About the blue bit:
<!--QuoteBegin-Husky+Feb 28 2009, 06:45 PM-->QUOTE(Husky @ Feb 28 2009, 06:45 PM)<!--QuoteEBegin-->http://voi.org/koenraad-elst/lanka-the-ary...on-at-last.html
http://voi.org/koenraad-elst/lanka-the-ary...ast/page-2.html
<!--QuoteBegin--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->So, the Tamil Tigers are mainly a secular-nationalist movement. At least as far as the nominally Hindu members are concerned. But there is also a Christian presence in the movement, and it has gradually gained in importance. Both LTTE ideologue Anton Balasingham and the suicide bomber who killed Indian PM Rajiv Gandhi were Christians. The Sinhalese tend to see the LTTE as a Christian-led and Christian-teleguided movement, which to them explains <b>"Christian" Norway's attempt to broker a peace agreement</b> effectively legitimating Tamil rule in the north. Hence the famous cartoon showing a padre hotly denying any LTTE involvement all while a tiger's tail is showing from underneath his clerical garb. The Tiger martyrs are not cremated after the Hindu custom, but buried after the Christian fashion. Given the Sinhalese Buddhists' prior and long-standing resistance against missionary efforts at converting them, the Christian angle to the Eelam problem exacerbates the religious animosities.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->[right][snapback]95035[/snapback][/right]<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->Will someone who is in communication with Elst consider telling him that the Norwegian government's funding of the christian terrorist outfit LTTE is not the same as an 'attempt by Norway to broker a peace agreement' in SL? He seems to be aware of Norway's "intervention" in SL, but not about the nature of that meddling (I mean intervention). His statement makes it sound as if their dealings in SL are purely objective and benevolent, which they're not. I think the above article needs to be updated to reflect this fact.
<!--QuoteBegin-Husky+Feb 28 2009, 06:45 PM-->QUOTE(Husky @ Feb 28 2009, 06:45 PM)<!--QuoteEBegin-->http://voi.org/koenraad-elst/lanka-the-ary...on-at-last.html
http://voi.org/koenraad-elst/lanka-the-ary...ast/page-2.html
<!--QuoteBegin--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->So, the Tamil Tigers are mainly a secular-nationalist movement. At least as far as the nominally Hindu members are concerned. But there is also a Christian presence in the movement, and it has gradually gained in importance. Both LTTE ideologue Anton Balasingham and the suicide bomber who killed Indian PM Rajiv Gandhi were Christians. The Sinhalese tend to see the LTTE as a Christian-led and Christian-teleguided movement, which to them explains <b>"Christian" Norway's attempt to broker a peace agreement</b> effectively legitimating Tamil rule in the north. Hence the famous cartoon showing a padre hotly denying any LTTE involvement all while a tiger's tail is showing from underneath his clerical garb. The Tiger martyrs are not cremated after the Hindu custom, but buried after the Christian fashion. Given the Sinhalese Buddhists' prior and long-standing resistance against missionary efforts at converting them, the Christian angle to the Eelam problem exacerbates the religious animosities.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->[right][snapback]95035[/snapback][/right]<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->Will someone who is in communication with Elst consider telling him that the Norwegian government's funding of the christian terrorist outfit LTTE is not the same as an 'attempt by Norway to broker a peace agreement' in SL? He seems to be aware of Norway's "intervention" in SL, but not about the nature of that meddling (I mean intervention). His statement makes it sound as if their dealings in SL are purely objective and benevolent, which they're not. I think the above article needs to be updated to reflect this fact.