HILLARY CLINTON’S DUPLICITY EXPOSED
Posted on May 16th, 2009

By Rajendra Alwis, Ottawa

ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ Recently, referring to the unfolding political turmoil in Pakistan, U.S. Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton says PakistanƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢s inability to beat the Taliban poses ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ…-a mortal threat to the security and safety of our country and worldƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ”š‚.

ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ However, on the selfsame theme of terrorism, Hillary Clinton mysteriously changes her stance when commenting on TalibanƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢s twin brother LTTE. In this case she invariably comes out with misleading and misty interpretations. Let me quote her in this context, ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ…-I think the Sri Lankan government knows that the entire world is very disappointed that in its efforts to end what it sees as 25 years of conflict, it is causing such untold sufferingƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ”š‚. The State SecretaryƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢s disappointment is that the Sri Lankan government is not agreeing for a ceasefire with the LTTE (for the seventh time) and not inviting them to the negotiating table. If this is your genuine concern why donƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢t you request the Pakistan Prime Minister to extend the same generosity to Taliban as well?

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The above mentioned two contradicting statements, with regards to the Taliban and the LTTE alone are quite sufficient to substantiate State SecretaryƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢s duplicity and double standards. Nevertheless, let me add one more recent example to illustrate her intellectual bankruptcy. On last Thursday (2009/05/14), speaking with reference to the emergency support loan of US$ 1.9 billion which Sri Lanka wanted to raise from IMF, Hillary Clinton says ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ…-is not an appropriate timeƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ”š‚ to consider a massive International Monitory fund loan for Sri Lanka, despite the crying needs she is presently faced with.

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Now letƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢s listen to PakistanƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢s Prime Minister. He very correctly said that his ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ…-armed forces will crush Taliban militants and will minimize collateral damageƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ”š‚. This is a far sighted statement of a real statesman. But, HillaryƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢s anti-Taliban over expectations are so high that she is still not happy with the intensity of the on going war of Pakistan against Taliban. However, due to HillaryƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢s intrinsic limited foresight, she missed the very IMPORTANT point in Pakistan prime MinisterƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢s statement ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ…-with minimized collateral damageƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ”š‚ (a decent way of saying with minimum civilian causalities).

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No war on earth could be fought with zero causality. Neither Sri Lanka nor is Pakistan an exception. That is why the farsighted Prime Minister of Pakistan said his forces will fight the war ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ…-with minimizes collateral damageƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ”š‚. The war in Iraq resulted in deaths of over half a million children alone. This is only a tiny fraction of the human cost paid to get rid of single dictator!

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The need of the hour in Sri Lanka is to provide care for the Internally Displaced People (IDPs) as much as possible for which some additional money is urgently needed. In fact, the Sri Lankan government is providing shelter, cloths, food and medicine for these displaced civilians to the best of her ability, coupled with the support of the friendly nations. ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ However, as ought to be, in situations like this, there may be obvious shortfalls, mainly due to the financial drawbacks. The IMF loan asked for was to remedy this situation and to intensify the facilities given to these innocent civilians and to care for many more to come.

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The LTTE is violating every human right in the book. Tigers who fought for a separate state is now boxed in a tiny strip of land, which is even less than a square meter and are heavily surrounded by Sri Lankan forces. Yet the LTTE continue to fire at the innocent civilians in the NFZ when they try to escape form their grip, since the LTTE want to retain them as a human shield. Hillary Clinton has only one message to convey to the LTTE in order to protect the human rights of these innocent civilians: i.e. let go the civilians, lay down arms, and surrender to the Sri Lankan government. This is the only way to curb the long drawn bloodshed and to restore the eroding human rights of these less fortunate civilians.

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If Hillary is worried about civilian causalities, why she is worried only about Sri Lanka? Why should she (willfully) forget the civilian causalities in Afghanistan? Why she is mute over same kind of causalities in Iran?ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚  LetƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢s address all problems equally.

The position you are holding can be influential, hence discharge your duties with dignity and fairness without being biased and egocentric. Let the relevant authorities exercise their powers and please refrain from trying to act as the President of USA. ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ 

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As the State Secretary says this is ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ…-not an appropriate timeƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ”š‚ to pass the IMF loan. She always failed to figure out the ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ…-appropriateƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ”š‚ thing. During her US Presidential election campaign she thought it is appropriate to receive funds for the LTTE, an organization which was proscribed by the government of her own country. Subsequently, she changed her mind and thought it is inappropriate and returned the funds. This exactly the way how a confused mind works when the agendas are hidden. One may see as the door is either half closed or half opened to suit oneƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢s own agenda.

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In conclusion, let me say that, if the Hillary ClintonƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢s tender heart is so melting over the civilian causalities (not LTTE?) she must rush to the places like Afghanistan and Iraq together with her counterparts in Britain and France, to provide Loving Tender Care (LTC) for the civilian causalities. If you are brave enough to do so, (since Sri Lanka is famous for tea) we will arrange a Tea Party in Sri Lanka for the entire gang, but surely not in the Boston style.

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