Jay Deshabandu

Today, our country is at a cross-road. No one is sure where it would head at this point of time. Unfortunately, our country is full of joker-politicians, like those in Tamil Nadu, who put the country down the ditch before himself. People of this country must show gratitude to President Rajapaksha for providing the correct leadership in eliminating the terrorists bringing hopes for peace in Sri-Lanka. Today, the country is under the curse of the West who indirectly supported the LTTE for simple reasons that our common people may not understand.

 The West requested that Prbhakaran be saved in the final movements of the battle which they would never do to Osama Bin Laden. Fabricated stories of our forces shelling into hospitals, schools and into civilians in the no fire zone were published in various media. One after another, concocted videos showing how Sri-Lanka soldiers executed naked LTTE terrorists were generated in many websites.

 To add to this disgrace, even Hilary Clinton accused and attempted to include Sri Lanka in a short listed of countries that used rape as a war tactic. She even conveniently forgot to name even the true facts that in 1990s, rape was used as an instrument of ethnic cleansing in the former Yugoslavia and as a means of genocide in Rwanda. In the former case, women belonging to subjugated ethnic groups were intentionally impregnated through rape by enemy soldiers. Then, there were news that her election campaign was partly supported by terrorists’ money and she had returned this money back to the terrorists. She even threatened the people of Sri-Lanka by blocking the IMF loan being approved. Why does she hate people of Sri-Lanka?

 Now the recent threat is the GSP+ concessions from the EU which seeks to destabilize our economy affecting thousands of livelihoods of poorest of the poor people, and its threats of resolutions on Human rights violations and war crimes by the Sri Lankan government. They pretend to understand what can happen when a terrorist group bieng fought, which doesnot have to adhere to any rule. This also helps other terrorists behind citizens, schools, places of wrships and in many places around the world. Even the ex-former US president called for the arrest of Bin Laden dead or alive! We did not have war against a country but only a war against the ruthless terrorists who did not see any limits or boudaries!

 Our history has ample evidence of how local disunity or divisions along political, racial and even on religious lines were used by the West as instruments for realizing of their goals of gaining economic and political control in the East. The division and regional conflicts among Pakistan, India, and China is a classic prime example.

 In this context, there is no wonder why they add fuel to the present saga of political race for presidency. They wish to have a puppet president that would be aligned to Western interests that seek keeping poor the poor, and, a man that would help them with our natural and chief human resources. Power hungry and greedy opposition political leaders are now coming forward to pacify their own personal agenda as well as of Western interests.

 In this back drop, I am reluctant to indicate the general Sarath Fonseka in to this political unrest. What would be the possible implications of this? It is clear that General Sarath Fonseka was made general by the present President. He was given the right leadership with weapons and correct plans including where the terrorists leader was. He did not have to think about International pressure. But now he is under the pressure of our opposition leaders to be only as a scapegoat to cover up of their own political bankruptcy. Even the Mangala who compared him to a person of no caliber, disqualifying him even to be a leader in the Salvation Army, expects him to be their leader as a common candidate for the presidential race. Even those corrupted politicians who said we only could liberate Thoppigla jungle, Parmankada or Madawachhia want him to be their scapegoat. Now will the general do exactly that? I am of the firm belief that he would not do that in the best interest of the country and he would keep his name written in gold in our history rather than a scapegoat for the corrupted and greedy local politicians and for the shellfish economic & political interests of the West.

 But no one can be sure. If he comes into the presidential race, obviously, a considerable number of votes for Mahinda would go to him instead. But then, could the general become the president? My humble opinion is No! It is normal to think that all vested interested politicians are up to do anything to become a president for them. They would only lure the general to be in the race and would drop him as a common candidate a few weaks before the election day citing many reasons. Being embarrassed, the general Sarath Fonseka finally would be compelled to end up with being an independent candidate. At the last moment, Ranil would come forward to be the presidential candidate from the UNP lead-alliance. In this scenario, it is likely that Ranil would get the maximum number of votes per candidate even though the majority of the votes would be against him. The unrest in the country would prevail with some calling for UN intervention which would eventually help the West control our country. Don’t forget that this same group had in many occasions called for UN intervention during the intense fighting of our gallant soldiers against the terrorists. And, that is a serious betrayal of our own country, my brothers and sisters!

