Tamils must become stakeholders and partners of Rajapakse administration and not clients or competitors of Sinhala nationalism
by Dayan Jayatilleke
The (geographic) periphery proved to be (politically) peripheral, while the road to power lay through the paddy fields and the provinces of the Sinhala heartland. Mahinda Rajapakse gave the lie to the notion that the minorities, especially the Tamil minority, held the key to the outcome of the election.
Given the demographics on the ground, namely that the Sinhalese constitute an overwhelming majority, Rajapakse proved that even in peacetime, winning an overwhelming majority of that overwhelming majority was a viable path to victory, leaving the Tamil voters relatively peripheral to the outcome just as the Tamil majority areas are peripheral to the island.
The Sinhala peasantry which provided the manpower to sustain the war against the Tigers and finally prevail over them, provided the votes needed for a political victory for the incumbent over the Fonseka option chosen (ironically) by the unreconstructed Tamil nationalists. The foot soldiers who loyally followed Gen Fonseka as Army chief, voted with their families for Mahinda. It is not that they deserted Fonseka but that Fonseka was perceived as deserting the camp of Sinhala nationalism. Rajapakse romanced and won the hearts of the heartland.
The question remains as to how the Opposition’s strategists, Western diplomatic opinion and the overwhelming majority of media pundits got it so very wrong. Not only were they on the wrong side of History and totally oblivious to the sentiments of the vast majority of their fellow/Sri Lankan citizens, their demonstrated powers of analysis require them to get to the back of the class and work it out.
A cursory acquaintance with modern history would have told them that no military chief has bested a strong national political leadership in a political struggle in the aftermath of a historic, victorious war or revolution. A Fonseka bid could have had a chance only in the context of a military defeat, an economic depression or an incumbent with a wimp factor. Furthermore, an Obama-model campaign can work only with an Obama-model candidacy, not grafted onto a John McCain or Ariel Sharon one. A Terminator-type candidate had no chance against a serial smiler with proven machismo and warm if rascally, piratical charm.
The statistical starting point of the opposition strategists and most commentators, not to mention those who sent an array of ‘polls’ by email, was the Presidential election of 2005. We were informed that "the facts were undeniable" when the only thing that was undeniable was the hollowness of pure empiricism as an analytical methodology and perspective.
It was truly imbecilic to take 2005 as the base line, when (i) the then President Chandrika Kumaratunga had thrown her not inconsiderable weight behind former Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe at that election and (ii) the intervening period was taken up with a full-on war and victory, making the difference between 2005 and 2010 one between distinct historical periods, "pre-war" and "postwar", or "the Prabhakaran period" and the "post-Prabhakaran period" with their qualitatively different dynamics and altered states of collective consciousness; of national moods.
The election was held in a period that was post-war, post-Prabhakaran but not post-nationalist or post-patriotic. The reckoning that Fonseka’s military record could neutralize that sufficiently, even to the extent of bearing the burden of an alliance with the TNA, the Tiger fellow travelers, (and Ranil, the Tiger appeaser) proved disastrous. Above all, the Opposition, its western backers/handlers, its Diaspora Tamil allies and local pundits grossly underestimated the patriotism/nationalism and anti-interventionism/anti-imperialism of the Sinhala masses, as well as their democratic aversion to the risk of Bonapartist tyranny.
In Gramscian terms, the vital "national popular" and "national democratic" dimensions were ignored by the opposition’s strategists and ideologues, except in the most superficial sense of fielding a war hero as candidate. Those factors, the depth and extent of which were underestimated, were (re)activated not only by the perceived threat to the main political leader who had restored national pride, but by the presence of the pro-Tiger TNA and Ranil Wickremesinghe’s unrepentantly pro-appeasement UNP at General Fonseka’s side, the reactivation of the "war crimes" propaganda in the West, and certain gratuitous remarks by some Western diplomatic representatives.
The model for Rajapakse’s defeat was supposed to be that of Churchill in 1945, but not only was ‘born again’ politician Fonseka no Clement Attlee, Labour leader Attlee did not contest in alliance with Nazi supporter Oswald Mosely and appeaser Neville Chamberlain! Though unaware of its Biblical provenance, "tell me who your friends are and I will tell you who you are" seems to have been the criteria of the Sinhala Buddhist voter.
