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• 1. Ravi  |  November 30th, 2007 at 8:14 pm

  Why the entire international community is not supporting us? This is the time for a introspection.
  What is wrong in us?

• 2. Ravi  |  November 30th, 2007 at 8:16 pm

  Why the entire word is not supporting us? I think this is the time for a introspection. Otherwise, it will be late .

• 3. Kumar  |  November 30th, 2007 at 8:39 pm

  If you don’t have any friends. Don’t blame the society. There may be some thing wrong in you.
  Please think in this way also, If you can correct your mistakes definitely you will get atleast one friend.
  Our dear lleader, you are our leader. There is no doubt in that. Our nation depends on your decision. Please be responsible. Don’t be stubborn. Prepare to change your views and if necessary prepare to accecpt some thing equivalent to Tamil eelam. Because the important thing is the well being of our people.
  This is my humble request for you.

• 4. A.Rajasingam  |  December 1st, 2007 at 1:47 am

  I quite agree with the observations of Dr. S. Chandrasekharan for the most past. However, I think the LTTE used the term regional expansion in order to mislead the Tamils. When G.Parthasarathy, the architect of the Indo-Sri Lanka Peace Accord, came to Sri Lanka personally had discussions with the relevant leaders and he made a genuine effort to meet the aspirations of the Tamils, the LTTE should have been aware of India;s sincerity. He even went to the extent of disregarding the remarks of the Buddhist priests and went ahead with his mission of finding a meaningful solution. This does not mean that Rajiv Gandhi should be assassinated.

  It is not the LTTE alone that took measures for the liberation of Tamil cause. Not only other movements and leading personalities were refused to participate towards the contribution of the Tamil struggle but were mercilessly murdered and assassinated by the LTTE. When the LTTE wanted the Tamils to treat their words as Gospel’s truth, it is ridiculous to assess their recent speech. Even now the LTTE depends on its military tactics and/or guerrilla warfare tactics. This is evident from the recent suicide attacks. Till todate has any LTTE leader sent their children as a suicide-bomber? When carrying out the assassination of Rajiv Gandhi, has the LTTE ever thought of the laws of India, or at least of Tamil Nadu? When the LTTE had deliberately violated the laws of a neighboring country and targeting the innocent civilians, the international community will certainly be giving military and economic aid to the Sri Lankan government. We all agree that the Sri Lankan government has never specifically put forward a clear and specific devolution package or has shown any interest. Further, it is clear that since Mahinda’s government which has no sound economic policy, took this opportunity to their favour for a showdown with the LTTE. But this is not going to help the LTTE. The LTTE has to make an unequivocal declaration stop all assassination and give an explanation for the assassination of Rajiv Gandhi. This will be a testing time for the LTTE leader because of his adamant attitude, he will be instrumental for the destruction of a generation of the Sri Lankan Tamils.

  The international community is not prepared to listen to the assertion that the ‘Sinhala Nation’ can never be trusted or Mahinda’s government’s assertion that terrorism can be defeated. What matters is the creation of an atmosphere for a confident building measure. Both parties must realize that peace cannot be achieved overnight and that peace should begin from where it is and from where it was. The 13th amendment may appear not to be the best of the document but, if not for the disruption of the LTTE, Parthasarathy would have taken adequate measures to reap the fruits of the Indo-Sri Lanka Peace Accord through the 13th amendment in its true perspective. The LTTE was equally responsible in preventing its implementation because Anton Balasingam has already said that they do not want Eelam at that time.

  Since it India has asserted its authority over the Tamil issue when placing the Accord before the UN, both the LTTE and the Sri Lanka government must demonstrate their sincerity. Will the LTTE stretch its hand of friendship to the other groups and the Sri Lankan government by making a declaration that it ensures the safety of the Buddhist people and other civilians and the simultaneous undertaking of Sri Lankan Government that it will not bomb civilians and allow free movement of the Tamils, through a Mediator. It is then a glorious chapter in the Sri Lankan history can be seen instead of reverting to back to square one.

• 5. sivaguru  |  December 1st, 2007 at 3:42 am

  The Indian Govt has never been sincere and it will never be. Indian Central Govt has its own motives and their intervention or sending of their troops to Sri Lanka was not to find a rightful solution for the tamils. Indian Central Govt wanted to impose their own solution on the tamils. Its not only beleif of LTTE but the tamils on the whole. Their may be a few quislings and betrayers of their own people being torch bearers to the Indian Govt. There was a time before the arrival of the Indian troops in the northeast of Sri lanka the tamils beleived the Indian Govt as a big brother of the tamils. But, alas, all their trust was shattered by the behaviour of the Indian Troops and cunningnes of the Indian Govt exposed.

