{"id":43881,"date":"2015-05-16T13:44:50","date_gmt":"2015-05-16T20:44:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/?p=43881"},"modified":"2015-05-16T13:44:50","modified_gmt":"2015-05-16T20:44:50","slug":"please-protect-the-father-of-the-nation-mahinda-rajapaksa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2015\/05\/16\/please-protect-the-father-of-the-nation-mahinda-rajapaksa\/","title":{"rendered":"Please\u00a0 protect the Father of the Nation Mahinda Rajapaksa\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ben Silva<\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n

Before MR\u00a0 was elected\u00a0 to\u00a0 power,\u00a0\u00a0 Sri Lanka experienced\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 30 years of terror and many innocent Sinhalese and Muslims\u00a0 and Tamils\u00a0\u00a0 died.\u00a0 Terrorists destroyed assets of the State and money was wasted and no funds were available for infrastructure development. There were\u00a0 allegations that during\u00a0 CBK\u2019s time and that of RW\u2019s time, corruption prevented the defeat of terrorism. There were no suitable equipment in the hands of our brave soldiers, to defeat the enemy, due to poor government , planning and organisation. People were afraid to travel. GR\u00a0 started our own defence academy and laid foundations for development of our own defense capabilities. Both MR and GR have contributed massively to Sri Lanka, often putting their lives at risk. Our racist\u00a0 enemies know the genuine friends of the Sinhalese and Sri Lanka and that is why there was celebrations in TN when MR was defeated. The North and the East were no go areas for the Sinhalese.\u00a0 Sinhalese and Muslims were expelled from the North. If Lanka was not liberated by MR, GR and with\u00a0 the sacrifice of over 40000 lives of brave Sinhala youth, we would have lost Lanka for\u00a0\u00a0 ever. If we look at our history, parts of Lanka were under the Portuguese, then under Dutch and\u00a0 then the whole country was taken over by the British.\u00a0 My view is that we got our independence, thanks to the world war 11\u00a0 and not because of any effort on our part. During the recent past, MR is the leader that unified the country using our own effort ,\u00a0 and the valuable lives of 40000 Sinhala youth. Just as racist Hitler used the lives of German youth, racist\u00a0 Prabakaran used the lives of Tamil youth, to satisfy his hunger for power.\u00a0 \u00a0MR eliminated terrorism, unified the country and defended our sovereignty, self respect and non interference into our internal affairs by the West and the UNHCR\u00a0 As such MR\u00a0 is the father of the nation and modern Sri Lanka.\u00a0\u00a0 He\u00a0 has to be recognised as such<\/strong>. We should have self respect and defending our dignity is vital.<\/p>\n

There are media reports of harassment of MR and GR. This is something we should not allow and we need to protest.\u00a0 If we have any sense of gratitude, we should not harass our liberators. My observation is that those people who harass our liberators are our enemies or funded by our enemies. This is the time to have survival and fighting spirit and to dump Nirvana seeking coward\u2019s spirit, fearful of suffering! It is also time to recognise that if we do not evolve and adapt we will die. We could learn from the Japanese and even the Sikh\u2019s who continuously reinvent\u00a0 and modify\u00a0 their beliefs to suit their needs and the environment they live in. In my view, it is time to modify our beliefs to suit the highly competitive world we live in, where desires are valued\u00a0 and where it is recognised that the motivation for wealth creation is desires. Without wealth, we will end up at the bottom of the pile. In a nutshell, the whole economic system is driven by desires and if we act against known \u2018laws\u2019 of economics, we will be doomed. The most dangerous enemies we have are\u00a0 those that hang on to ancient Indian beliefs (that\u00a0 even\u00a0 Indians have dumped )\u00a0 and those that refuse to change.<\/p>\n

We can always protect and\u00a0 respect Buddhism for cultural and heritage reasons and use rituals in ceremonies as in Japan, so that Buddhism and our culture is kept alive.<\/p>\n

We owe a great debt to MR and those who contributed to the liberation of our only homeland. MR and GRB are\u00a0 true heroes of the nation. We owe a great debt to them and they have to be protected and respected. It appears that MY3 govt. and Samaraweera\u00a0 are puppets of \u00a0of the US, UK and the EU,\u00a0 and surrender to the demands of the West. RW looking at his previous performance, appear to worship imperialists, West and even Indians, hoping to get favours from them. Our true friends are the Chinese\u00a0 and the people of Pakistan\u00a0 who helped us in the hour of need.\u00a0 The so-called National Govt is totally dismantling the UPFA\u2019s policies of safeguarding our self respect, national integrity and non interference into our internal affairs.<\/p>\n