Is the newly and handsomely re-elected incumbent then secure from challenges? The first challenge is the avoidance of hubristic adventurism. President Jayewardene won a 5/6ths majority at the parliamentary election of 1977 and promptly disenfranchised his main opponent Mrs. Sirima Bandaranaike. He won the Presidential election of 1982 comfortably, but blundered by postponing a parliamentary election and substituting a referendum instead. These two superfluous moves, coming in the wake of clear victories, de-legitimized the administration, generating a huge crisis with a bloody denouement. One can only hope that President Rajapakse is not nudged along the same path.
What now, what next? The Sinhalese have voted overwhelmingly one way, the Tamils the other. What this means is that despite developmental successes and economic reintegration, the Administration’s stewardship of the North and East and relationship with the ethnic minorities in general has been as stark a political failure as its relationship with the Sinhalese has been a political success. One is the reflection upside down, of the other.
Today, the majority of the Tamil–speaking people of the North and East have voted as a single bloc, and barring the Sinhala majority areas, the North and East have psycho-politically re-merged! The failure to win notably large political support from the Tamils and Muslims in the East, despite the progress of economic development, not only reveals the flaws of that model of development - perceived as ethnocentric - but of the administration’s central and abiding weakness so far: its blind-spot regarding the political and psychological dimensions of the ethno-national question and its insensitivity to the dimension of ethnicity and the management of difference.
The ethnic polarization of the map of Sri Lanka reveals a basic structural weakness of the Lankan state formation. Samir Amin tells us that systems decay precisely at their periphery, and this I believe is true of state formations too. While President Rajapakse has resolved the long crisis of state power, in that he has restored the state’s territorial borders (once again co-extensive with its natural ones) and monopoly of violence, he has not yet resolved the state’s crisis of legitimacy at its periphery. There is no political consensus which cross-cuts ethnicity and runs from North to South, East to West. Thus, the crisis continues.
Sad, troubling, but more affordable in the final analysis for the Sinhalese than the Tamils because the former have the sheer numbers, the big guns, the relative resource endowments, the engines of economic growth, the ideological fuel of re-assertive nationalism and the historical memory-driven collective political will to maintain or restore coercive control over the North East. This means that the majority of the Tamil minority, having now seen that (a) they wield no veto over political outcomes (b) Sinhala sentiment tends overwhelmingly one way, and (c) the incumbent is here to stay another term, have one more chance to negotiate its way into the mainstream or remain an alienated periphery in more senses than one.
That last chance or those last chances are at the parliamentary and provincial council election (as well as within a constituent assembly if one is constituted). It is not a seller’s market. The Tamils need to become stakeholders of the Rajapakse administration and partners – neither posturing competitors nor pliant clients — of Sinhala nationalism. This entails a double and mutual shift: on the part of triumphant Sinhala nationalism and the re-elected presidency, to greater openness, generosity and accommodation of Tamil sentiments, and on the part of the Tamils, to leaders from their community with whom the Sinhala nationalist dominated centre is willing and likely to deal with. Here, I can only think of Devananda and (perhaps) Dharmalingam Siddharthan. Prudence, responsibility and constructive partnership are the need of the hour. Let us hope the hour is not too late.
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Sri Lanka remains sharply divided along racial lines as confirmed by this elections. The North and East remain under seige by pro-government armed groups like EPDP, Karuna and TMVP. Now this phenomenon has spread to the south with the government harrasing the media and opposition using the CID and STF. So we will see further divisions based on political affiliations and class.
The onus for resolving these issues lies with the president, not with the opposition or minorities. It is he who decides the policies wether they be of reconcilliation or harrassment and victimisation. It is he who controls the CID, TID and STF. Unleashing such forces on defenceless people is his prerogative. Minorities have gone through all this from as far back as 1956 and no doubt will continue in the future.
Expecting the country to develop amidst all this is a fools dream.
Whatever happened to the "massive rally" in support of Rajapaska in Jaffna, with the presence of Devananda and Siddharthan, that you told us about? Totally free from LTTE intimidation, Tamils and Muslims have overwhelmingly rejected the Rajapaksas and their lackeys.
Those rural nationalists who feel they are on the ascendant at the moment, may not feel so when crushing economic failure visits upon them. The high cost of living has not got to them yet, but it will in due course. And the Diaspora is not going to let Sri Lankan war criminals/ or Sri Lankan state go scot-free. Let the Rajapaksa regime enjoy its high point, but its future is hardly rosy.
