Comments on: Is Military Conquest Enough to “Win” Over The Eastern Province People?

By: Carlo Kovoor

Carlo Kovoor — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 07:26:36 +0000

Jeronemo Azavedo is illogical , irrational and inaccurate. I have pointed this out on other occasions.
Now he is casting aspersions on Mr. DBS Jeyaraj unnecessarily as if he has some axe to grind.. He needs to be refuted.

First of all Mr. Jeyaraj is a person who writes openly and fearlessly under his own name. He has not resorted to pseudonyms like JA. If JA is saying he has heard from the horse’s mouth (Sarath Fonseka) he must reveal who he is or shut up.

He cannot say DBSJ is wrong because SF told him so and then refuse to divulge his identity. Only other thing is for Fonseka to confirm that he did tell JA this.JA cant have it both ways.

Then about what JA says about DBSJ being wrong. Ever since Thoppigala fell the media has been saying the Eastern war started after Mavilaru. To his credit DBSJ has been saying long before that the eastern war began after the bombing of Sampoor on April 25th 2006. Even now DBSJ in his article pointed out what he has been saying all along.

Now JA says Sarath Fonseka told him on Dec 24th 2005 that they were going to clean up the East. On that basis he accuses DBSJ of being entertaining etc and saying he was wrong.

Again this is an irrationally stupid accusation!

What Sarath F allegedly told JA (If JA is telling the truth) does not in any way affect what DBSJ has been saying. In fact it only strengthens DBSJ. It has been DBSJ’s position that the GOVT has a hidden agenda about East and has been pursuing it. So JA now confirms it.

Aso what DBSJ refutes is the assertion by media that the war began with Mavilaru. That position remains unaffected by Ja’s comment. It only shows that the war was planned in 2005 itself but it does ot change the fact that the war in east started on April 25th.

Now what JA should do is to contact all Colombo media and tell them about what SF told him on Dec 24th. But he remains mum on that and picks up a quarrel with DBSJ.

This reveals two things. JA is afraid to write in Colombo media because SF will contradict him or say he is a liar. The other is that JA has a grudge against DBSJ

By all accounts JA is a pompous humbug and a coward who dares not divulge his name. Hiding behind a pseudonym combining a Portugese colonialist and an Apache warrior this pathetic specimen attacks DBSJ for his own reasons

By: Naga

Naga — Sat, 21 Jul 2007 00:57:55 +0000

Dear Mr.Jeronimo Azavedo

Diagreements apart, you do play an important role. It is people like you stimulate the feelings of even the moderates to think otherwise. Keep the good work going.

By: Metha

Metha — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 00:10:42 +0000

Even DBS t o see Tamils being freed from clutch of LTTE.
Eastern Tamils(ET) are breathing air of freedom. I don’t know why DBS has doubt of winning ET. GOSL has already won the heart of ET through Karuna. That is why Army has taken the full control of EP. In few months we can expect all the displaced people would be settled.

By: Arvinth, Trichy

Arvinth, Trichy — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 13:18:48 +0000

“But what troubles me now is this. All accounts of the current war are from a military perspective alone. It is from that of the protagonists . Very little is said about the real victims of the war. The war was for conquest of territory alone it seems. It is as if there were no people in the east and it was a territory devoid of humanity!”

“Yes! of course!!. The security forces say that they fought this war to save the Eastern Tamil people from the bondage of the LTTE. The LTTE says they fought to protect the Eastern Tamil people from getting into the clutches of the security forces”.

“What really happened was that the ordinary people – Tamil civilians – were victimized in a war they never wanted. Sadly they suffered most and are the real victims of this war of Eastern liberation”. – DBS

If the Sinhalese government of Srilanka liberates the Eelam Tamils from the Eelam Tamil Tigers LTTE�S clutches, then why 20,000 Eelam Tamil refugees came here in this last one year alone?…still coming.

And according to the Eelam Tamil Parliamentarians (TNA) if in Eelam Tamil Tigers LTTE control area Eelam Tamils live with security & with all freedom, then why they have their family here (most of the days they also stay here)? some of them send them to western countries & claimed asylum there.

One side Eelam Tamils trying to get out from Eelam Tamil Tiger LTTE clutches to save their children, other side Sinhalese government of Srilanka in the banner of LIBERATING TAMILS FROM LTTE clear out them from their homes, villages, own land put them in refugee camps (without any basic facilities) & claim the land as HIGH SECURITY ZONE for the future SINHALESE COLONIZATION & in the name of development in East they are going to put Sinhalese families there.