  The then President of Sri lanka J.R.Jeyawardane very very cunningly got the Indian troops to fight the dirty war.
  The Indian troops were beginning to hunt the tamil freedom fighters. Naturally they earned wrath of the tamils of northeast and the LTTE and LTTE had take up the fight to the Indian troops. So, tactfully, they sought arms from the Sinhalese.

  That was a bitter lesson learned by the tamil of the northeast. Of course, it is very sad indeed. The point to note is, Indian Central Govt advicers or policy makers trust the Sinhala Govt and are providing weapons, technical support, radars etc.

  But the bitter truth is Sri Lanka will never be faithful to India at any cost irrespective of which party is in power.

  Where as the tamils in the northeast were in support of India in cricket and during the war with pakistan.

  The betrayal of the trust tamils of northeast has brought
  a huge gap between them and India. Its Indias duty to win and build up that trust and nuture it. That will bring lot of benefit to India. Inida will have a trustworthy friend forever. But the Indian politics do not realise it. Please remember it was the Sri Lankan Govt allowed the Pakistani planes to use the Katunayaka Air Port of Sri Lanka.

  It would be benificial for India to understand the tamils of northeast are not thumb sucking babies.

  While some of the big countries are helping the Sri Lankan with arms etc overlooking the atrocities committed against the tamils, what is wrong in seeking support from the Tamil Diaspora.

  The trust the tamils had in their politicians died long long ago. If the then Tamil Politicians acted honestly, sincerely with farsightednes and the Sinhal Politicians too the emergence of LTTE would not have taken place.
  We all know that did not happen.

  LTTE is fighting for a mandate voted by the Northeast tamils in the mid seventies. It is the peoples mandate. Not LTTE’s.

  In the last election too the Tamils of Northeast voted for TNA which was nominated as a proxy by LTTE. So the question of marginalising TNA does not arise.

  The Co Chairs, Yasushi Akashi were never sincere. Its in black and white. Once Yasushi Akashi was trying to put pressure on LTTE to attend a conference which was not going serve any purpose except allowing the motivesw of the Co Charis to succeed.

  There are no saner voices in the world. Everyone have their own agendas.

  Finally, two major points to ponderby India and Sri Lanka.

  Recognising the rights of the Tamils of Northeast for self determination is much much more beneficial to India and Sri Lanka.

  As I pointed earlier India will have a trusted friend for ever

  Also for Sri Lanka the same thing applies. We Tamils and Sinhalese by force have lived together for a while. As two races we have made lots of friends and had good times as well. However, all that has been destroyed for ever by the Sinhalese poticians by poisoning the minds of the Sinhalese for ever.

  So, for the safety of Tamils and for the betterment and development of the Tamil Nation and the Sinhala Nation it is high time to shake hands amicably and live in two seperate houses.

• 6. Surya  |  December 1st, 2007 at 8:39 am

  I am confident now than ever that Sri Lankan ethnic problem seeing the end. I see end of tunnel as both parties who is in fighting are seeing the dificiencies of their capacity. One way or other India will be soon involved in this issue. Otherwise India will be left out as a ‘chicken state’ in the world stage. As momentum and power of India growing in a bottle neck speed it should have peaceful neighbours. Atleast it’s so important in its Southern border as mostly its south states keep powering the emergence of new India.

  I don’t think their is very long life for the LTTE chief as he is getting older and reduced to smaller territory. But Singhalese can’t put their head in to the sand and say there is no ‘Tamil problem’ in Sri Lanka after LTTE chief’s era. It would be suicidal for them as India and International community watching carefully the developments after that point.

  The question of what kind of solution should be answered by the model of India. India thriving mostly by ‘unity in diversity’ model of state system. I have a hard time to see why it wouldn’t work in Sri Lanka? Beside if India takes the role as a gurantee for territorial intergrity of Sri Lanka and the same time responsible for protection of Sri Lankan Tamils it would be the best solution we able to come to. We Tamils should and will always be loyal to India as no others in the entire would can be trusted for our survivel than her.
  But the bigger question should be asked amoung Sri Lankan Tamils who is going to represent and lead their future after LTTE’s current hierachy vanished. In that point the talented expatriate Tamils should be come forward in big way to the stage to lead the Tamils in Sri Lanka. I am sure there are thousands of talented Tamils with neutral stand living all over the globe. It’s their duty to show the responsibility to take care of their poorest and abanndoned Tamil brothers and sisters of Sri Lanka.

