Ending Indian Military Support
To Sri Lanka Would Be A Circumvention
Of The Responsibility Of Maintaining Collective Regional Security!
©In Retrospect By Sarath Kumara For
LankaWeb
Feb 9, 2008
When certain LTTE supportive lackeys from Tamil Nadu led by one Mr.Mani
who has a reputation of a muck disturber in favour of the LTTE, attempt
to coerce Indian Defence Minister A.K. Antony to end military support
to Sri Lanka saying it was worsening the situation in the Island it
is not only a melodramatic pro LTTE plea but one which shows a blatant
disregard to the importance of Regional Security which both Sri Lanka
and India view as a foremost priority in the war against the LTTE terrorists
and a precursor to encompass any global location in need of the same
security under similar circumstances.
Whether it be Periyar or Sinna Dravida Kazhagam ( there being many
Khazagams floating around the LTTE supportive enclaves of both India
and Sri Lanka) it becomes painfully obvious that the tiny minded rhetoric
albeit coming from a few gnatbrained individuals who appear to view
the LTTE terrorists as a justifiable entity when a greater proportion
of the world thinks to the contrary, have a distinct ring of LTTE propaganda
to it and more than likely funded by the same source who are now pulling
all stops to prevent their total annihilation which many analysts now
believe inevitable!!
The Indian Defence Minister in all wisdom appears to have heard out
the Khazagamee's pleas without comment probably fully aware that if
the Leaders of both India and Sri Lanka have agreed towards securing
the Region of South Asia from the LTTE and any other terrorists it is
an issue of collaboration between the two sovereign nations of great
significance and not one which is likely to be ursurped by the bleatings
of a terrorist supportive lobby.
Minister Antony is reported to have heard carefully what the Tamil nadu
Delegation had to say without comment towards commitment which should
send out a clear message to the Tamil Nadu political leader concerned
that this kind of lobbying in a world plagued by global terrorism, by
rights do not have a platform to stand on and that they are lobbying
for the preservation of the LTTE terrorists rather than the freedom
loving Tamils of Sri lanka who have all but disowned the Tamil Tigers
and their dead beat leader Velupillai Prabhakaran Sri Lanka's Public
Enemy Number One now said to be Public Enemy On The Run!!
It seems somewhat ludicrous to bring up the issue of the Indian Government's
need to respect Tamil sentiments as purported by this lobby group which
is somewhat of a misconception as both the sentiments and the rights
of all feedom loving Tamils in Sri Lanka have always been a priority
of each Administration going back generations although the theory of
being hard done by as a result of Sinhalese chauvinism is something
which has been implanted amongst some of the disgruntled Tamil Community
often gullible over mostly petty issues rather than viewing the real
benefits and privileges they enjoyed objectively but proves that a small
flame of dissent could easily be fanned and fomented by the fuel of
hatred which was the primary weapon of the LTTE and successfully so
sadly! The rest is history!
It also seems a travesty of justice for many groups of this nature (PDK)
to have agitated so boldly towards relaxing the concerted drive to eliminate
the LTTE terrorists by the Sri lankan Armed Forces to which India has
now thrown in logistic as well as armamament support regardless of the
moderation or intensity entailed as the primary objective behind it
is fairly obvious and a matter of Indian Regional Security also.
This is an all important time and strategic time when the Sri Lankan
Government has rejected the ceasefire a previous Administration with
its own dubious agenda signed with the LTTE.
It seems only logical that the decision which is an all out attempt
to wipe out the LTTE terrorists as an alternative to many unsuccessful
attempts to mediate with them. The objective of helping Sri Lanka militarily
therefore becomes very justifiable where India role in lending support
to the cause rather than rescind it seems almost obligatory!
Contrary to the calls from misguided and unqualified flybynight politicians
with a pro terrorist agenda, India should affirm its stance in this
direction towards eliminating the scourge of terrorism from the entire
region!
In the somewhat mistaken analogy drawn between what this apparently
pro terrorist delegation leader suggests as the Land of the Mahatma
and the Land of the Buddha which most intellectuals acknowledge as one
an the same( meaning India ).Furthermore the Mahatma fought against
British imperialism rather than tiger terrorism and there the analogy
ends! But it is the very tolerance and ahimsa shown to the ruthless
terrorists that has prolonged their attrocities which have accounted
for needlessly lost civilian life and vast damage to public property
which has continued for well over three decades and seems to all intents
and purposes on the brink of being quelled where the call for negotiations
seems a wasted one which history has proved correct and the LTTE terrorists
non negotiable and a die hard unrelenting terror group as well as being
non representative of a greater part of the Sri Lankan Tamils towards
the greater definition!
Calls towards ending Indian Military support to Sri Lanka's war against
terrorism therefore would be a call towards circumventiing India's responsibility
towards maintaining collective Regional Security and any person or persons
calling for it should undergo psychiatric evaluation perhaps as a party
to the psychotic idealogies of the LTTE who are much deserving of being
brought to justice!!
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