Hello Prof.Dayan,
Tamils and Muslims?
What is your definition of a Tamil?
Anyway why should the Tamils listen to a political chameleon and a racialist like you?
Douglas and Siddharthan?
What about Karuna and Pillian?
Cheers,
Siva.
DJ is fully aware why the minorities in North & East supported the opposition in the Presidential election. MR did not offer any meaningful political solution to their ethnic grievances. They are not interested in petty social and economic benefits that are offered to appease the minorities. If MR wants to use Devananda and Siddharthan for that purpose the minorities will reject them again in the Parliamentary election as well. To make the minority a stakeholders in his administration MR should first spell out what he intends to offer to meet the political aspiration of the minorities.
I believe that Devananda has earlier claimed that he has agreed with MR before the Presidential election on a Ten Point Plan for a political solution to the minorities. If he can make it open now and request MR to implement it then there will be some considerations in the minds of the minorities. If he fails to do that then it is not fitting for him to continue to be with MR administration.
There is no truth in calling TNA as tiger proxies now because it is not controlled by LTTE anymore. In a free and fair election the minorities will assess the merits of what is offered by both TNA and EPDP.
I think that it is a moment of truth for Devananda and Siddhrthan for their political future with the Tamil minority as to whether they can persuade MR to offer a meaningful political solution to the ethnic problem.
Another vapid missive from our resident intellectual and self -styled Marxist jargon weilding colonial urging us to join Sinhala buddhist nationalism as he says its the only way. Perhaps he would have advised the Jews to work with German nationalism too... if he had been the German rep.
I believe he keeps writing despite criticisms because he thinks there will always be a fresh crop of unititiated fools who will take his words seriously. Half educated people might think that this use of Gramsci and other high sounding labels might fool people into thinking that he really knows what he is talking about.
Here a again the triumphant Dayan Jayatilleke arm twisting the Tamils, saying "The Tamils need to become stakeholders of the Rajapakse administration and partners – neither posturing competitors nor pliant clients — of Sinhala nationalism ". Further he calims doing that is the only salvation for the Tamils otherwise they have no hope, by saying "This entails a double and mutual shift: on the part of triumphant Sinhala nationalism and the re-elected presidency, to greater openness, generosity and accommodation of Tamil sentiments, and on the part of the Tamils, to leaders from their community with whom the Sinhala nationalist dominated centre is willing and likely to deal with."
By all these he reitrates his long held view that the Sinhalese Nationalism is there to stay ( like under DS, SWRD, Srimavo,JR, Chandrika and Mahinda dynasty ) and nothing wrong with it and nobody can do anything about it. Further suttly reminding the Tamils and other minorities that MR regime has the full support of Easat Asian, SEA and the SA countries. Tamils have no support even from Tamil Nadu let alone the Iternational Community.
What can Tamils like Devananda and Dharmalingam Siddharthan achieve from the Sinhalese Nationalism when pre LTTE Tamil leaders like SJV Chelva, Senator Thiruchelvam, Ponnamplams and Sivasithamparam under non violent democratic means could not get anything from the Sinhala Nationalist governments. Mm..it is a pity Dayan has sidelined Anandasangari who won a peace award from Rajapakse.
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Hi DJ,
Even though you were correct in most part, you're still blaming Tamils and asking them to be clients of Rajapakse regime. And you still think Devananda and Sidhartan can deliver something. These two survived on anti-LTTE stage, and they have nothing else to deliver.
In north and east there are lots opportunities for developement, that means jobs and economy growth for north east residence.
On the other hand there are also lots of opportunities for colonization and to make minorities a minority in their own traditional province.
And I bet, your Sinhalese regime is going to do just that, and this is going to create more tensions and trouble in the area in the future.
If the island is separated, it's really good for Sinhalese than Tamils.
But unfortunately very very few Sinhalese know this.
:-)
Some Sunday papers,
After the Pres. elections,
Left me cold, drifting,
Till on reading,
The heart - was keeled in.
By a beacon proven
In the defence of the realm!
Hope you will continue,
To speak your mind - racing,
Searing, searching,
Tracing paths, fending-off darts.
All for the sake of
Our Nation's well-being!