 I hope our general and all well whishes would put the country first and come to their senses. No one can claim the sole credit in wining the war. The credit should go to that entire team that win the war. We believe that our country eventually becomes victorious from foreign and local threats with blessings of living Saman & other Gods and of Triple Gems. May a permanent sustainable peace would dawn to our people and land!

 Jay Deshabandu

Jay Deshabandu

Mr. Mangala Samaraweera’s visit of Jayaprakash Sittampalam Tissainayagam who was convicted of involving in terrorists activities in Sri-Lanka , comes in no surprised to many of us during this election time in the south. The bankrupt politician, who is basically the one man’s party leader, is indirectly insulting our judicial system of Sri-Lanka. Tissainayagam has actually supported terrorism in Sri Lanka and Supreme Court has decided that he sew seeds of violence in Sri-Lanka. Besides, he was in the payroll of the terrorists.

 It is now an open secret that LTTE has funded Hilory Clinotn for her recent lost presidential election campaign so that LTTE would in turn get arms and other illegal trades if she had become the first woman president in the USA. It comes now as no surprise why she has so much antagonism and hate against the people of Sri-Lanka. First she was so arrogant to say that there are different types of terrorists and therefore terrorists should be dealt with accordingly. She was so keen to block Sri Lanka in the IMF loan. Now she accused Sri Lanka of having a policy of raping women during war times. Clearly and conveniently she forgot her own husband’s Monica Lewinsky sex episode and many more rapes carried out by young American soldiers on foreign soils!

 The imprisonment of Tissainayagam is not the government ruling. Judiciary is a separate institution, independent from the influence of the Sri-Lankan government. Even during the terrorist Prabhakaran’s time, the ex-supreme court judge had made several rulings against the interests of the present government. One such example is the removal of all security check points leading to the presidential residence in Colombo.

 Unfortunately, unlike our present president, Mahinda Rajapaksha and a very few other politicians, we have a very many politicians who would even sell his nation for political survival. I have no reservation in telling the same thing for Mangala.

 People in the south should be extremely cautious of these kinds of bankrupt politicians who are today fast becoming jokers like Tamil Nadu politicians. I am confident that people in the south are intelligent enough to make a right decision in choosing their leaders who will not get succumbed to Western Interests!

Jay Deshabandu

The facts are here. There is credible evidence from the IDPs that LTTE had killed hundreds or thousands of innocent Tamils as they fled from the clutches of the outfit. In the final stages of the conflict, many LTTE carders were in civil clothes. So anyone with a weapon would be a target. Even the soldiers were able to video how the LTTE was shooting at the civilians.

 Yet, some fools try to blame and put these killings into the Sri Lankan government’s account! In addition, there were thousands of suicide bombers who blew up by themselves. Any attempt to analyze or investigate the cause of the dead is now pure stupidity.

 For some, it was a drama that was unfolding per hour. So, the spectators needed the conclusion and then wanted to be drama critiques. The arrogant western governments who were miss-fed by the pro-LTTE media and the racist Tamil Diaspora brought the shame unto themselves. The last attempt to save Prabhakran by the west failed miserably. Prabakaran ran and got stuck in the mud for two days( where were you going man?) and finally he got shot. He obviously did not take the cyanide tablet!

Anton Balasinham’s wife gave so many cyanide tablets to innocent Tamil girls. They all died from either the pills or by their own bombs. But, Anton Balasinham’s wife did not take any cyanide pill. It is only a fool who would blame the government for the wrong acts of the terrorists.

 The main point that is being dressed now against the government by the west is the so- called shelling into the safety zone declared by the government. First of all, there is no UN mandate to create a safety zones when conflict occurs. But the government did this concerning the safety of the innocent civilians. If there were so many people got killed by the shelling or other wise, how come the Prabhakran’s father and mother got into the IDP camps safely? Was it a coincidence? How come six foreign citizens got back into the IDP camps? How come an approximate total of 300,000 got back safely into the IDP camps? Who counted the dead bodies? Shouldn’t we be happy now that they can get back to their freedom very soon? There will be no more force to make them eat a cyanide pill!