• 7. Zona  |  December 2nd, 2007 at 1:22 am

  I think the singular biggest disadvantage that the LTTE has is the lack of a credible political movement that can strongly put forth its views to the international community and hence gain political support. The exact opposite has happened now. Even if governments want to support the cause of independence, they have no credible political entity to interact with.

• 8. Athos  |  December 2nd, 2007 at 10:01 am

  [ Finally, there is a warning to the Sri Lankan government that it had spread its feet “too wide” and will be forced to face serious consequences of its misguided ambitions. ]

  [who (Tamil Diaspora) have steadfastly supported the movement and the bulk of them still have faith, admiration and hope that the LTTE will one day bring justice to the Tamils.]

  [The seeming military advantage the Sri Lankan Security Forces have now is mainly due to the air superiority and if the LTTE gets hold of a few SAMs, the military balance will be restored!]

  Laugh out loud! Subtle warnings and threats to the ‘Sinhala govt’ duly noted.

• 9. Arul  |  December 2nd, 2007 at 11:08 am

  The extent to which the LTTE sincerely disagree with the ‘expatriate’ experts regarding the plight of the Tamil Homeland and their Dignity is exemplified by understanding that the LTTE stance is vertically different from their ideas and views. here the concrete reality of the fact that it is the ‘boys and the girls’ of LTTE who stood by their land and fought the chauvinist sri lankan ruling classes while the economically able educated and talented went to become ‘expats’ having a different lives except for the ones who are directly involved with the LTTE….what we have to closely remember in understanding the main article and various view points to it by the tamil ‘intelligentia’ who belong to other different groups that India under Indira Gandi provided training with request of the then chief minister MGR. subsequently the Indira Gandi was murdered by the Sikhs in their own dispute. Interestingly the sikhs had intimate ‘contacts’ with USA. in the aftermath, the cunning political maneuverings by J.R to keep hold of power of state and the government that was being seriously threatened not only in the north but also in the south too. to clearly understand this, we have to empathize with the sri lankan ruling class and see that their power was being threatened not only within the country in two fronts but also, again, against the American’s closer ties with sri lanka the Indians were using their regional power role in using strong arm tactics to undermine them. Contrary to these tamil expats who are always too please to capitulate and please Indians, the ordinary sri Lankan see them as a ‘big brother’ who wants to ‘control’ their backyard according to their whims and fancies.

• 10. Vel  |  December 2nd, 2007 at 3:35 pm

  The only truth and solid fact is that if there is no LTTE, Eelam Tamils will be slave to Sinhala nation. Period. Sinhala government never accept a political solution to Tamils. This is the last 60 years hard lesson Tamils learned.

  The correct alternative term for Tamil Diaspora is “Eelam Tamil Expatriates” . Sri Lanka is bad and hated word for Tamils. I was happy when I get rid of the Sri Lankan citizenship, and as a Tamil I never want to be identified as Sri Lankan. I want to proudly identify myself as Tamil.

• 11. Leelan  |  December 2nd, 2007 at 4:44 pm

  Where does this author come off as saying that the correct term is “Sri Lankan Tamil Expatriates”? Who is he to force on to us an identity not all of us agree with? I say to each his own.

  Anyhow, about the Indian sincerity in solving the ethnic conflict, if India was indeed sincere, then instead of unifying us, why did it arm each group separately, pick and chose who it supported, and also order Prabhakaran to be killed? Indian Central Government, and policy makers, never cared for the well being of the Tamils. For them, it was about slowing Sri Lanka’s Growth. However, just one thing, when I say India, I don’t mean every Indian. There are still great many Indians who stand by the Tamils.

• 12. Priyadharshani  |  December 2nd, 2007 at 5:26 pm

  I think there are two shades of opinion of the LTTE leader’s speech. Mr.A.Rajasingam has come out with the actual fact. It is because of the unacceptable leadership of the LTTE by India as well as by the international community the conflict is still continuing. DBS Jeya Anna why don’t you get an opinion from the Indian leaders as well as from Tamil Nadu political leaders so that we can grasp something about this conflict. Any way credit goes to DBS Jeya Anna for bringing all shades of opinion. It is really interesting to read your web.

• 13. Gamini  |  December 2nd, 2007 at 9:18 pm

  Dont expect anything other than a bitter harvest from this mad man, he is hell bent on destroying any sympathy or goodwill the IC has towards Tamils.

  He can claim anything he likes in his’speeches’, but when the next day he sends out suicide squads to assasinate opposition and blow up civilians we quick learn what his intentions are.

