Mp3 Audio ~ Sri Lanka: “Actions of not a good partner in the international community”
'Muted response'
National Public Radio's Diane Rehm Show discussed recent events in Sri Lanka on its 'Friday News Roundup' on March 5, 2010:
Susan Glasser, Executive editor of Foreign Policy remarks on Sri Lanka - "the horrific end to decades of insurgency, the muted response by both United States and the international community on the plight of civilains and the recent arrest of Presidential contender General Sarath Fonseka along with many of his supporters:"
mp3 - NPR ~ Diane Rehm Show, Mar 5, 2010
"When people feel that their suffering is not acknowledged and recognized by the international community, they tend to develop grudges, and they remember this. And they are scarred by that experience. One sobering lesson is that, when Nations feel historic grudge, it can come back to haunt history generations later... These grudges come back to the surface, and they can re-ignite in new conflicts." - Tom Gjelten
Guests
Tom Gjelten, correspondent, NPR, and author of 'Bacardi and the Long Fight for Cuba: The Biography of a Cause.'
David Sanger, chief Washington correspondent for "The New York Times," author of "The Inheritance: The World Obama Confronts and the Challenges to American Power."
Susan Glasser, executive editor, Foreign Policy.