the IC to mind their own business or finding ways to get rid of this menace from our country?
Granted the LTTE does not have to listen to the IC as they are a banned orgainisation, their supposed cause is the future generations of Tamils. To corrupt these young minds with all the brutalities of war goes against the very essence of this “cause”. This same principle must apply to the GOSL even more, given that they are an elected body. They need to do all they possibly can and I am sure that they can if they chose to. Their unwillingness to do anything in this regard (against Karuna group) shows that they care not for those children. Then again it is not their children who are targetted. Maybe if it was our children who are targetted then we would understand? If we dont stand up now, who will stand up for us and our children when tjhe time comes? Remember what happended in Germany before and during WW2?

Funny I missed something, how many Child Soldiers did they say Karuna is said to have ? I got the 1430 cases on the LTTE side but are we talking about a few dozen? I can’t see there being much more than that? How many Gang members are teenagers carrying guns in the USA alone? Last census was 800,000 Gang members in the USA, how many of those people are under 18? If they want to solve the Child Soldier issue in the UN go to South Central Los Angeles and deal with the “Child Soldier” issue there… far more than 1430 cases to deal with….. oh but the UN never addresses the West for their Issues, especially not the USA…after all Ban Ki Moon would not want the Electricity to the HQ building in New York suddenly cut off would they?

The recruitment of child soldiers and other violations will fade away once the war stopped.

LTTE is a banned organization, why do they have to listen to HRW? Don’t ban a organization and then ask them to follow rules.

Look at Iraq, where the US has formed aliances with Sunni militias who used to fight for the Insurgents. The US are well aware of their activities – kidnappings, extortion, torture and persecution of women. However it is expedient to turn a blind eye in order to obtain their help to defeat Al Qaida which is their main objective.

Same thing in Afghanistan. How many war lords are fighting on the NATO side? Does NATO believe they are angels? No. They are well aware of their Opium smuggling and other serious crimes agains ordinary Afghan people.

At least one thing to be a little less concerned about Karuna’s child soldires. They are not currently fighting on the frontlines like Prabakaran’s child soldirs and having to face artillery and air attacks. However this is only for now. Who knows how the war will unfold?

What we non combatants can do if we are serious about the lives of these children is to climb down from our extremem possitions on the war and make some serious compromises so the war can end.