But the Eastern renegade Karuna & the Eelam democratic Eelam Tamil minister Dog-lus Devananda without any rights to talk with Mahinda Rajapakshe regiment or to expose these, just like a dog waiting for his masters left over food to eat sitting under the Sinhalese regiments foot.

In the name of EASTERN LIBERATION renegade Karuna helped the Srilankan Sinhalese military, what happened now? He is living within Srilankan Sinhalese military�s clutches & only his EASTERN TAMILS SUFFERING.

Time to time Sinhalese governments of Srilanka using the Eelam Tamils to rule Eelam Tamils;
Using the Eelam Tamils to take the freedom of Eelam Tamils;
Using the Eelam Tamils to take the rights of Eelam Tamils.

LIBERATION FROM SINHALESE;
LIBERATION FROM EELAM TAMIL TIGERS;
Only HUMAN SUFFERING!

By: Thanabal

Thanabal — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 09:58:21 +0000

LTTE is not a legal organization to acknowledge or deny any sort of deal with any player other than Norway and GoSL. Making a deal with Mahinda with his pre-prez era doen’t count as GoSL since it was a Government of CBK.

By: Jeronimo Azavedo

Jeronimo Azavedo — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 05:27:10 +0000

My Dear Nathan,

I am a humble citizen of Sri Lanka and not a big shot as you suggest. I can also tell you that our army commander is also a humble citizen from a humble family in Sri Lanka and quite opposit to anything that resembles a big shot as you suggest.

I have also met the Navy Commander Karanagoda and he is also very down to earth and humble citizen.

My identity is irrelavant. What is important are the facts that I have disclosed.

This administration is like no other that I have observed.

There is a certain determination to resolve Sri Lanka’s ethnic dispute as never before as as I have suggested.

what you are seeing today are actions that were planned and put in place long long time ago.

What you read in the press is a severely distorted view of individuals and actions with various political perceptions and motives. If you wake up on a Sunday and read all the newspapers you might think that you are living in several different countries at the same time.

As I have stated, Sri Lanka does not operate according to the perceptions created by DBS. He may sound convincing, but no one is accurate all the time . He paints a Tamil friendly portrait in his articles in relation to the Sri Lankan conflict.

Sri Lankan Tamils constitute a very small minority in Sri Lanka below 8% of the population now and its like trying to view the United States through a Black American perspective.

Just some food for thought.

kind regards

Jeronimo Azavedo

By: Naga

Naga — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 00:48:58 +0000

I have a feeling that the two warring factions are staging a sort of play for the consumption of the general public. This appears to be a part of the pre-elction “deal”. The GOSL or the LTTE – the parties to the alleged agreeement have neither denied nor owned up. Most of us know that there had been some sort of deal. LTTE must come out and make a statement, if they are interested in gaining some credibility in the minds of the sufferring Tamils. Credibility of the GOSL is now a history.

By: KK Nathan

KK Nathan — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 00:39:24 +0000

Yes Mr. Azevedo

We are waiting for you to reveal full details of your conversation with Gen.Sarath Fonseka where he told you about eastern war details.

When, where, how and why?

He trusted you so much?

You must be very big shot

Then why hide behind false name?
Did you really talk with the commander or simply boasting here

By: Jeronimo Azavedo

Jeronimo Azavedo — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 17:02:48 +0000

My Dear Vipula,

You do not make sense.

If I was boasting, would I not use my own name? What good does it do to boast using another name?

kind regards

Jeronimo

By: Thamarai K.

Thamarai K. — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 16:43:02 +0000

Is military conquest enough to win over the Eastern province people?

As a citizen of the East I think that will be enough.

We dont want to be part of any war. This is what I want to tell my northern brothers

Let us to live alone. Fighting for us is enough brothers. Please leave us alone. We prefer to starve without food and die.

We prefer to live as slaves to Sinhalese than being a cannon fodder to you guys. We would be happy to give our lands to Sinhalese and work as Coolies to them than working for you for nothing !!!!

Thanabal, in my view, if I paraphrase your own words,

It is mad and idiotic to think that any Tamil miltiant group will fight for our freedom. Praba & Co is becoming richer and richer at our blood! Let that stop forever