 But the main fact remains the same. Sri Lanka is a sovereign nation. The government is responsible, by its constitution, to maintain the territorial integrity of Sri-Lanka. The country cannot be divided for any reason. The government is duty bound to protect its citizen from the terrorists. The reason for someone to become a terrorist, freedom fighter, a rebel or whatever is not important when it comes to protecting the territorial integrity of Sri Lanka under one flag and one nation!

 The whole conflict between the Sri Lankan government and the terrorists group is purely an internal matter of Sri Lanka. Hence, there is no UN mandate on how to fight the terrorists! Unlike all previous governments, now, we do not have a stupid government that is not concerned about the civilian’s safety. Popular will of the people of Sri Lanka is to have space and time to reconstruct the lost glory due to terrorism and western colonization and manipulations.

 It will investigate by itself any human rights violation or any illegal activities if occurred during the final stage of the fighting. Now that we have some talented leaders, including the president and his brothers, in the government, we will be able to provide with our own home-grown solutions to the issues and legitimate grievances that minorities have in the country. Tamil leaders must come up with a list of their legitimate grievances. But to “separate state” is neither a grievance nor a right. In fact it is stupid to ask or force every Tamil to live in East or North. Colombo Tamils will not live in East or North! All we need is space and time!

 When the JVP took up arms to fight for whatever it wanted, there was credible evidence that over 50,000 un-armed Sinhalese youths got killed. Where was the ex-UN boss at that time? Where was the human rights watch group? Why some top posts in the UN are given to persons who are obviously racists? Asian nations should debate the issue of national and racial discrimination by the west.

 The west is in fact playing a game while we are trying to get back on our feet. The bottom line is the world politics. The west is very good at manipulating and controlling the development of Asian countries through the human rights cards and so called war crimes. It is in fact paranoid about China and India becoming economic giants. It is allowing Tamil Diaspora to agitate and put more fire to the flame which is now receding.

 The west should promote peaceful existence among Asian nations just as they do with among themselves. They should join hands to remove world poverty rather than bullying the Asian nations. They should get the facts correct rather than going by the web site sources that have no credibility. They should learn the Sri Lankan culture and history before being nosey on our internal affairs. They should not rely on engineered pictures created by interest groups. They should not use religion, ethnicity, creed or whatever in arriving at conclusions. They should not use terrorists, example BinLaden, Prabahakaran, to their personal agenda. Everyone knows that USA had used BinLaden back in 1980’s to fight against the Soviet Union.

 Jay Deshabandu

 There must be more human rights organizations with Asian intellectuals to check on the human rights violations of the western governments. No one has pressed for a war crime probe against USA on people of Iraq. No one has pressed for a war crime probe against the Israel on the people of Palestine. USA and Great Britain went to wars with Iraq without a UN mandate! That too should be condemned by all members of the UN. They should apologize to the world for the lying about the weapons of mass destruction!

Jay Deshabandu

The twenty-second memorial for the thirty one (31) Aranthalawa Buddhist monks massacred by the ruthless LTTE were held in Aranthalwa recently.

 As we express our deep heart-felt sorrows for the monks, and even for all the deaths caused due to the unnecessary war, and “hate-Sinhalese” dogma of Prbhakran and all his allies, we need to, at the same time show our compassion & kindness for all affected innocent people and extend our arms and hearts towards making a Sri Lanka a better place in which to live and grow for all in a dignified manner.

 Our culture embraces good things as well as bad things. We have been clouded with caste, creed, and class system. These are the signs of evil present in Sri Lanka. These factors have given rise from insecurity to unrest, from protests to militia movements as well as terrorist organizations since independence.

 The government, however difficult, must consider changing the Sri Lankan society into an integrated society, a society that acts and works like one towards a common goal; and, to compete with other countries in a global economy.

 In line with president’s thinking, we should create more integrated schools that are better or equal in status to the reputed schools such as Royal College and have access to all students irrespective of their religion, caste, creed or race. Each province should have at least one model school that shows integration rather than segregation based on race or religion. In my view, the creation of such schools is not so difficult. But, in such schools the teaching of main subjects should be taught in English. The students in a class in such a model school may be separated only to learn their mother language and religion.

