02-22-2004, 05:52 PM
The Sri Lankan conflict threatens to heat up as the elections approach. In my mind i cannot understand why we've taken what seems to be a hard stand against the Tamils and Eelam. Its no hidden fact that for decades the Tamils have endured ethnic cleansing for being Hindu and wanting equal rights.
Yes even i will state the LTTE which started off as a movement to fight for Tamil rights went all awry from the moment they decided to be the 1st group in the world to implement suicide bombing on civilians.
They're fight to gain Eelam took a hard hit when that happened...i surely believe if they stuck to military and guerilla warfare on the Sri Lankan army itself, they would have gained a lot more credence to their ideals.
We have our history in Sri Lanka that haunts us as well, but a brief read will tell us despite all odds we suceeded in bringing democracy to the Tamil people. We put the LTTE on the run, established political parties, and held elections for a Tamil representative to fight for tamil rights. However this scared the Sinhala government and its people, in that they began to wonder how long we would stay on the Island. Hence more than likely conspiracy theories abound that the Sinhala government began to arm the LTTE, and begged us to leave, upon which things went back to square one with the LTTE murdering all Tamil representatives and killing our own prime minister.
With their history and now increasingly violent buddhist Sinhalese, why can't we have a rethink to do whats is good for the Tamils of Sri Lanka to which we share so much history and cultural heritage.
WHY? are we now arming and training the Sinhalese Sri Lankan army to Kill more Tamils? Consider if we seek to mediate, and favorably push Sri Lanka for an Eelam solution....
1) With Eelam, comes much stronger Linkages to Tamil Nadu and India, the mother land for SL hindu Tamils. We will have access to Trincomalee port, the largest in asia?
We unfortunetly have a history of the Sri Lankan goverment trying to force our hand by asking the Americans, Pakistanis and others to set up military bases in SL to check our influence.
2) Even without Tamil Nadu's help Tamil eelam can support itself agriculturally, and has great tourism potential. It might even grow to become a tax haven area along the lines of hong kong, singapore. With a possible merger with Tamil Nadu,
it can only be better for the Republic and would see that the Tamils have equal rights under an Indian constitution.
If it is better to support tamil eelam, then why are we seeking to arm and train the Sri lankan army boggles me.....
Is there a "Dirty Secret" Behind India's Irrational Policy towards the Sri Lankan Crisis?
http://www.geocities.com/tamiltribune/00/0603.html
Yes even i will state the LTTE which started off as a movement to fight for Tamil rights went all awry from the moment they decided to be the 1st group in the world to implement suicide bombing on civilians.
They're fight to gain Eelam took a hard hit when that happened...i surely believe if they stuck to military and guerilla warfare on the Sri Lankan army itself, they would have gained a lot more credence to their ideals.
We have our history in Sri Lanka that haunts us as well, but a brief read will tell us despite all odds we suceeded in bringing democracy to the Tamil people. We put the LTTE on the run, established political parties, and held elections for a Tamil representative to fight for tamil rights. However this scared the Sinhala government and its people, in that they began to wonder how long we would stay on the Island. Hence more than likely conspiracy theories abound that the Sinhala government began to arm the LTTE, and begged us to leave, upon which things went back to square one with the LTTE murdering all Tamil representatives and killing our own prime minister.
With their history and now increasingly violent buddhist Sinhalese, why can't we have a rethink to do whats is good for the Tamils of Sri Lanka to which we share so much history and cultural heritage.
WHY? are we now arming and training the Sinhalese Sri Lankan army to Kill more Tamils? Consider if we seek to mediate, and favorably push Sri Lanka for an Eelam solution....
1) With Eelam, comes much stronger Linkages to Tamil Nadu and India, the mother land for SL hindu Tamils. We will have access to Trincomalee port, the largest in asia?
We unfortunetly have a history of the Sri Lankan goverment trying to force our hand by asking the Americans, Pakistanis and others to set up military bases in SL to check our influence.
2) Even without Tamil Nadu's help Tamil eelam can support itself agriculturally, and has great tourism potential. It might even grow to become a tax haven area along the lines of hong kong, singapore. With a possible merger with Tamil Nadu,
it can only be better for the Republic and would see that the Tamils have equal rights under an Indian constitution.
If it is better to support tamil eelam, then why are we seeking to arm and train the Sri lankan army boggles me.....
Is there a "Dirty Secret" Behind India's Irrational Policy towards the Sri Lankan Crisis?
http://www.geocities.com/tamiltribune/00/0603.html