Are we all should be afraid? I do not think so. Especially, native Sinhala population is to benefit most at the end according to my calculations. Can we fix it by changing laws, instrument of governance or other English tricks that we advocate to solve our problems? Being grown up inside English thinking mindset, I am sure nothing is going to work as the very English system is now faltering. Though there are many individuals trying to align themselves with Sinhala people simply to stay in power, deeds speak louder than their words. As you may have noticed, Sinhala response is a very diluted one to all these neck-breaking episodes played by the Singlish actors. Is it because they will find a way out of this mess by themselves by dumping all these actors into a hellhole? I think so because they have done it many times in the past and it is in their conscience.

Obviously I have no concern for any of these heroes, in war or otherwise, because I came across their own words of victory that tells a very different story. Unfortunately their actions after the war speak louder. Without taking a proper stock of methods and sacrifices made, we may be making our own misjudgements. There is no question that victory was gained by those who faced rains of indirect fire (was it worth?), stood in the line of enemy fire and killed Tamil Tiger Terrorists. Whether leaders were supportive or adversarial to this effort has to be analysed according to their own conduct during the war. We are missing some important events that may give an insight to the role played by the leaders. The imported weapons played a key role in this war leading to victory among other aspects. One important factor was the acclaimed rank and file leadership. Is this not telling that the top to bottom structure modelled along English thinking was not implemented, thus eliminating the involvement of both the political and military higher ups in critical decision making processes?

Our forces structure just like every other part of the government is a two-tier system where the higher ups are exclusively retained by a privileged class. As people with working experience under English masters, we all know that the privileged class uses the less privileged to do their bidding and get rid of them later under various guises. VP started this war. So no body else can claim any initiative. But the hopeless conduct of the government that pursued negotiations during the early stages of the aggression can be in fact construed as opposite. The person who led the war victory in the east was removed from the scene alleging disappearance of Rs. 2.5 million food vouchers, a minute value compared to what other lower ranks may have pilfered (or was it fixed?). Could this be a kind of typical conduct to discard an achiever whom I personally could not believe as a person of such conduct at that time? Subsequent conduct on the part of those in power does not necessarily reflect their own heroic character. Who successfully commanded the Task Force 1 (later 58 Brigade) at the start of war applying winning tactics? Did others follow his lead?

Heroes do not behave like Neros. MR has already shown the price offered to cement victory during the past few months. Did we kill the mad dog to kneel before its masters? Time will tell what achievements were made after defeating Tamil terrorists? I have serious concerns about what MR was doing during the last few months to add up to claim a victory. As non-participants to English democracy, we have already made up our mind. Lately, we have leaders making decision with the approval of only 1/3rd of the population. As I see the vast majority who abstained is from native Sinhala background including people like me. I am not surprised even if the leading group of influential individuals within the Singlish community face the same predicament faced by the Tiger leadership in the near future opening up a new world for native Sinhala population. Obviously JVP has proven beyond anyone else that it is a pain in the back that needs to be removed from the scene. They have proven to be worse than Tamil Terrorists in matters that affect native Sinhala community. I still cannot stop wondering about how English could unleash this hell on us, the root cause of our problems.