Dear Dayan,
You are a sinhala chavunist and demonstrate that without shame in your articles clearly.
All these time world was told because of the LTTE grip people vote against a single nation. But last election clearly showed even without LTTE tamils rejected the cahvunist MR. You are virtually again repeating the JRJ's words " I am the president of Sinhala people".
That is one of the reason Tamils need to think of carving out their nation from Srilanka. The Sinhalese came from far waay Orissa and they did not have any written form of Language until around &th century. But Tamils were almost in the same land as soth india and EELAM(entire island- now called srilanka) were united through a strip of land.And Tamil has the written form for more than 3000 years. Ideally speaking the whole island belong to Tamils.
Even if you rtake recent history Until 15th century there were Tamil kingdoms in north east and and even last Kandyan king is a Tamil.
So Tamils have all the rights to claim their nation and if the sinhala govt is democratic they should give the tamils the right for self determination. Take canada, The people were given the chance to separate in Qubec, but they still preferrd to be with canada as Canadian constitution gave enough freedom and the nation hood to french. If the sinhala govt has given the same thing to Tamils, no body would speak of separation. Even now you have no will to devolve power and accept the Tamil nation. You yourself knew that you deprive our rights. Thats why you are afraid of giving self determination.
You are a shame to be in the educated group. You have never shown neutrality. Thogh you worked in UN, you never tried to protect the human rights, but just covered and protected the people who committed crimes against man kind.
Its a shame. really shame.
Karikalan
Although this version of Dayan's article does not call the Tamil society a sick one,as his grounds view version article did .My comments are the same.
May be this exposes some duplicity of the author.
If the TNA supported MR they would have been sanitised made patriots just like Pillayan and Karuna.Since they did otherwise they are unpatriotic.
SF didn’t contest on a platform to divide the nation,his ten point proposal for north east was immediate relief for the suffering populace.Hence the overwhelming support for the swan from the minorities.
If one looks at the election verdict in this light,then the question arises which is the sick society?
The one that rejected the immediate suffering PACKAGE calling it unpatriotic or the one that repeatedly over the years rejects every effort and accord peace loving leaders have signed and later abandoned due to pressure from ultra nationalist.
The proof is in the pudding.
When is Dayan going to get out of his infatuation with cronyism and Chechniyan model?
Time and again the minorities have rejected such proposals .That doesn’t mean that all minorities are for separation .Vast majority of the minorities would want peace with honor , dignity ,equal right and degree of devolution where they can manage their own day to day affairs with in a unitary state.
A marriage cannot be based on hegemonic principles,controlling and subjugating the spouse.
Lets us not indulge in acrimonious name calling,learn from our past mistakes and make a better SL for the generations to come.
We have spoiled it for our generation let us not sow the seed of hatred and distrust for the future generations.
Dear Dayan,
You have every credentials to be an adviser to the newly elected president.
You are a patriotic Sinhalese and a political scientist.
Further you were part of this government during the first term and as ambassador at Geneva won a magnificent victory against the western international conspirators.
The first advice you could offer is to be magnanimous in victory.
The government missed an earlier opportunity when the tigers were decisively defeated at Nanthikadal in May 2009.
But you opt not to go on that route for obvious reasons!
We were repeatedly told that the LTTE is the impediment for a negotiated settlement.
Once the LTTE is removed from the scene the democratic space will provide ample opportunities for peace with dignity.
The intransigence LTTE has gone and with LTTE the solution to the ethnic problem also gone.
Now the excuse is TNA – the democratic voice of Tamil nationalism. you don't want them as well!
You are not only against terrorism but also against democracy!
You want the political party of your choice for the Tamils as you alone know what is best for them and also you want to decide on the leader and then negotiate and have an imposed solution and then you call it a realist or practical solution.
This is going to be your second magnificent victory after Geneva
Er um...the West assisted in winning the wars...KLA designated a terrorist group...and then Kosovo was born.....then the West got involved in Darfur....and next year is the referendum in Darfur when we expect a vote for independence.....er um...do you all know where we are heading ? Please let the Rajapaskse to keep and collect more cash.....watch the West...BTW ( i personlly know the West warned China if they got involved in the Darfur vote at the UN...the Olympics were going to get messed..)...watch the West....and all you Tamils...align with the West....
