Comments on: An analysis of military operations

By: R.G

R.G — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 23:12:14 +0000

Col.Hari !
You quietly forget, without India nurturing LTTE at birth, we wouldn’t be in this predicament.
Just because Indians switch allegence due to LTTE teaching a lesson, what guarantee is there that one day india wouldn’t side with tamils. If Janatha Party comes to power next , what is the policy change towards Sri Lanka?
Ministers like fernandez were actively supporting LTTE a few years back.
India can clean up its mess by forcing a political solution.
Why didn’t ndia object to non implementation of the 1987 indo lanka accord? Convenience I suppose!
Geo-Political convenience doesn’t cut in in SL ethnic problem.

Innocent Sinhala youth from villages are dying at the war front and innocent civilians are dying in the cities.

By: Indian Tamil

Indian Tamil — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 13:42:03 +0000

#27 “Still they didn’t win”

We thought IPKF drove LTTE out of Jaffna into the jungles.Infact no territory was held by the LTTE during IPKF,unlike the present situation.

By: Indian Tamil

Indian Tamil — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 03:06:19 +0000

Does he know what kind od of complex political forces act in the south? Only God knows who throws a bomb and where they throw it. He simply beleives the government interpretation. In any war waged against the people(in this case Tamils) history never favors the occupying force.

By: eesan

eesan — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 00:19:56 +0000

overall, a good piece of analysis, but how much of it is wishful thinking?
Colonel, why the pro-gosl stance?
I m not saying you should be pro tamil, but at-least stay neutral.

By: JeyP

JeyP — Sat, 31 May 2008 18:46:22 +0000

#23

Dont asume that IPKF was only an occupational force. When the war first broke out the Indians sent in commando units to capture Jaffna. They always had components of them around. Still they didnt win. Whether that was due to their inability or unwillingness to defeat the Tigers is another question

By: Larasbat

Larasbat — Sat, 31 May 2008 15:23:07 +0000

Brilliant article – it should be filed under the fiction/fantasy section in the local libraries.

I have asked before, why is it that whenever the LTTE score a big military win, a bomb goes off in the South killing civilians within 48 hrs??? When LTTE do something – they do it in grand scale – i.e Bank of Ceylon, World Trade Center, Katunayake Airport etc – not these small scale parcel bombs.

As for Arumugam/Arumuganayake or whatever the real Sinhalese name of that person – your pathetic attempt to pass off as a Tamil is laughable.

By: Thangesh

Thangesh — Sat, 31 May 2008 12:37:26 +0000

Mr . hariharan

I am sorry to see that you never propose any peace settlement for Tamils political aspiration.

By: Gini Appu

Gini Appu — Sat, 31 May 2008 01:35:36 +0000

How is it that a rag tag band of wannabe soldiers like the LTTE, can roll into heavily fortified military installations like Killinochchi, Mullaitheevu, Pooneryn and Elephant Pass and yet the Sri Lankan armed forces with their obvious superior advantage (funding, resources, troop strength, etc) have not been able to recapture lost territory?

We can no longer blame the politicians for meddling as the Rajapakses have given Fonseka the freedom to do his will. Even by Defence Ministry accounts, troops seem to recapture territory a few hundred square meters at a time. And yet the cheering squads cheer. Nobody asks why this is all taking so long? Perhaps if we did, we wouldn’t ask for more….
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By: Priyadharshini

Priyadharshini — Fri, 30 May 2008 22:33:36 +0000

Dear Col,
You have written absolutely correct. The LTTE has never won any battle with India but resort to cowardly acts of terrorism. As one former visitor wrote sometime back, one should not forget that the IPKF was only a Peace Keeping Force and not a fighting Force. The LTTE and their cohorts are only distorting facts.

By: Palaniyandi

Palaniyandi — Fri, 30 May 2008 21:07:49 +0000

Hari jee, Many military men in their retired life advocate peace.