We can all read between the lines this guy is doing the begging for the tigers to get them de proscribed so they can go on their merry way. The truth is they are a ruthless organisation that are pioneers in terrorism one only need to see the weekly bus bombs targetting civilians to see why this guy has no sense of realty or understanding of the situation.

I am sure Mr Mugabe’s book will give the long version of the uniformed clap trap he writes in this article.

Don’t bark at the moon.

Soon, you and your GOSL will be sidelined by the International Community for it’s ignorance and stupidity.

“Constructive Criticism” is good. We should learn from our mistakes.

What are we going to achieve through this prolonged conflict?, Wouldn’t it to be nicer to solve this through a “Federal System” where Tamils can mind their own business? instead of pumping billions and billions in to the drain with this un-comprehensible war.

The future generation will be ones going to suffer due to this ignorant conflict. Our Trains, Hospitals, Schools and infrastructures all need major overhaul, but unfortunately, we are getting further buried in this “Un winnable War” quagmire!

I wish late Brigadier Larry Wijeratne was still alive.
He was the one of few SLA Brigadiers who made wise decisions regarding this ethnic conflict.

Judging by the ‘expert’ they have pulled for this fluff piece it must be getting harder and harder to get a real academic to write one sided b/s like this guy has managed. The Star is scraping the bottom of the barrel printing this kind of drivel under the pretense of journalism.

Stalemate anyone?

When you use a phrase like: “As civilian deaths in the civil war climb quickly, the government shows no appetite for peace”

Yeah,…thats the whole point, a Government is not supposed to concede Defeat because they experience a rise in Civilian Deaths…. As if this Lunatic actually thinks we should be equating the cessation of a war to the Amount of Civilian Deaths? If that were the rules of Warfare then the LTTE would simply kill as many civilians as possible to end the war..?

The war ends when one side wins. Please be patient that outcome is coming soon.

“LTTE has gained control over many parts of North and East by military means; not by terrorism. They have used guerrilla warfare, subsequently even using land warfare using conventional forces. Seizing Elephant pass is not terrorism. Seizing Mullaiththeevu and destroying thousands of army people there is not terrorism. They were highly successful military victories they achieved.

The IC must realise that the Tamils view with total suspicion the stand taken by them in proscribing the LTTE, especially when it had not posed any threat to their citizens, property or even to their interests. Whatever the powerful propagandist say to besmirch the LTTE, history will record its steadfastness in the struggle for the freedom of Tamils based on their right of self-determination in their homeland.

Tamils have no problem when the IC condemns the Tigers on some issues (or keeps mum on others as they have often done). By and large the Tigers have taken on board their criticism – for example keeping away from civilian targets for may years prior to 2007 and even now, under intense provocation of indiscriminate aerial bombing by SLAF and long range shelling by the army causing untold, undocumented death and destruction in the Tamil homeland.

The Tamils know that the one sided sanctions by the IC on the Tigers can only lead to more killing and genocide of the Tamils at the hands of the chauvinistic regime. The IC cannot absolve responsibility for the present militaristic policy taken by the govt to defeat the Tigers at all cost, when it tacitly nods in support of GoSL. Amongst the Tamils the jury is out as to whether GoSL and the IC are pursuing the same goal. It will be sad indeed if the IC had evaluated the resolve of the Tamils based on people like Devananda, Sangaree, Karuna or Pillaiyan. Though I welcome the writer’s call for arms sanction on GoSL at this late hour, it is always laughable when one is wise after the event.