The Hindu,  Tue Mar 13 18:19:51 EDT 2007

    "We are determined to destroy the LTTE military infrastructure wherever it existed. For over 20 years, the organisation has been allowed to grow due to lack of political will on the part of successive governments. We are confident of annihilating the Tigers' military capabilities in the next two to three years," he said to a pointed question.

The official said the strategy was to clear the east from the clutches of the Tigers and than move towards the north. "Our strategy of ousting the LTTE from the east has been fairly successful so far. We do not agree with the thesis that it is an un-winnable war."
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I am bit confused on what is happening in the East and the LTTE strength there.
I thought the government has cleaned LTTE from the East already after the severe fights and victory claims made a month ago.

LTTE has apparently built a lavish HQ in the East.  I met a person who visited that facility.  He told me, young Tamil chefs wearing white served them String Hoppers, and the service was quite like what you find in a Colombo 5* hotel.  What happened to these buildings they build and who occupies there?


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The military aspect of this war CAN be won with patience and good strategies. It is the scotch and soda kaduwa speaking Pakiasothtih Saravanmuttus, overpaid Kumar Rupesinghes and Victor Ivans who are all theoreticians who have never done an honest day of work who think otherwise. They are coolies to the western christian institutions who pay their salaries and take them on tours around the world.

Sure we must be wary of their claims just as we are cynical of Tiger claims to destroy this or that and give false body counts.

The argument by the official was correct. Why does the US and Britain have forces in Afghanistan, Somalia, Ethiopia, Djibouti and Iraq?  Why is the US training Ethiopian forces? If the war against terrorism cannot be won, why the hell are they not practicing what they preach?

But here is what must happen.
1. NO POLITICAL indecision or appeasement. That was CBK's flaw. She had these on again off again poorly planned poorly executed military actions designed by her incompetent uncle.
2.  NO appeasment like RW who allowed the Tigers to gather a lot of equipment and territory.
3.  NO political agendas for MR. LET THE Military do PROFESSIONAL military operations.
4.  THERE HAS TO BE A POLITICAL solution to the real problems while combatting the Tiger terrorists.
5. THAT political solution cannot be and should not be scuttled by the JVP or JHU types.  They have destroyed the nation twice before in 1971 and 1988-89. JVP cannot be setting policy for a President who is President of ALL Sri Lankans.
6. DO NOt interfere with military ops.

Agree 99% with you.

But I have serious doubts on the following

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5. THAT political solution cannot be and should not be scuttled by the JVP or JHU types.  They have destroyed the nation twice before in 1971 and 1988-89. JVP cannot be setting policy for a President who is President of ALL Sri Lankans.

I think its very likely that these two parties would do their best to scuttle any political solution which satisfies the majority of the tamils. Although these two parties (especially the JHU) does not have a huge vote base, they have lot of muscle power in them to disrupt anything which does not satisfy them. For example most trade unions are under JVP control. They have the streangth to bring the country to a standstill within days. The "name sake monks" of the JHU can draw upon the support of the good for nothing singhala extremists (which belong to all parties) by issueing a few statements like "rata", "jaathiya", "aagama"....

RogerThis wrote:

The military aspect of this war CAN be won with patience and good strategies. It is the scotch and soda kaduwa speaking Pakiasothtih Saravanmuttus, overpaid Kumar Rupesinghes and Victor Ivans who are all theoreticians who have never done an honest day of work who think otherwise. They are coolies to the western christian institutions who pay their salaries and take them on tours around the world.

Sure we must be wary of their claims just as we are cynical of Tiger claims to destroy this or that and give false body counts.

The argument by the official was correct. Why does the US and Britain have forces in Afghanistan, Somalia, Ethiopia, Djibouti and Iraq?  Why is the US training Ethiopian forces? If the war against terrorism cannot be won, why the hell are they not practicing what they preach?

But here is what must happen.
1. NO POLITICAL indecision or appeasement. That was CBK's flaw. She had these on again off again poorly planned poorly executed military actions designed by her incompetent uncle.
2.  NO appeasment like RW who allowed the Tigers to gather a lot of equipment and territory.
3.  NO political agendas for MR. LET THE Military do PROFESSIONAL military operations.
4.  THERE HAS TO BE A POLITICAL solution to the real problems while combatting the Tiger terrorists.
5. THAT political solution cannot be and should not be scuttled by the JVP or JHU types.  They have destroyed the nation twice before in 1971 and 1988-89. JVP cannot be setting policy for a President who is President of ALL Sri Lankans.
6. DO NOt interfere with military ops.

I read twice and couldn't agree with you more.

JHU are the disfranchised and misguided due to RW regime actions.
They can be bought if MR succeeds.
JVP are scavengers.  They can be bought with a good economy.
        .....  assuming MR will be good for Sri Lanka.

If MR can't reach out to JHU/JVP, forget about reaching into disfranchised Tamils.


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RogerThis wrote:

The argument by the official was correct. Why does the US and Britain have forces in Afghanistan, Somalia, Ethiopia, Djibouti and Iraq?  Why is the US training Ethiopian forces?