 Similarly, we should create integrated model villages, one for each village. A village committee should be appointed in maintaining their environment. Each model village should have a model school, and should be provided with necessary support and the guidance from the provincial authorities. For instance, decisions pertaining to the environmental hazards, garbage collection, maintaining a clean environment should be left to the management of the village committee.

 We should discourage and demote all political parties that have racist labels. It is very difficult to understand the justification for the allocation of the tax payers’ money to pay for the salaries and benefits for the politicians who have labeled racists by themselves.

 The pre-requisite for any development in the country requires an integrated, intelligent and hardworking people in a functional democracy; and, a leader who can groom his citizens’ attitudes towards the integration. I believe that His Excellency, President Rajapaksha is able to do this if God is willing. He has already made a big change in the annals of Sri Lankan history!

 Furthermore, we need to put a “dot” on corruptions and make stricter punishments for all crimes. The corruption and bribery should carry more weight in the crime than the drugs!

 Lets’ pray for all those affected and hope for a bright future for a United Sri Lanka!
God Bless the USL-United Sri-Lanka!

Jay Deshabandu

United Nations Secretary General wants UN agencies to have immediate and unimpeded access to the government IDP welfare and care camps. He knows very well that more than 8000 LTTE carders have given up their arms and mingled with the civilians in the government care camps. Those carders are still sleeping bombs; and, if they have a hand on a bomb they would blow up themselves with the innocents around them. And, this too, with the blessing of evil wishes and pathological liars of the west, will be used as a blame on the government and the people of Sri-Lanka by the Pro-LTTE western media and foreign knuckle heads. What is so sad is that the unhappy, sorry-self, Mr. Ranil Wickramasingha expressed, as usual, the same thing, unimpeded access expecting the damage and problems for the country so that he could become president after all. The whole country should know what he had discussed in Noway during his official holiday! Does he want to change the country in to a grave yard?

 So, why does Ranil and some of the educated leaders of the west insist on the Sri Lankan government to give immediate access to IDP camps? Perhaps, they are too much concerned about the safety of the civilians; or perhaps, he was influenced by the terrorist and nuclear armed UN agents who are dying to spark new waves of problems for the people of Sri Lanka. The pictures released on the ex-battle zone were taken from the Secretary General’s helicopter while he was on a tour over the last battle field. The disturbing pictures were distributed to the world with the intent of damaging Sri Lankan authorities. Thank you Mr. Secretary General! I thought pictures were only for the adults and not for the minors all over the world! Cab we see similar pictures of the battle feild in Iraq or Afghanistan?

 If we must adhere to the UN boss, it would be better to ask him for a safety guarantee within the IDP camps and in Sri Lanka; and, ask the western dominated UN to run everything by them for us (them?). Unimpeded access will pave the way for any corrupt UN agent with bombs and suicide jackets to sneak into the IDPs camps without being checked by the security. Thus, without a doubt unimpeded access would bring in more fire to a situation that is now receding! What we have in Sri Lanka is simply an internal problem. We need help: not the lip services but the tangible goods. And, we do not want to give access to Sri Lanka or the IDP care camps for every Jack, Jill and certainly, not for the Dicks!

 The strict security controls at the IDP camps would make the civilians in the IDP camps as well as all citizens in Sri Lanka equally safe. And, it is utmost important! The government has already declared that all IDPs would be resettled to their original places within six months; and, some of them have already been resettled much to the dismay of Johnny heads in the west! This needs to be respected and supported by the international community. USA and Britain are still holding prisoners of war without actually charging them. The millions of civilians died during the Iraq war under the pre-text WMD white lies. Recently, hundreds of civilians in Afghanistan were killed by the US army only to be awarded with the compensation of “a very, very sorry” to each family killed by the US nuclear armed military. Aren’t these violations of human rights and war crimes? If not what are they? How about the newly invented sex-torture to war prisoners in Iraq given by young American sex addict maniac soldiers? What is that?