What an arguement by the learned Jayatilleke ! Will Learned leftist Dayan accept this arguement :
" Sinhalese nationalism has been excerting their power by bullying Tamils and other minorties with their democratic votes since 1948 and their Sinhalese armed forces and it is perfectly okay and the minorities have no choice but to accept the wishes of the majority but when Tamils and other minorities vote against Sinhalese nationalism that is not acceptable and cry foul that they are for separatism or divided country "
Guys, you cannot change Dayan Jayatilleke.
As a few mentioned above he is a Sinhalese chavunist and will continue to work hard by lieing, twisting facts and driving incoeerect conclusions to spoil the minds to make Sri Lanka a pure Sinhalese Budhist country.
As Sri above put it, "We were repeatedly told that the LTTE is the impediment for a negotiated settlement". Now what? TNA? After that what? Tamils themselves?
It is sad that the IC was unfair to Tamils all along in siding with the Sinahalese chavunists and helping it to murder Tamils in mass numbers.
Tamils need to cometogether and organize internationally to save Tamils in Sri Lanka. Other wise, the likes of Dayan will step by step complete their Sinhala budist only agenda by going after TNA and Tamil civillians after the defeat of LTTE.
The myths and falsehoods spread around to hoodwink a nation of Tamils, under subjugation by the Sinhala nation, has been unmasked by Dayan, perhaps inadvertently!
1) The admission by the writer reinforces the belief every sensible Tamil has held, - namely, the Sinhala voters do not need a single Tamil vote in their mission to annihilate Tamils.
The arguments in favour of Tamils exercising their suffrage has been debunked.
2) The Sinhala peasantry, - note: not the politicians -, have voted to uphold the military massacre of Tamil civilians.
3) Please do not insult the voting public of United States by drawing a camparison between the two elections. United States has shed its medeival mentality long ago.
4) Calling 'names', simplistically as Tiger fellow travellers and Tiger appeasers, is ridiculing the intelligence of the Tamil race. Patriotism is the hallmark of Tigers.
5) It is the ill conceived antics of patriotism, continuously demonstrated by the Sinhalese voters that drove the Tamils to militancy. Patriotism as percieved by the Sinhalese voters is unadulterated racism, - not a virtue as argued.
6) Drawing a comparison to the political events of UK, after their war, is a poor understanding - ignorance - of history; or, is it simply, a weak attempt to elevate the Sinhalese voters as a civilized lot!
If history is a teacher, don't fault the teacher, fault the student. Some never learn.
"The Tamils need to become stakeholders of the Rajapakse administration and partners – neither posturing competitors nor pliant clients — of Sinhala nationalism. "
But you go on to contradict yourself by saying that, Tamils should have as their leaders, those who are looked on in a favourable way by Sinhala nationalists. So you want Tamils to elect, compliant "leaders" like the two names you mentioned? For Tamils, while the LTTE was seen as terrorists representing Tamil nationalism, the people you are promoting will always be seen as terrorist puppets representing Sinhala nationalism. This idea is a non-starter.
Dayan,
You are repeatedly making the mistake. Tamil rejected Rajapaksa because Rajapaksa put up rejected Tamil leaders such as Douglas, Karuna and Pillayan. You must realise they are not game changes. They hold power because of the support from Rajapaksa and by winning election by rigging.
It's time for Rajapaksa to reject then and court TNA whom Tamil people listened.
If you are really an advisor to Rajapaksa, that I certanily doubtful, to change his alliance partners an reconcile Tamil will listen.
It should be magnanimity of the victor not the vanguished to extend support and reconcile. Can you do that with your boss instead writing useless articles.
Some time ago, I read an article on this blog sheet, in which a Sinhala acadamic (I forgot his name) justified the reasons for Rajapakse to announce the election before end of his term. He wrote that Rajapakse wanted to be elected by the people of the island, where he was not elected by the people of North-East in his first term.
What is that academic going to say now? Can he ask Rajapakse to resign now? or what?
Comments here point that the pro Tiger diaspora still has its head buried in the sand.
The writer is one of the few educated contributors here, who bring out pragmatic .and sensible arguments which will benefit the country and its whole population irrespective of their ethnic backgrounds.
All he recieves in these columns are barbs and vitriolic responses from peiple who still think they can implement a 35 yera old resolution. These people either have no idea or do not want to know the demography of the country in the 21 century.
