{"id":149702,"date":"2025-05-20T02:49:47","date_gmt":"2025-05-20T09:49:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/?p=149702"},"modified":"2025-05-20T02:58:36","modified_gmt":"2025-05-20T09:58:36","slug":"we-cant-stop-those-who-want-to-glorify-terrorists-but-well-keep-speaking-for-the-real-victims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2025\/05\/20\/we-cant-stop-those-who-want-to-glorify-terrorists-but-well-keep-speaking-for-the-real-victims\/","title":{"rendered":"We can\u2019t stop those who want to Glorify Terrorists but we\u2019ll keep speaking for the Real Victims"},"content":{"rendered":"

Shenali D Waduge<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n
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We salute the Bravery of Sri Lanka\u2019s War Heroes and the truth they defended with their live. Each May, while large numbers pay tribute to the War Heroes who defeated terrorism in May 2009, a minor group gather to glorify the world\u2019s most dangerous terrorist organization under the guise of mourning\u201d. In doing so they are slapping the victims of the terrorists who comprised Sinhalese, Muslims, Foreigners & even Tamils. No liberation movement uses their own as human shields, hostages or child soldiers. It was Sri Lanka\u2019s Armed Forces who carried out South Asia\u2019s largest humanitarian rescue operation simultaneously as they took on the LTTE terrorists & brought to safety close to 300,000 Tamils. This truth echoes louder than any candles lit for terrorists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Western diplomats, the UN, INGOs know very well that the military onslaught was against terrorists & not the people. Their only angry is that their 30-year investment in terror came to an abrupt close and they wished to take revenge as it meant having to re-charter a new strategy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They didn\u2019t care that Sri Lanka bled from a conflict that was created in India in late 1970s to pass on India\u2019s Tamil Nadu self-determination headache to Sri Lanka as that fitted well into India\u2019s strategic objective of using the Tamil\u201d card to exert influence in the strategically important North & East of Sri Lanka, which the West was also eyeing. Eventually, LTTE passed pillow from India to West with heavy influence by the Church & Western NGOs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

None of those who supported LTTE be they foreign or locals cared that civilians were taxed, abducted & executed, that Tamil moderates were silenced with bullets, that suicide bombings became a routine, that schools became recruitment centres & hope became hostage. Those that commemorate LTTE with full fanfare cared not how over 30 years generations of Tamil children were kidnapped & turned into child soldiers. Why should they bother, their children were safe overseas, in foreign schools & getting foreign employment! Every annual commemoration was only a means of riding on Tamils & even LTTE to secure themselves a place among their society & politically. If these fronts dared not come forward to even claim the body of Prabakaran & conduct his funeral rites, what is the point of lavish commemorations after his death!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After 30 years of terror, President Mahinda as Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces decided to finally bring peace to all & declared a military offensive though LTTE was given 3 occasions to surrender which they refused. It was following this declaration that the military was ordered to carry out a humanitarian rescue operation which rescued close to 300,000 Tamil civilians sacrificing over 6000 soldier lives though LTTE had shot some fleeing Tamils dead. No one wants to keep a scorecard on how many Tamils LTTE killed. No one is even bothered to count how many injured LTTE combatants LTTE put into buses & killed either.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Largest Hostage Rescue in the Region<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This achievement cannot be diluted or humiliated as the rescue was done while Sri Lankan soldiers were under fire, under pressure & under immense international scrutiny. Their duty was not only to end the terrorists but to save lives of Tamils kept as hostages & human shields by LTTE.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Consultative Committee Meetings held every two weeks in the presence of Govt Secretaries & Military heads inviting diplomats & heads of INGOs to be present since the start of the offensive. If they had issues, they could have easily raised them at these bi-weekly meetings. However, none of the diplomats or INGOs raised a single issue about inadequacies in delivery of food, medicines etc\u2026 months later they were all parroting 40,000 dead\u201d without an iota of proof highlighting their hypocrisy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let the World remember who the Real Victims are<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yes, people have the right to mourn. But when they gather under LTTE flags, glorify suicide bombers, and call mass murderers freedom fighters,\u201d they aren\u2019t mourning. They are rewriting a fake history glorifying terrorists!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Everyone who attends these LTTE commemorations kneeling down at altars meant for LTTE dead are dishonoring the thousands of Tamil civilians & Sinhalese\/Muslim & even Foreign civilians who were:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  • Killed by LTTE landmines<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Forced into battle against their will<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Used as bargaining chips in the final days of war<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Assassinated & targeted for no reason<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

    And they dishonor every nation that has suffered from terrorism by celebrating one of its most ruthless practitioners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    We Remember Differently<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    We don\u2019t light candles for terrorists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    We light candles for victims.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    We salute the bravery of the Sri Lankan Army \u2014 not because they were perfect, but because when faced with evil, they fought \u2014 and they saved lives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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