 Neither the Tamil Diaspora nor the Western media know how much of a real agony and untold hardships we have faced for the past nearly odd thirty years. I have grown out of it with others; and, we had enough of it. Thousands of innocent farmers, villagers, Buddhist monks, Muslim & Hindu priests and people of all walks of life were shot dead by the ruthless LTTE and its leader Prbhakaran. These people were murdered even during ceasefire times; and, even when the people were praying at their places of worship. And even when they are just working on their farmlands. So, why did some western knuckle heads wanted to save this mass murderer? Shouldn’t the God punish the LTTE right here on this planet? Why are these pro-LTTE supporters go against the will of the GOD Visnu who is one of the care takers of Sri-Lanka which is indeed the GOD’s country!

 Many young Tamils living in the West have never been to Sri Lanka. They are not Sri Lankan citizens; and even Prabhakaran’s father was not born in Sri Lanka. They are now British, American or Canadian citizens. They are not really a product of Sri Lanka and its culture except perhaps they are the by products of the west. If the citizenship means something to them, other than economic gains, they should not break the rules and regulations of their adopted country. They have not suffered! We have suffered a lot from the LTTE and their pregnant suicide bombers! They cannot wear our shoes!

 Sri Lanka is a nation of diverse ethnic backgrounds. If an Eelam( that is a separate country) is right for the Tamil race, then a similar country should be granted to each ethnic groups such as Muslims, Burghers and to Malays; and, even to Sinhalese! How about our aboriginal people in Dambane? They too should be given a similar separate country with their own police, military, perhaps with a lot of bows& arrows( to hunt) and other structures necessary for a government.

 Tamil Diaspora should understand the popular tool of the West: divide and rule. They are still unfortunately being used as leverage against the government of Sri Lanka and India by the West. And in return, the Tamil Diaspora is using the west for the mislead unwanted war. Why are they becoming being used is a million dollar question! The thirteen amendment provides more rights than necessary to address legitimate Tamil grievances. Please read the thirteen Amendments in the constitution of Sri Lanka, which is proposed as a pragmatic solution to this terrorized problem. The thirteen amendment is neither perfect nor weak; but, it is a good start. Among other things, It lacks immediate accountability and transparency of the governor appointed by the president in a given council. It proposes an executive governor who can act on his own will on numerous matters. Nevertheless, this is a product of our uneducated and not so intelligent politicians who proposed it. But, it may be a good bitter medicine for the conflicts and for those who got affected. Support for a united Sri Lanka.

Jay Deshabandu

There is no doubt that resettling of IDPs back into their original homes is a huge daunting task which requires all possible help from all those that are concerned. We hear mostly from the west how concern they are for the lives of Sri Lankans now living in government care camps. Now is the true time for them to show how much they care by giving tangible help rather than giving merely a lip service to innocents Tamils whose lives have been scattered after being held hostage and fired at by gun point. Read my lips!

Evindence? Thousands of those IDPs will tell any western media that how they were shot at by the LTTE while they were fleeing the terror grip.

Genocide has new meanings today. It has can be from up side down to down side up for the relatively western educated young Tamil Diaspora.  If something is up, that may be seen as something down to them. Liberating Tamils from the Tiger grip for them may be the genocide. A soldier putting his life on the line of fire to give a hand to an innocent Tamil looking for cover from the bullets of LTTE may be seen as genocide to them.  

Whatever it means by anyone’s definition of genocide, are there any killings going on in the care camps now?  Tamil Diaspora should do whatever they can to help IDPs rather than sitting in an empty parks and streets of London and elsewhere producing nothing but wasting resources in the host country that they adopt as their country.

Western leaders are pretty good at offering lip services. They are pretty good at showing care for humanity in many ways. That is good. But the problem is they are not practicing what they preach. For example, the one person, self appointed spokesperson of the world, Ms. Hilory Clinton dictates to the poor countries how others should run their political affairs. This is pure rubbish! She and other western leaders talk about inclusion of minorities in the power sharing in a government such as ours. This is also good. But we as people from developing countries do understand what is wrong and what is right.

