Forcibly recruited? There are many youths who embraced LTTE because they saw LTTE as the only protection against your army and the Sinhalese racism. How proud were you when Sinhalese racism killed innocent Tamil civilians and destroyed everything they had?

As long as you are proud of a country which is built on the suffering of the minorities there will be all ways a way to ruin Sri Lanka (I don’t thing it needs to be ruined even more, the wound is so big that that the bacteria have overtaken the immune system).

You still don’t get it!! How long will it take Tamil Nadu to recreate Tamil Nationalism looking at the history of unequal treatment of Tamils and the Indian government refusal to protect their interest? If that happens, Tamils can outnumber the Sri Lankan Armed forces 1 to 4.

Beside the money from Tamil Diaspora can be also used to lobby in the west and totally block any economic help from outside (which you definitely need). This war is long from over; if LTTE is defeated the Diaspora community will reveal a new level of challenge. Unfortunately, by the time you are done fighting LTTE (if that ever happens), you will be at the absolute mercy of anyone with money.

The 7 list that you have provided have no ground. Look at Canada when you say if minority wants to separate. You don’t even have enough knowledge to talk about the ethnic conflict that has ravaged in the Island and you definitely have no idea as to what happened in Tamil Nadu with India when Tamil Nadu was on the verge of separation.

There are many reasons to boost about India’s military might, they are not the same as when LTTE defeated them and LTTE is not the same as they were when they took on the IPKF. Sri Lankan Armed Forces are also advanced but the economy that is required to operate is at the last level of depletion. India has a strong economy to support its military muscle and the LTTE have the endless resource from the Tamil Diaspora community.

How is India getting involved in favor of annexing or recognizing Tamil Elam (either move would only strengthen the relationship with the Tamils) would create a Kashmir in the South? If India does not get involved to stop the racial policy of the Sinhalese and if the Tamils are suppressed by not devolving power then it will definitely turn Tamil Nadu into a Kashmir.

Face it! The government has created such a deep division that the last Tamil on that Island would seek to be governed by someone else then the Sinhalese government.

Sri Lanka is a fabricated nation, there was never a unitary nation and there won’t be one if the Sinhalese don’t do a radical reform toward federalism.

You can fight to the last soul for the sovereignty of your country (from JVP, JHU and other Sinhalese group) after Tamil Elam separates. Right now, you are fighting to destroy the sovereignty of another country.

So if you do not want to negotiate we are also ready to fight on even for another 100 years.
I think when India & US say that they want Sri Lanka find a political solution within a united country, they mean it! India also says she has zero tolerance on Terrorism.

#Comment 8
India have enough problems and she don’t want to have another Kashmir in South. As a responsible world power India will never intrude Sri Lanka like they have done in late 80’s.
When you bost about India’s military might you forget how a non state actor like LTTE defeated them in 1987. So if India to attack SL, it will never be easy. Surely China & Pakistan will come to our help (even if US, EU, UN do not care) it will be the last war of India. This is just hallucination in 21st century! Inreality India is our best friend & she understand our war than anyone else. Tiger agents cannot throw money & distort facts in India, like they do in the west. That’s why India didn’t actively involve in the Norway brokered peace process between LTTE & GOSL. India knew that LTTE was not genuinely interested in a peaceful solution.
So Dingiri, your comment is an absolute joke!

Sri lanka will have peace only when LTTE & it’s supporters understand the reality & fully commit themselves for a long & difficult process of negotiations!

There is no need for LTTE and the Tamil parties to accept what ever is given by Colombo. The occupation by the Army and the authority being implemented by the government are illegal as per the election of 1976 by the TULF in which they won the mandate to create Tamil Elam within or outside of Sri Lanka (this mandate was pretty much handed over to the Tamil militants when the Tamil political parties failed in peaceful ways of achieving it or should I say that the Sinhalese south refuse to accept it and decided to enforce illegal authority over the North and East). Also take into note that the constitution was drafted without the consent of the Tamil Parties or their participation by President JRJ. After the 2007 Maveerar Nal speech people should realize the LTTE does not care what the Sinhalese have to give (as stated in the speech, earlier speeches and other speeches that “nothing meaningful can be expected from the south”), all LTTE wants is the legal rights of Tamil people and the legitimacy of the traditional homeland of the Tamils of the Island to be recognized by the International community. In response to that the International community has given a choice to the Sinhalese; either to devolve maximum power or face the consequence.