What did US achieve in Irq, Afgnstan after so many years?
Have they won war against terrorism?
Have they made US a secure place to US citizens to live. (including some of this forum members) ?

US is the good & the bad.
US is the best & the worst.
For most of the forumers US has been a typical black hole to prove any of the arguments.

Heylo there Negembo,

Most observers of the situation seems to be of the opinion military challenge by LTTE has to be met. No one disagrees about a need for a political solution. What is it that you are seeing that others aren't? Can you please lay out the idea you have in mind? Show how we can avoid confronting LTTE militarily. You seem to have a brilliant mind. Please show us how your mind works.


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Comrade Athos,

I am expressing my opinion about US...
How can you ask me to clarify on something which I did not write?

best regards

Negombo wrote:

RogerThis wrote:

The argument by the official was correct. Why does the US and Britain have forces in Afghanistan, Somalia, Ethiopia, Djibouti and Iraq?  Why is the US training Ethiopian forces?

What did US achieve in Irq, Afgnstan after so many years?
Have they won war against terrorism?
Have they made US a secure place to US citizens to live. (including some of this forum members) ?

US is the good & the bad.
US is the best & the worst.
For most of the forumers US has been a typical black hole to prove any of the arguments.

Did you filed for the US green card lottery?  Most people who tried to go and couldn't have very negative attitude towards US  ----  like the grape is sour.

When you say: “US is the good & the bad., US is the best & the worst”

You are on target about the severity, clueless about the occurrence.  You need them both to generate a complete picture.  The most important quality I see in US is that a person from a third world can go there and achieve his or her dream within a fraction of that person’s life span.  This may not be true for everyone.  However chance of success is much better in US than in most of the developing world.  Having said that, US is not for everyone.  A typical Sri Lankan will be much happier in Australia/NZ/Canada.

If you can look beyond the US foreign policies and loosing war against Terrorism,  what you will see is the pioneering attempts by the people in US on issues that will impact the whole world positively:

There are lot of fights against world wide poverty, Bill and Malinda gates foundation does ton of good work in the developing world, equal rights for everyone regardless of age/sex/gender/sex orientation, anti smoking, making world more green, alternative energy, to name a few.


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Negombo wrote:

Comrade Athos,

I am expressing my opinion about US...
How can you ask me to clarify on something which I did not write?

best regards

Negombo

Can you please read his question again.  I don't think he was asking about US.  

"Can you please lay out the idea you have in mind? Show how we can avoid confronting LTTE militarily. You seem to have a brilliant mind. Please show us how your mind works."

Actually you have proved Athos wrong…..  about having a brilliant mind


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har Says,

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Agree 99% with you.

But I have serious doubts on the following [quote]

So following is the is the 1% you are worrying about?

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5. THAT political solution cannot be and should not be scuttled by the JVP or JHU types.  They have destroyed the nation twice before in 1971 and 1988-89. JVP cannot be setting policy for a President who is President of ALL Sri Lankans.

Can we take JHU out of the equation?  They were not there in 1971 and 1988/89.  Beside JHU never advocate violence to over throw a Govt.  Have they?

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I think its very likely that these two parties would do their best to scuttle any political solution which satisfies the majority of the tamils. Although these two parties (especially the JHU) does not have a huge vote base,

Well, HJU has an untapped vote base
 

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they have lot of muscle power in them to disrupt anything which does not satisfy them. For example most trade unions are under JVP control. They have the streangth to bring the country to a standstill within days.

Yes, they can do this.  But when come to the maters related to the country members of the trade unions (with their families) will take a popular stand.

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The "name sake monks" of the JHU can draw upon the support of the good for nothing singhala extremists (which belong to all parties) by issueing a few statements like "rata", "jaathiya", "aagama"....

Are you saying that only JHU utter 'rata' 'jathiya' 'Agama' these are popular words for all the politicians.

There is no point in taking out selected targets by SLA. The LTTE is well known to melt away from operating fields and come back once nobody is alert. If SLA & GOSL have to achieve the permanent solution, they have to go for it all the way into wanni and take out all the bunker rats. We have seen this in the north and it is almost happening in the east.

One good thing is the SLA is not involving the Karuna group anymore. SLA can't trust them. Take a lesson from Genghis Khan. Never trust someone who betrayed his long time firend and leader. No matter how "enlightened" he claims.

TOSCA wrote:

One good thing is the SLA is not involving the Karuna group anymore. SLA can't trust them. Take a lesson from Genghis Khan. Never trust someone who betrayed his long time firend and leader. No matter how "enlightened" he claims.

Probably it is little late.
Frankenstein monster is already growing up.

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Establish two separate units to serve the Tamils in the north and east
He (TMVP Commander) said: "When we enter the mainstream of democratic process, we should also must have the opportunity of participating in the administration of the country. No one should expect us to be idle spectators without involving ourselves in solving the issues facing the country as a whole as well the people in the two provinces in particular.”
http://tinyurl.com/39ao37

Negombo wrote:

Probably it is little late. Frankenstein monster is already growing up.

And Doctor Frankenstein (his real father), who created and nurtured him in the first place , is dodging the paternity suite and hoping that no one will ask him about his now-disowned son ?