But what the Ms. self appointed World spokeswoman does not understand is this: How about UN? Is there any power sharing position in the UN for any developing or poor country? The fate of any nation can be decided or dictated by the UN Security Council which has no inclusion for even a country like India for today. This may be why some countries seek the help from Nuclear weapons! Not from the UN.

None inclusion of India in the security councill implies that India is not accepted as a credible partner to voice her opinion on world critical affairs. IMF loan for example is openly controlled by the US. It has threatened Sri Lanka with delaying the granting of the loan.

But now, Sri Lanka may not need the IMF loan after all. At least no one should die from starvation thanks to our natural resources.  Fruits and other forms of food are sufficiently available in Sri Lanka at least to satisfy any hungry stomach!

Bullying and arrogance is part of the American culture. It can even be seen in a typical American classroom. American teachers are now fed up with teaching their own students because of some behavior problems of the students who play bully roles in the same way Mr. Hilory does to the poor nations.

  Today, thanks to globalize economy and power, there should not be any self proclaimed official leader in the world. No one should play the role of the Hilory,  Hitler or even the GOD. We have something called United Nations to discuss issues relating to world political affairs.  There is no doubt that UN should be reorganized to include a voice for the developing countries because circumstances and cultural aspects of poor developing countries must be taken into account when coming up with resolutions in the UN.  If there is no such a representation, the poor nations will be subjected to abuses of the rich nuclear powered west. For example, the west may seem it justified using economics sanctions on a population which is already starving. But we in the east do not think that it is a good thing. The west may think that it is a good thing to threaten a nation economically such as delaying tactics of IMF loan, but we think in the east that after 30 years of trauma on its population by the terrorists we should not be bullied but helped by other nations.

There are a number of degrees of separation between the West and the East in terms of culture, politics and other norms of social life in the east. The solutions to these should be provided with a basis that is relevant to the local culture.  For example, in order to obtain the citizenship in the US, in addition to taking a US history test, one has to declare a faith of allegiance to the United States. That means that person has to accept the reality and be able to take up arms if necessary to destroy any enemy or country that the host country think is an enemy which may include even the “failed at start” Tamil Eeelam. The one million dollar question is then why this Tamil Diaspora is not acting as they have given the oath of allegiance to their adopted countries? Their adopted country already regards LTTE is a terrorist organization which they must accept according to the allegiance they have made! To them I say stop wasting time and help your relatives in Sri Lanka! 

Jay Deshabandu

Jay Deshabandu

Most of us feel very grateful to all those who have contributed to eradication of terrorism from the face of Sri Lanka. Our forces, leaders, and the President, His Excellency, Mahinda Rajapaksha in particular, are all deserved  blessings!

So many people have written so many articles supporting the government and its efforts of eradicating terrorism that finally ended successfully. There was no blood baths as expected by the pro-LTTE western media and persons! We are in fact a blessed nation!

I am sure that the government will take one step at a time and would continue to make Sri Lanka a better place for all to live and grow, irrespective of caste, creed or race. In fact expressed this idea by saying that we have only two kinds of people; ones that love your won country and ones that betray our country.

Now, the need of the hour is to help the government in efforts of resettling  the IDPs to get back on their feet to live with dignity. Therefore, it is the duty of every Sri Lankan, every political party and organization to contribute to this daunting task. 

In particular, it is the time for the HRW and others who were critical of the government to stop talking and start doing something for the innocence. The road is wide open!

However, the security is still number one concern, as some irresponsible people gathered, attacked and damaged the British High commission building. These irresponsible people are only tarnishing the image of the government. Opposing some of the British politicians’ remarks against the government of Sri Lanka is one thing, but becoming violent and unruly is another serious matter. Nevertheless, these kinds of acts only give more ammunition to those British politicians who are pro-LTTE to strengthen their case against Sri Lanka.  In any case we all should condemn the violence in any form!

Now that war is over, we  should look forward to helping the government in its efforts of nation building! We have now realized that national security is number one priority for any government in the future. The government need to look at our security needs and continuously improve the best possible procedures and methods to prevent any terrorist activities from occurring through the sea, land or air! We certainly do not want to have any repeat of terrorism in our land! Our laws and regulations should be revised and further strengthen on matters pertaining to the national security, territorial integrity and sovereignty of Sri Lanka!

