A Stylised Version OF LTTE
Propaganda
In Retrospect By Sarath
Kumar For LankaWeb
June 17th 2008
The following item carried by Info Lanka composed by Thanjai Nalankilli
entitled Place an Arms Embargo on Sri Lanka - Source-TV News Features
and dated 16th June 2008 is an affront to the Sri Lankan Government
and a ludicrous dispensation of a literate mind put to misuse steeped
in misgivings and misconceptions far removed from reality! But more
than that it portrays bias and ignorance on the part of the writer and
in the manner of a dog barking at the moon in all futility has expressed
vain and unsubstantiable concerns about the Tamil people of Sri Lanka
in huge exaggeration.That a news portal such as Info Lanka has been
courteous enough to display it to the world it however does not screen
the blatant accusations this item and its writer has had the audacity
to make against a Sovereign Nation.
The simplest arguments one needs to make here in contradiction to this
item is that- neither are the Sri lankan Tamils in any danger of their
personal safety in Sri Lanka nor is there any need to heed the rhetoric
contained in the idealogies of this writer as it is steeped in Tamil
Tiger bias and also contains much fabricated lies, innuendo and concoctions
typical of LTTE propaganda and needs to be effectively trashed! This
said on the basis that the Nation of Sri lanka is fighting a scourge
of terrorism and has been for four decades now and on the verge of winning
the fight it has also to be surmised that such presentations have only
one objective which is to mislead the world and distract the greater
issues Sri Lanka has towards restoring what has been perpetrated towards
Her intended destruction by terrorists which makes the writer's direction
very transparent to the discerning eye and needs to be put into perspective
in the best interests of Sri Lanka.
As the more discerning and informed around the world on the issue of
the terrorist problem in Sri Lanka would be aware, the Government of
Sri Lanka and her armed forces are presently carrying out a military
campaign on the verge of eliminating the Tamil Tigers and it is their
supportives given to the anxieties that their terrorist champions are
about to be eliminated that would indulge in such rhetoric as an attempt
to prevent the Government of Sri Lanka in pursuing the cause of justice
namely its fight against terrorism!
To everything the writer says in this presentation which is a misrepresentation
of facts and unacceptable within the norms of rationality relative to
A Nation engrossed in a war against terrorism all the following responses
are itemised relative to the accusations and entreaties in support requesting
an Arms Embargo which is enhanced paranoia and unacceptable from a Sri
Lankan Government standpoint as well as that of the World very much
aware of the dangers of terrorism!
Her opening paragraph suggests that "This is time for western
democracies to act. Those who gave an international safety net to the
Sri Lankan government should now throw at least a lifeline to the Tamil
minority. We do not expect the United States of America (USA) or the
European Union (EU) to send troops to protect the Tamil minority as
they did in Kosovo. All we ask is, “please put an arms embargo
on Sri Lanka” on an emergency basis. This should be done now without
delay, before the Sri Lankan military acquires large supplies of arms
and ammunition. Maybe, maybe, then the Sri Lankan government would see
that it could not score a decisive military victory over the LTTE and
agree to a honourable political solution.
In response it has to be asserted that Western democracies are not
blindfolded to what goes on in Sri Lanka and are perfectly aware of
the primary issue that needs addressing - A terrorist scourge which
is threatening a Sovereign Democracy of which the Tamil minority are
very much a part of in addition to the Sinhala majority despite the
disparity in numbers. Western Democracies are concerned that it is the
freedom loving citizens of Sri Lanka that are being held to ransom by
terrorists and suggestions such as "throwing a lifeline to the
Tamil minority is plain and simple rhetoric where there is no such need
as they are well protected in Sri Lanka and if there is any source from
which they need to be protected it is from the evils of the Tamil Tigers!
an internationally known fact!!There can be no honorable political solution
to entail the tamil Tigers who know nothing about the meaning of honour
and are a bunch of desperate murderers unrelenting and conscienceless
to moot even towards their own community!
The analogy drawn to Kosovo is a load of tripe as there are no comparisons
that can be mitigating factors and no tangible proof to coroborate it.The
Military acquires arms as a means to fight the insurgent LTTE within
perfectly legitimate grounds and no violation of International Law!
Re- Sri Lanka’s Duplicity and Western Democracies in contradiction
to the assumptions to the contrary :By now the world knows indeed that
the Sri Lankan Government has every intention of devolving reasonable
powers to the Tamil minority not the Tamil Tigers, something the Tamil
Tigers were vehemently opposed to knowing the objectives of the Fait
Acompli as they knew their disentitlement to the privilege being false
representatives of the Sri Lankan Tamils as well as ruthless terrorists!
and hence reluctant to make any concessions that would portray them
as ordinary citizens of Sri Lanka and relinquish their mendacities,
greed and hunger for their own conception of power which is fast evading
them now.
That the Sri Lankan government ministers and diplomats were going around
the world proclaiming that they want to “soften” the LTTE
militarily to force LTTE to agree to a reasonable solution to the ethnic
conflict is a misconception involving word play.While there was magnanimity
on the part of the Government to accommodate the terrorists and their
theatrics and the terms on an even footing culminating with a ceasefire
which was spuriously violated by the terrorists, the Government should
realistically have mad a different choice then~ one which would assert
the complete destruction of the plague of terrorism which was destroying
Sri Lanka.