Where is the self respect and dignity of Sri Lanka that MR so fearlessly defended ?\u00a0 MY3 is well known for his famous\u2019 handshake with the Queen\u2019. Have we got no shame or self respect ? Have we lost our dignity and self respect again and want to end up as slaves or second class citizens. \u00a0Sinhala Buddhists appear to be a nation blindly or otherwise seeking Nirvana .\u00a0 I want to have my dignity and self respect, along with others,\u00a0 and do not want to blindly follow myths (that\u00a0 even Indians have dumped)\u00a0 and that\u00a0 respected scientists have rejected. It appears that Tamil terrorists have regrouped and funded operations against the Rajapaksa family. The alleged 500 million massive fraud would have funded anti Lanka operations, There appears to be a Tamil terrorist link.<\/p>\n

Let us look at\u00a0 a\u00a0 possible link. Raj Rajaratnam, a Tamil<\/strong> \u00a0\u00a0is the billionaire founder of the\u00a0Galleon Group<\/a>, a New York-based\u00a0hedge fund<\/a>\u00a0management firm,\u00a0 He\u00a0 has been accused and jailed for fraud.\u00a0 <\/strong>\u00a0He was the 236th richest American in 2009, with an estimated net worth of $1.8\u00a0billion.\u00a0He was the 262nd richest American in 2008, with an estimated net worth of $1.5\u00a0billion. \u00a0In 2009 he was the richest Sri Lankan-born individual in the world. In November 2009, Rajaratnam pledged to donate $1\u00a0million to help with the rehabilitation of the\u00a0LTTE<\/a>combatants.\u00a0He has donated generously to clear land mines in the war-affected areas in Sri Lanka. Rajaratnam has contributed $3.5\u00a0million to the\u00a0Tamils Rehabilitation Organisation<\/a>\u00a0(TRO), a group whose assets were frozen by the USA due to its alleged close connections to the\u00a0Tamil Tigers (LTT<\/a>E). It does appear that Rajaratnam\u2019s funds have gone to TRO, which had close links with LTTE. (Ref: Wikipedea). With so much wealth, he\u00a0 could do almost anything he wants and we have hardly any power to counter underhand threats. We have to recognise the problems we will face, if we blindly follow Indian myths, give up desires and end up with no wealth, as is the case now.<\/p>\n

Mahendran,\u00a0 Rajaratnam links\u00a0 and RW links<\/p>\n

Media has indicated\u00a0 alleged connections between f the Central Bank Governor Arjuna Mahendren\u00a0 and Rajaratnam. MP Nanayakkara said that Mahendran had been involved with Rajaratnam. The MP said that Prime Minister Wickremesinghe should be held responsible for the rip off in the bond issue. (The Island Wednesday 13th\u00a0 May 2015 ref: http:\/\/www.island.lk\/index.php?page_cat=article-details&page=article-details&code_title=122343<\/a> )The entire business community was shocked with the blatant abuse of power of the Central Bank Governor Arjuna Mahendren. (Lanka web news ) It is well known that RW ia associated with the appointment of Mahendran.\u00a0 Is the link between Mahendran and \u00a0RW , through\u00a0 Royal College ?\u00a0 RW is a well known fool and could be deceived by anybody and LTTE can easily fool RW. The present administration has \u2018 sold\u2019\u00a0 our National anthem, it is alleged that Sinhala land given to Tamils, persons and organisations removed from terrorist links, security arrangements in the North reduced. The above acts along with the harassment of GR and MR indicate a possible LTTE connection and has to be investigated. Clearly there is evidence of a possible connection between LTTE and the present administration. This possibility has to be further investigated. It appears that there has been a smear campaign against MR\u00a0 and a well funded and planned conspiracy against Sri Lanka, with expert propaganda warfare being carried out.\u00a0 With the skill displayed in the propaganda warfare,\u00a0 and the \u2018coup\u2019 type conduct of those involved,\u00a0 it appears that there is foreign involvement We will sink and get wiped out if we blindly follow Indian myths, as we will be naive and gullible in a highly dangerous competitive world, seeking our resources.<\/p>\n

\u00a0It appears that we are slowly on our way to Nirvana, just like the Nalanda Buddhists. Indians have learnt that, in the real world,\u00a0 seeking money, wealth and power is far more useful\u00a0 and practical\u00a0 than seeking\u00a0 mythical Nirvana.\u00a0 It is time to wake up, just like the Indians did. To stop our decline, we have to stop blindly following \u00a0very questionable Indian myths, that will lead us to economic ruin and extinction.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Acknowledgement –\u00a0 Pro Lanka\u00a0Courtesy The SundayLeader<\/em><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ben Silva Before MR\u00a0 was elected\u00a0 to\u00a0 power,\u00a0\u00a0 Sri Lanka experienced\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 30 years of terror and many innocent Sinhalese and Muslims\u00a0 and Tamils\u00a0\u00a0 died.\u00a0 Terrorists destroyed assets of the State and money was wasted and no funds were available for infrastructure development. There were\u00a0 allegations that during\u00a0 CBK\u2019s time and that of RW\u2019s time, corruption […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-43881","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ben-silva"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43881","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43881"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43881\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43881"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43881"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43881"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}