  Majority of Sri Lankan’s have long given up on him, hopefully the IC and the Scandanavians will completely cut the apron strings in the months to come.

• 14. Arulan  |  December 3rd, 2007 at 3:39 am

  years of experience tell us that the right task, policy and style of work invariably conform with the demands of the masses at a given time and place and invariably strengthen ties with broader sections of the masses, and the wrong task, policy and style of work invariably disagree with the demands of the masses at the given time and place and invariably alienate us from them. It is quite unfortunate that LTTE has not provided active support for other resistance struggles all over the world. Even in Europe, when there’s a call for them to take part in demonstrations that involves people from other countries, they have not been much enthusiastic about building upon these ties and going forward collectively. There’s no doubt about the credibility of LTTE and the revolutionary effects it is having in the Tamil masses that are going through tremendous repression in Sri Lanka. Moreover, if not for the LTTE, the courageous will to resist shown by the brave Tamil brothers and sisters will never be there. The repressive state in the south would have already superimposed their own lackeys with same class credentials and interests as them and comprise the genuine aspiration of right to self determination of Tamil masses. Then, there would have prevailed the same situation like in the south where the selected few share the privileges while the age old backwardness, cast practices etc. would have marginalized the majority of Tamil populace: the farmers, the fisherman and peasant, the true sons of the soil.

  Through their revolutionary practice the LTTE has not only shown the inevitability of struggling continuously but most important lesson of their wealth of experience of 25 years of guerrilla warfare indicates and confers the fact that without the liberation of the oppressed masses of north as well as south, it is impossible to bring about the national liberation of us Tamil people. The true matter of the fact is that if the oppressed and downtrodden masses of the Sinhalese and Tamils come together the repressive ruling clique would no longer be able to hold on to their privileged positions. It was this that alarmed the JR government and the ruling classes the most during the latter part of the 80’s.

  Everything in its development has positive as well as negative components; since it does not spring out from an ever perfect intellectual mind but real struggles are borne in the villages and countryside among the people there can be right tendencies as well as wrong tendencies which manifest in the material reality as in the conditions one has to face. Therefore, it’s imperative to look at things in the hindsight and analyze experience in order to synthesize the positive while extending the struggle to get rid of the negative aspects. Whatever said and done in today’s ‘cyber space’, the LTTE’s struggle is a genuine one based firmly on the ground reality. LTTE is considered as a trailblazer in tactics and strategies in fighting the armed government forces. Another important point here is that the SLA army nothing but provides employment to thousands of poor sinhala brothers as mercenaries. And there is a whole economic sector woven around it. We can only hope that LTTE will evolve a new strategy come out of this isolation they have got themselves into. It is very important to recognize further the fact that the phenomenal military successes of the LTTE and the control of almost 1/3rd of land by them while being part of their military tactical and strategically superiority was the result of the weakness of the opposition from the south. While fighting the LTTE, the Sri Lankan rulers were fighting against themselves and were violently repressing her own people. But this time around, after the changed world situation since 7/11 there is increased military and logistical support for the SLA from the south and especially USA which has made them tactically more sound than what they were used to be. The southern regime is taking more and more a totalitarian turn openly. The propaganda tactics are directly aimed at making a national unity based on Sinhala Buddhism in order to fight the LTTE. There are no doubt patriotic forces in these movements and the bandwagon is attracting many a youth. Therefore, we can only hope that the saber rattling by the Sri Lankan government will not lead to another bloodbath for both the Tamils and Sinhalese. But it seems more and more distant from the ground situation in the island. In the coming time, we can only closely observe how the genuine peace loving sinhala brothers and sisters on the other side of the fence(not the NGO funded peace crows as to they have their own vested interests) will be able to come forward through the fog of propaganda and strive for a genuine solution for this grave problem.

• 15. inoka  |  December 3rd, 2007 at 6:05 am

  I am a woman. ltte give to contract the tamil womans blasting there self.
  thats thing is broken womans human rights
  why NGO’S and sri lanka human right ministers did not get acction against this matter.
  we need to living calmly doing our life activities.

• 16. Sivaji  |  December 3rd, 2007 at 9:29 am

  It is very surprising that VP is requesting the IC to intervene. Has he started to realise that is vital to bring IC on their side, or is it just another gimmick to con the Tamils?. In his last year’s speech, he declared all out war to reach their ultimate goal of TE, but his territory is shrinking even further to Vanni. Tamils should not believe any word that VP says. Tamils should read the comment #4, written by A.Rajasingam he has written the facts in very simple English. The time has come for the Tamils to take a different approach to this problem and put an end this terrible war and loss of hundreds of young boys & girls.

