LankaWeb Weekly Editorial Oct.26th 2009

The tiny Indian Ocean nation of Sri Lanka, the Resplendent Isle can only be viewed as a trend setting precedent making sovereign nation which ushered in the first successful ultimate defeat of nation destructive terrorists despite the greatest support the terrorists had from a humungus global network of expatriate diaspora et al, as well as back biting internal opposition politicians whose nefarious attempts to undercut the Rajapaksha Directive were severely crushed by an astute incumbent administration and a forceful military who acheived their Fait Accompli in grand style so it is quite natural that Sri Lanka is the cynosure of many envious eyes especially those nations globally cursed with the same plague of terrorism as well as some whose so called interference laced attempts to end terrorism outside their spheres of jurisdictions have failed miserably.

ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ So it is no surprise that all the calls for investigating human rights abuses during Sri Lanka’s military engagements are currently prevalent to the intensity it is. It can only be concluded logically that all the cockamanie theories put forward by the likes of the UN. Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, The European Union and a few misguided greenhorn politicians from the USA and the UK and all other related sources who often turn a blind eye to areas of real global human rights abuses are mere apathetic attempts based mainly on conjecture and hearsay very obviously promoted but the remaining global residue of Tamil Tiger support~ a powerful one at that~ to show derision and envy based on what they themselves were NEVER able to acheive by any stretch of the imagination and by comparison to what Sri Lanka has exemplified to the world of Her no nonsense stance against internal armed insurrection and how it was defeated.

ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ Very rightfully a trend which was initiated and patented by that evergreen former Matriarch of the Nation the late Hon. Sirimavo Bandaranaike whose defeat of terrorism during her incumbency albeit perhaps in a lesser perspective was nontheless a pattern which has been honed, fine tuned and successsfully executed in how the Tamil Tigers were defeated by the present Administration All Hail To That!Ironically there are certain elements within the Nation today which belonged to cells of the organization she put down who have gained political power through the process of democracy that need careful monotoring and scrutiny as they too appear to have joined in the current bandwagon to discredit the Administration and could pose a serious threat to the smooth functioning of Sri Lanka which is truly food for thought for the Rajapaksha Administration to bear in mind if it has not already surfaced on the wise assertion that “Once a terrorist Always A terrorist” with the odd exceptions of the likes of a certain Mr Gerry Adams! There are others who qualify for this recognition also who have already proved their net worth through loyalties to the Administration in an unflappable manner!

A quote from a recent bulletin by one of Sri Lanka’s most prominent and brilliant lawyer Journalists and political leaders says it all towards what the Mahinda Rajapaksha / Sarath Fonseka two pronged attack on terrorism accomplished that “The final defeat of the `killing mightƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢ of the LTTE on the 18th May 2009 ushered in a new era to our tortured land ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢¢”š¬…” an era when People of all races, religions, genders, ages and walks of life could go about their normal avocations without fear of being torn to pieces by bombs exploded in or about crowded city centres, shops, buses and trains; when Tamil residents of the North and the East could rest assured that their little children would no longer be kidnapped for slave labour in the LTTEƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢s terrorist cadres or for use as `cannon fodderƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢; when Sinhalese and Moors could worship at their temples and in their Mosques, work in their fields, and sleep in their humble abodes without fear of being slaughtered en masse; and when Tamils, particularly those resident in the North and the East are secure in the knowledge that their hard earned money would not be extorted from them by the LTTE in the guise of collecting `taxesƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢.” and a truer assertion of the realities related have never been accentuated better!

While this is a time for great celebration in Sri Lanka and recognition of the architects of the devastating defeat of the terrorists and a time to rejoice, it is also a time to come to terms with those who despite all the acheivements of Sri Lanka’s foremost modern day heroes continue to denigrate them, create innuendo and false presentations to the world and the International Community to the contrary and are deserving of capital punishment for treason!

This then is a heaven sent opprtunity to re-build upon a new found unity amongst all ethnicities in Sri Lanka to re-build this wonderfully blessed Country of natural beauty on a firm foundation of decency and fair-play rather than discrediting Her for all the wrong reasons, particularly selfishly motivated political ambition, greed and the hunger for a power which some of the seekers of their own goals in this direction will never be able to harness towards the best interests of Sri Lanka ever, despite all the rhetoric they could muster! Their times have come and gone and they have squandered decades of opportunity to re- build Sri Lanka for the better and it is now in the hands of the real builders of Lanka to continue with their task unimpeded by traitors, turncoats and wimps who are an apology to party politics and any aspirations by their reckoning to transform Sri Lanka to a place of prosperity, posterity and tranquility are mere aspertions of the devil and insignificant attempts to undo what Sri Lankas heroes have put together as an unshakable package towards nation building! Let No man Put Assunder What Our Current Leaders have brought together From The Brink Of Disaster~ Namely The Nation Of Sri Lanka.