Now the world knows that it was a wasted effort and that the hand
of the Sri Lankan Government has been forced to destroy LTTE and restore
a normal Administration unhampered by terrorists where all citizens
of Sri Lanka not only have freedom of movement but the freedom to make
their own choices unimpeded by threats, intimidations and falsely extracted
alliances to the Tamil Tigers which was a hall mark of their modus operandi!!
That some of the alluded to western democracies opened a dialogue relative
to curbing some of the financial aid which even today has some reservations
from some sources was a direct result of the connivances, falsely presented
innuendo and underhand skullduggery of forces within Sri Lanka opposed
to the present Administration which today has been acclaimed by many
righteous and legitimate sources as beinfg on the right track towards
the redemtion of All Sri lankans including Tamils from their woes, grievances
and griefs at the hands of the Tamil Tiger terrorists . One cannot hide
under a bushel the fact that The present leadership of the Nation has
been commended for the compassionate treatment of the minorities alongside
the Sinhala majority and there is talk of recommending him for the Nobel
peace Prize!
For the record the United States of America (USA) that gave some military
assistance in the past has not stopped much of it, despite suggesting
that the Sri Lankan government should stop its quest for a military
solution and go to the peace table an option whaich even the US Administrationhas
now come to realise as futile given the continues attrocities of the
LTTE albeit in much lesser perspective than previopusly being debilitated
for obvious reasons. The USA has increased and strengthened military
advice, support and logistics towards fighting the scourge of terrorism
which has been a foremost priority of the Bush Administration and even
at the time of this response there are communications between Sri Lanka's
top Military Brass and a contingent of military leaders from the USA.
Re-the Financiers and Arms Suppliers :They are sources well within
their rights to supply as well as Sri Lanka's right to purchase which
is an undisputable issue based on a Sovereign Nations right to defend
its national security, sovereignity and territorial integrity where
the arguments presented that Sri Lanka has no entitlement to these as
National priorities have no strength towards acceptance logically or
rationally!
All these references mentioned such as the Indian government quietly
pumping hundreds of millions of dollars into Sri Lanka with no strings
attached.That India is openly with no secrecy as of late due to the
increasing threat from the Tamil Tigers to Regional Security and once
perhaps involving a degree of confidentiality based on the Tamil Nadu
issue is indeed providing rather than, 'gifting' weapons and training
to Sri Lankan military are within acceptable norms. China and some Eastern
European countries are selling weapons to Sri Lanka. Pakistan has emerged
as a major arms seller to Sri Lanka all well within the right of Sri
Lanka as a Nation fighting a war against terrorism where the suggestion
of risk of total subjugation of the Tamil minority as second class citizens
for another half a century or more is a huge myth and exaggeration in
addition to refering to the military strength of LTTE (the Liberation
Tigers of Tamil Eelam) which is more fantasy on the part of the writer
and perhaps even wishful thinking! as that contingency at the present
and to eternity it is hoped is somewhat brittle!!
All news reports which indicate that LTTE is considerably weakened
militarily are factual. They neither put up stiff resistance against
the Sri Lankan Military nor make any inroads into their territories
in the North ,also a concocted myth where their only prowess now is
covert and cowardly infiltration into mainly Sinhalese populated areas
and the detonation of suicide bombs as a last gasp prior to their total
elimination. If a news item refered to here in an Indian newspaper on
April 2, 2008 reported that Sri Lanka had ordered from Pakistan 150,000
rounds of 60 mm mortar ammunition for immediate delivery, in addition
to $25 million worth of 81 mm, 120 mm and 130 mm mortar ammunition to
be delivered within a month. it has to be a perfectly legitimate acquisition
intended to totally decimate and wipe out the Tamil Tiger terrorists!
So what of it?
That the Sri Lankan Military will destroy Tamil tigers is a foregone
conclusion and that they are not a leverage the Tamil minority has in
Sri Lanka is the salient truth based upon the rationale of many freedom
loving Tamils who have acolladed the present Administration on many
instances often seeking the protection of the majority Sinhalese from
the oppressions and intimidations of the LTTE!
In fact it is a hindrance to their progress and posterity.To talk about
the 'armed strength' of the LTTE as beneficial, a bargaining tool and
advantageous to the Tamils is the simplest portrayal of ignorance and
duplicity of the mindset of this writer who has composed an item which
exhorts terrorism perhaps on the basis that she is a Tamil who supports
terrorism and suggests a panacea to the woes of the Sri Lankan Tamils
which is the furthest from the truth! and acceptability.
Western democracies must act now to fully support the onward march
of the Sri Lankan Government towards eradicating the Tamil Tigers unconditionally
while being fully aware and cognizant of the realities and dangers they
pose to Sri Lanka at the end of which a perfectly fair and just solution
is arrived at for all of Sri Lanka
Until then this has to be written off as another stylised version of
LTTE propagands being put into perspective here where only the style
seems significantly eloquent!
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