By Charles.S.Perera

As the American Ambassador to Sri Lanka Robert OƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢Blake was already a sympathiser of the terrorists in Sri Lanka, along withƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚  Chilcot theƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚  Ambassodor of UK and Eric Solheim of Norway.ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ 

ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ When Robert OƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢Blake was promoted from his position of the American Ambassador to Sri Lanka to Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs, he also seem to have got promoted from his status ofƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚  a sympathiser of the terrorists in Sri Lanka , to being the spokesman for the pro-terrorist Sri Lanka Tamil expatriates in America.ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚  For which of the two promotions he is better adopted , orƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚  for which he should be recognisedƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚  only the time will tell.

ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ Blake is not upholding President Barack ObamaƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢sƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚  Foreign Policies. He is still in the days of the Bush era.ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚  During the period he was the Ambassador he had been telling the government of Sri Lanka at regular intervals ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ that the only solution to the terrorism in Sri Lanka is a political solution, and that ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ it cannot be solved through a military option.ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚  He got allƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚  local pro- terrorists elements recognised by the American State Department proposingƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚  people like Mano Ganeshan for an American award for defending human rights .ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚  They were strangely given visas to enterƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚  America, the paradox of it is seen now after elimination ofƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚  terrorism.

ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ The International Community led by America, and UKƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚  vowed ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ to fight terrorism where ever it exists.ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚  And they refused any negotiations with terrorists.ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚  But, despite that being hoisted as their principal modus operandiƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚  in the face of terrorism, ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ they inexplicably went soft towards the terrorists in Sri Lanka and were all out to save them at any cost, even seeking to enter into the area when the most ruthless of all terrorists Praphakaran and hisƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚  cohorts were cornered inƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚  Mulaitivu.

ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ That was a real change of attitude of the International community that had vowed to fight terrorists where ever they are.ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚  Further more even now when the Government Forces have successfully eliminated terrorism, they are deliberately taking revenge from the Sri Lanka Government and its Armed Forces, for this praise worthy military operations to eliminate the terrorism, by accusing them for violation of human rights, war crimes, and now for imprisoningƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚  the IDPƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢s inƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚  camps.ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ 

ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ We now see the West as they really are bereft ofƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚  their well publicised Christian justice andƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚  fair play.ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚  The paradox of theirƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚  vowed anti terrorist principle is that the ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ American Embassy in Sri Lanka it appears, ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ may not issue visas for the members of the Sri Lanka Armed Forces to visit USA on the ground of their part in the ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ…-violation of human rightsƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ”š‚.ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚  Is America a Democracy ? ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ One really begins to wonder.

ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ Blake now an Assistant Secretary of State ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ for South and Central Asian Affairs with his own agenda different from that of President Barrack ObamaƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢s foreign policies, is having a dialog with the terrorist sympathisers among the expatriate Tamils.ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚  Blake has shamelessly met with them in the State Department, in Wahsington, ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ assuring them that theyƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚  will not be allowed to be prosecuted by the Government of Sri Lanka for the part they played in aiding and abetting the terrorists in Sri Lanka, by providing the terrorists with Financial Aid, and carrying outƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚  pro-terrorist and anti Sri Lanka manifestations in foreign countries. In doing so he has become the spokesman for the pro terroristƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚  Tamil expatriates in America, and their protector.

ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ BlakeƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢s departure from President Barack ObamaƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢s foreign policy is in his collaboration with the expatriate Tamils in America, who openly aided and abetted the terrorists in Sri Lanka, to make demands from the Government of the Sovereign State of Sri Lanka on behalf of them -the Tamil expats for an early reconciliation with the Tamils.ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ 

ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ The question to be asked in this circumstance is whether President Obama in trying to find a solution to have a dialogue with the political leadership in Iran , will call the expatriate IraniansƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚  in America to find out their point of view beforeƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚  he meets with Iranian leaders ?

ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ I am sure he will not , and the President Barack Obama is a intelligent and a forthright statesman and he will rather enter into a direct contact with the political leadersƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚  ofƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚  Iran and not cultivate a doubtful relationships with the expatriate Iranians who are opposed to the Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚  But surprisingly this is not what Robert ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ Blake is doing behindƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚  the President ObamaƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢s back with regard to Sri Lanka..

ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ Of course there is no point in bring it to the notice of the State Department as the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Hillary Clinton is hand in glove with Milliband, Carl Bildt,ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚  Bernard Kouchner, Eric SolheimƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚  and the crowd.ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚  Perhaps the President Barack Obama has not paid attention to what is going on in theƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚  State Department and a stranger to the manipulations of Robert Blake to break up Sri Lanka ethnically, and if possible territorially.

ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ What does Robert Blake ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ take himself for, to tell the President of Sri Lanka when he should begin a national reconciliation in Sri Lanka.ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚  It is purely a matter for the President of Sri Lanka to decide.ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚  The expatriate ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ TamilsƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚  were contributing to break up Sri Lanka, ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ and never for any reconciliation, and Blake becomes their unofficial spokesman, and takes up the cause of the Expatriate Tamils.ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚  In doing so he interferes in toƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚  the affairs of a ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ democratically elected Government ofƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚  a Sovereign State, which he should not do in his present capacity of an Assistant Secretary of the State Department of USA.

ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ Ever since he was the Ambassador of Sri Lanka , ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ he began to find ways and means to break up Sri Lanka and bring discredit to the Sri Lanka Government. He prophesied that the military option will not be successful.ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚  But he was proved wrong.ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚  The only solution against terrorism is a military solution and that was proved to the world byƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚  Sri Lanka Government of the President Mahinda Rajapakse, and his brave Armed Forces.ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ 

ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ And Robert Blake now dares make another prophesy that if the government does not move ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ to find aƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚  ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ political reconciliation before January 2010,the ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ people will become disaffected and that will give new impetus to terrorism.ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚  It is time that he stops making his prophecies, to pleaseƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚  certain quarters, as he is proving himself to be a hoax andƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚  a false prophet.

ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ He merely repeats the demands of the Tamil expatriates, who are strangers to Sri Lankan Tamils .ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚  They living in their cosyƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚  comfort in their foreign homesƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚  do not understand what the Tamil people had to go through being under a ruthless group of terrorists for the last 25 years. And they are people with fires of hatred within and cannot bring about much needed Communal Unity in Sri Lanka.ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ 

ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ TheƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚  pro-terrorist expatriate Tamils stand for dissention, hatred, and disunity.ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚  Sri Lanka has nothing to do with them as long as they do not come directly to the Government of Sri Lanka to discuss what role they would like to play in the development Sri Lanka as a Nation.ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚  Their going in search of people like Blake to be their spokesman shows their dishonesty and theirƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚  continued effort to discredit Sri Lanka and if possible finance another terrorist group.ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚  Does Robert OƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢Blake wants that to happen ?

ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ Robert OƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢Blake is now the Assistant Secretary of State.ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚  His office demands that he should forget his past affiliations in ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ living up to the call of his new Office.ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚  He should not mingle with terrorists, rabble-rousers,ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚  disrupters, and nincompoops, when he has to deal with another Sovereign State.ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚  He should consult the leaders of those countries directly without sullying his hands dealing with non-state elements of doubtful origin .

ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ What Blake never seem to have understood is that the Government of Sri Lanka which removed a 30 year old cancer of terrorism, without causing death and injury to the civil population, and rescued over 200,000 Tamil Civilians from the grip of the terrorists who hadƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚  kept them as a human shield,ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚  has not got to learn any lesson from Blakes, Bildts, Millibands, Solheims or Kouchners, in dealing with the IDPs , removing obstacles to security, and finally settling them in theirƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚  homes.