• 17. Boo-Hoo  |  December 3rd, 2007 at 3:54 pm

  If it wasn’t for LTTE, the plight of Tamils would be non existant to the rest of the world (including India). This was proved by the recent bombing that occured in Nugegoda, and the International Community’s response to Civilians deaths.

• 18. Ravi  |  December 3rd, 2007 at 9:54 pm

  Desperated LTTE leader spoke in wretched voice to appeal from IC,

  ‘Please help me to kill Sinhalese, I will kill Tamils too’.

• 19. Thambyaiah.s.  |  December 4th, 2007 at 8:38 am

  Pirapa has for the first time spoke of the support of the 80 million global Tamil community and the need for for a state for the Tamils. That is the most importanr statement.
  Thamby

• 20. John Arthur  |  December 4th, 2007 at 9:05 pm

  Quote of Ravi

  >

  Do you have oil?

  Or do you have any other things for the so called international community to take advantage of?

  If you say NO to both questions, IC will say WHO CARES.

• 21. Perera  |  December 5th, 2007 at 8:01 am

  Time and again the speech writers of VP harp on statements and phrases like “Sinhalese can’t be trusted’ and “Sinhala chauvanism’. Every time LTTE is involved in negotiations with the governments it was the LTTE which broke the trust and went back to war having taken advantage of the ceasefire agreements to strengthen their military power. Have people forgotten the shameless way LTTE killed scores of Policemen who surrendered to them during a so called ceasefire agreement?

  The biggest obstacle to peace in Sri Lanka is not ‘Sinhala chauvanism’ but “Tamil chauvanism’ by LTTE and their ignorant sympathisers. As long as LTTE is in the picture there won’t be peace in Sri Lanka

• 22. Ravi  |  December 6th, 2007 at 9:34 pm

  A question to John Arthur #20,
  Does the SriLanka has oil or any other things for the so called international community to take advantage of?
  Then why the international community is supporting them?
  Still we are not prepared for introspection.

• 23. Jay  |  December 6th, 2007 at 10:54 pm

  As long as the sinhalese who has posted their ideas of MR Chinthana the LTTE will always will be alive and well supported. Talking about human rights, my dear sinhalese brother and sisters, if my innocent sister, brother, father, mother was killed by your own govt terrorising innocent civilians, what do you expect me to do? Just sit and watch you have destroyed my family, my home and now my land? On the cotrary the suicide bombers are volunteers who just wants revenge, wirte or wrong, that is how human beings react in defence. Think twice, open up your eyes for the atrocities the SL Govt’s in the past 30 yrs the carnage they have done to the tamils. Don’t just read chavunistic one sided sinhala news feeds and jump to conclusions. Look at the root cause of the whole issue, then you may see the light at the end of the tunnell. Withought knowing the root cause, it is waste of our time reading your one sided postings.

• 24. Jaya  |  December 7th, 2007 at 5:30 am

  The war today is definitely not in the best interest of either the tamils or even the sinhalese. Today Sri Lanka has the worst ever government and the most non-sensible LTTE leader. Who suffers at the end? Its the innocent civilians who are battered both from war and the poor economy. And do the leader care? No!

  As long as there are politicos who are extremists in Sinhala or Tamil there will not be a settlement. Extreme ideas are biased. All great leaders in the world acted in the best interest of their nations and not in their selfish individual needs like our politicians.

  The Government does not need to end this war because they get rich out of it and always use war as an excuse to hide behind their economic inabilities. VP does not need to end the war because it is his only way of recognition in his community. No man ever has the right to make another person be a suicide bomber. If VP says he is fighting for Tamils then he should target the extreme politicos who are against peace and the Tamils. But VP makes sure he kills everyone but those. Majority of Sri Lankans are frogs living in wells. Sri Lanka got the leaders that they derserve. Its time to look around and learn from all other countries who are developing at a fast rate. Instead SL has joined most African countries and going backward. Our leaders and politicians are ruining this country. If only the majority knows the amount of money they earn from various avenues. Neither the majority of Sinhala Politicians nor the VP can ever be trusted. This country needs a good leadership. And a political settlement for the ethnic conflict and it should be induced from the roots that there are no Tamils or Sinhalese but Sri Lankans.

• 25. gayan  |  December 10th, 2007 at 2:44 am

  Prabakaran keeps talking,young tamils keeps dying.The singhala nationalists cannot ask for anything more!

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