They thought that their new found hero will deliver a knock out blow to the president.Instead the challenger was ousted with convincing majority by of the judges.
Now they are basking in the glory that the Norther Tamils are fully behind the LTTE proxies lead by Sampathan.The actual results indicate that 700,000 Northern Tamils and 500,000 Jaffna Tamils did not buy in to the silly propaganda and the false promises dished out to them by Sampathan and Ranil.
This is a clear indication that these people ,close to a million are keen on getting their lives back after 30 years of misery and suffering. They know that the government is helping them in this regard and they are smart and patient enough to see the progress.
The President will continue the development programs that have been started in the North and the East with more enthusiasm and vigor.He will also introduce new ideas and measures to address the grievances of the people. with the confidence he now has with the convincing approval that he received from the electorate.
Economic prosperity is the only solution to solve the ethnic, religious and caste based problems and the long term security and peace in any country.People living in Western countries should know this well.
Dayan, Having lived as a part of the "majority" race in Sri Lanka for long AND as a part of a "minority" overseas for a sizable part of my life, I beg to differ with your theory that the minority should be led by a leader acceptable to the majority. It should in fact be the other way around, i.e., the majority should be led by a leader that is acceptable to a minority. That is the only way that you can get the minority to shed any separatist tendencies and thoughts of victimization by the majority. That is the only way you will have communal harmony, and a true Sri Lankan identity to which everyone belongs.
Dayan can you let us know why the deputy 'leader'of SLFP (Karuna)still recruiting child soldiers? Why aren't you crowing/parating any more child soldiers!! child soldiers!!all round the world? As you are very close to his master and populer among the Sinhala folks. Tamils will never get any stake from Sinhala masters,they will be catching some crums like your friend Duglas & Sitharthan. or some chance to lick some pieces of bones like Karuna, Pillian and perhaps Sangary.
Tamils in srilanka have rejected Mahinda and his chindana(ascimilation) also among the Diaspora ther have overwelmingly Rejected Mahinha's or any bodies Srilanka by democratic voting.It is you who are under estimating Tamil nationalism and For that matter the feeling of a people to free themselves from alian rule.You have forgotten the history of freedom movements of the world. why are you still talking rubish? As you said if you are very popular among Srilankan Sinhala folk. why not go and preach them rather than preaching Tamils. We do not want your preachings which are not going to remove the cause of the disease. The cause of the disease Srilanka suffers is in the Sinhala and your mind go and cure it before trying to treat the symptoms.Other wise symptoms will recur in one form or another.
nothing you have said in your article is of help to Tamil peoples present feelings.
Sinhala chauvinism started way back in 1918 when Sir P.Arunasalam the first chair of All ceylon congress was proposed to represent the western province,then he was later cheated out by the chauvinistic sinhala elite friends of his. His brother who saved many Sinhala politicians from the jail after 1915 riots against the muslim community in Kandy Sir PR was hailed as "Appae Raja". Most Sinhalese like you have their blinkers on and unable to see around them. just fooling your people.
Tamils joined with the Sinhalese to get the independence from British believing then Sinhalese leaders like DS senanayake with good faith. but to be cheated out marginalised and discreminated in all spheres of life.We behaved as true ceylonese. I repeat as your people are changing the history to gain credit.Till 1972 Tamils wanted to stay in within a unified Island with a fedaral frame work. the foolish 'mind set'-Chindanaya from the Mahavamsa ruined the unity and caused all these devastation in the land.your economy and Tamil people's lives and wealth. Don't blame the Tamils for this devastation of the country. we tamils became the victim of Mahavamsa thrash.
MR with entrenched mahavamsa ideology is not going to help the Tamils. he is tarnishing his own country's reputation and blameing others. if at all he who has ruined the good name- this fascist should be stopped. last 30 years you sinhalese thrived on falls propaganda, misrepresenting the truth. demonising and discrediting the Tamils as Tigers/ terrorist. forgetting state terrorism unleashed on tamils from 1956.repeated pogroms in 1958,1974,1977,1981, 1983.
Today your president's behaviour,and his treatment to his four star general will it bring fame or shame to him and the country. Dayan MR did not want you at Geneva why? you became a clown didn't.you became too big for your shoe.you claimed that you stopped the war crime investigation. like Pinnacceo's nose your head has become too big.Humpty-dumpty. look at yourself in the mirror get a dog's collar.