Why should we accept the 13 amendment from another institution which does not represent the Tamils or answers the demand of the Tamils, especially when they have illegal authority and occupying a land where the people never gave their mandate?

Comment # 8,

Annexing of the North and East by India (under Tamil Nadu) is the real reality if LTTE looses and Sri Lanka fails to devolve power. Tamils would be more then happy to accept the authority of the Tamil Nadu state government then accept the authority of a government which failed to protect them and made a mockery of their cry for equal rights. Just remember that LTTE is the only power among the Tamil community of the Island that is not pro-India.

If the annexing does take place, Sri Lanka will not have a friendly neighbor but a neighbor who will be looking for ways to destroy it as Tamil Nadu will influence the southern foreign policy of India which will not be in favor of Sri Lanka.

Such move could prompt Sri Lanka to move toward the opposition to India which will provoke India to retaliate leaving the Sinhalese nation going backward.

Look at the isolation of Cuba by the USA when Cuba sided with foreign power unfriendly to the USA.

Even today, LTTE can turnaround and tell India to annex it under the Indian Union or Tamil Nadu and leave the Sinhalese to drawn in their own mess. Even the Tamils who don’t support LTTE will welcome this idea with open arms.

Comment # 9,

First of all India failed to enforce what they said they will after signing the accord. The failure to enforce what was signed was took up by Thileepan of LTTE as demand to end his fasting; which turned out to be fruitless (he took up fasting to say that what was signed were not in reality, he did not take fasting against India or what was signed). When Thileepan died it made the LTTE and Tamils realize that India was not the power who could guarantee the safety and further protection from the agitated south. RAW was arming other groups as they were trying to dismantle LTTE was another problem. And the appendixes to the accord (the letters between Rajiv Ghandi and JRJ) had nothing to do with bringing a meaningful solution instead they were to enforce the interest of India over the Island. The Indo-Lanka accord (with the appendixes) was not a golden opportunity; it was the annexing of the entire Island to the dictation of the Indian foreign policy and security which was fiercely resisted by the JVP and LTTE.

How likely is this to happen again? What if under a different leadership India annexes the North on humanitarian grounds and merges it with Tamil Nadu? Afterall, they can down all the SLAF planes and sink all the SLN ships in a day if they wished to. How would the Sinhalese and Tamils react? Would the Sri Lankan government risk all by resisting? Would the LTTE resist? Or would both the SLA and LTTE welcome it? The longer this conflict drags on the greater the chance of this becoming a reality.

It would be the final “check mate” for both Sinhalese and Tamil militarists and may not be a bad resolution to the whole affair after all. Tamils will be ruled by Tamils. The Sinhalese will have the security of a “friendly” neighbour in the north. Plus we wont have the economic exploitation that followed the take over of the Kandian Kingdom. Indian protectorates like Sikkim enjoy vastly advantageous terms in their transactions with the central government.

How will the JVP and the JHU react? They will shout their heads off no doubt. The JVP may even attempt to launch a third insurrection to seize power after vilifying the incumbent govt as “traitors”. However they have to first be able to accuse the govt of complicity in the Indian take over. What if the government just makes noises to show its opposition to the take over but does nothing militarily except just guard the new “border”?

What will the International community do? Hardly anything I think. The SLG has ignored all their exhortations and even demonised them as terrorist supporters. So why would they care? Its far more important for the rest of the world to have good relations with India.

If you analyze the track record of Sri Lanka, there is not a single govt. run organization that is efficient. Every one of them is corrupt, inefficient and broke. Call it 13+++ Amendment it will never work – simply because it will never be run properly, Other provinces in which it has been implemented is a disaster.

Consider other examples. Sri Lanka telephone compny’s relationship was abandoned by the Japanese as they could not deal with the Lankan bureacrats. So is the case with Sri Lankan Airlines and Emirates Air, the latter dumping the government contract because the Lankan officials are impossible. These are just two stories of many partnerships with GoSL – a very poor partner in business. Another is the govt controlled Mihin air – a daily money loser.

As ex-US-Ambassdor Jeff Lungstad said, what Sri Lanka needs is a total make-over – of all its systems. And of course that would take revolutionary and progressive leadership – a leadership that the country simply does not have at the moment and may take several generations. The reality is, for all segments of society that are marginalized, Tamils, Muslims, and the very large segment of economically marginalized Sinhalese, life will continue to be very difficult.