God Bless Sri Lanka!

Jay Deshabandu

Jay Deshabandu

Mr. Ranil wickramasinghe may or may not have well intentions as reasons for meeting with EU officials. But, his recent remarks about India and USA helping Sri Lanka militarily came in at the time of Tamil Nadu elections. Obviously, what is the point for making such statements? Does he think that people in this country no longer believe that he helps Sri Lanka fight against terrorists? Did he display his politically inferior leadership?

 Whatever it is, by making such a statement it is very likely that he tried to convey a message to the public at large that the government is making western allies distanced away from the government and it was the opposite process when he was in power. But if that is the case, the comparison is unfair because some western governments, including India have supported the LTTE in terms of weapons and training. It is not a secret that many pro-LTTE agents made a huge some of money off selling weapons.

 Now that LTTE is on the verge of extinction thanks to our president and military leaders and gallant forces, some frustrated pro-LTTE governments and agents see no fruits of their investments. They are not able to make money off selling weapons. So even if assume that Mr. Ranil Wickramasinghe  is running the show now, it would make no difference in the current behavior of the leaders in the West.  The frustration is that money collected and profited from Tamil diaspora is now restricted and the weapons bought are used against the innocent Tamils now taken as hostages and human-shields killing scores of those who are crossing over to caring hands of the gallant forces. And, many are killed of course in the cross fire between the terrorists and the gallant soldiers.

 What is obvious in any case is that he would not definitely take bold actions that were taken by the President Rajapksha to eliminate the terrorists and indeed instead he would be giving into international pressure as evidenced by his recent decision of going for a EU trip.

 Actions count more than words! For a politically neutral person his recent actions are outrageous, disgusting and even dangerous when it comes to the security and stability of Sri Lanka.  As an average Sri Lankan citizen, I tend to believe that he only thinks of coming to power first, and then security and prosperity of our country second, which is exactly the opposite of what is expected in a good leader.  

 In the name of our motherland, no patriotic person should paint a picture in order to invite the UN to intervene and meddle in with the collective will of all Sri-Lankans. Such an interference would necessary create a poppet leader such as Don Juan Dhramapla in our history.

 Therefore, one may suspect that he is in a propaganda business and a creation of a political dogma that he is the only leader, in Sri Lanka, capable of handling affairs in the country which is now facing human rights and genocide propaganda war. Truly, it seems like he is thinking to fish in troubled waters at this time.

 I believe that the whole United National Party would perish under this kind of leader because all decisions are made by him and for him. It is a top to down approach.  The country needs an opposition party with patriotic talented leaders who may understand at lest the meaning of opposition in political sense. It should not mean that they should object to whatever the government is doing. 

 At this time paying a visit to a disabled soldier is better than paying a visit to an EU country to achieve his personal political agenda!

 Better yet, a single donation to help needy IDPs would bring him enough votes that he is craving for.  And, presenting an alternate solution to the current crises would make him look like someone that cares for his country and fellow citizen rather than making statements to under value the successes of military gains and peace.

 For example, some UNP leaders were laughing at the military and the government when the Thoppigala were liberated, and joked at the attempts of capturing of Killonchi as if it was mistaken for Madvachhchia. The incidents of opposition leaders laughing at government and military successes are too many to list here. 

 Now that the LTTE is caged in a 2.5 square kilometers, he is duty bound to give soldiers a moral boost at the time when the gallant soldiers are accused of committing rapes and genocide by international western media that are  aligned with the LTTE agents. He must be grateful to gallant soldiers that protect even his life today. Finally he should counter act against the pro-LTTE propaganda that our military is not liberating the hostage civilians but doing genocide or something else. He owes at least that much to our gallant soldiers.

 It is clear from the recent elections that majority of Sri Lankan voters has a better understanding of the current affairs and the politics in the country. This evidence from the way people have voted. There is a significant number of voters who did not cast their ballot. Those who did not cast ballot are clearly fed up with the Tamil Naud like joker’s politics in Sri Lanka. People have changed so should the leaders!