{"id":46765,"date":"2015-08-10T21:47:17","date_gmt":"2015-08-11T03:47:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/?p=46765"},"modified":"2015-08-10T03:55:42","modified_gmt":"2015-08-10T10:55:42","slug":"in-praise-of-patriotism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2015\/08\/10\/in-praise-of-patriotism\/","title":{"rendered":"In Praise of Patriotism"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ananda Wijesinghe\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n

A landslide victory for the UPFA will be realized in the General Election on August 17, 2015, because President Mahinda Rajapaksa has spoken to the Patriotism inherent in Sri Lankan hearts and minds.<\/p>\n

That will overcome the traditional “Split the Sinhala Vote” strategies of Anti-National Forces, and upset all of their careful calculations.<\/p>\n

The Mahinda Rajapaksa led Patriotic Forces has raised hope, pride and confidence in the minds of ordinary people of Sri Lanka, that they can again become masters of their own fate; that nothing is beyond their capabilities to grasp and achieve.<\/p>\n

Previous MR governments demonstrated in the few years they held power, that we sons of the soil of Sri Lanka can TAKE COMMAND of our own problems and SOLVE THEM better than the foreigners who condescend to preach to us solutions that fit only their self-serving agendas.<\/p>\n

It is that sense of CONFIDENCE IN OUR OWN ABILITIES to achieve, that he infused in the hearts and minds of the people of Sri Lanka, through winning the Eelam war decisively, protecting Sri Lanka with the assistance of new global allies, undertaking a massive programme of infrastructure development not seen in Sri Lanka since the days of Prakramabahu the Great, and painting achievable vision of future progress and prosperity, that made the difference.<\/p>\n

That vision, spelled out in the Mahinda Chintana, will be fully realized in the years ahead only if we hold together to preserve this able and tested leadership at the helm of this country, that win a massive election victory on August 17, 2015 giving lie to those who belittle the Power of Patriotism.<\/p>\n

There are those who make fun, for overt and covert reasons, of our collective Patriotism as mere chest-beating. Just ignore them, for Patriotism in the defense of truth, justice, honor and duty to your people is supremely ennobling, and it pays rich dividends in the protection of your country and your people as you see today.<\/p>\n

Stable governance of Sri Lanka by National Deshapremi Forces will remain pivotal to preserving the territorial integrity of Sri Lanka, and fostering its economic progress in the future, as Sri Lanka’s enemies continue to undermine it with renewed zeal. That task is but half done, and its full completion requires decades of stable patriotic governance, to achieve those goals while holding Mother Lanka’s enemies at bay.<\/p>\n

As we see in this Parliamentaryl Election, EMBEDDING and SUSTAINING Patriotism in the Hearts and Minds of ordinary Sri Lankans is the KEY to attaining that goal of a stable and efficient Deshapremi National Government.<\/p>\n

Helping to maintain that Patriotism will be our continuing challenge as Patriots, where ever we are, in whatever way we can.<\/p>\n

Let us March Onward then .. to a LANDSLIDE VICTORY for the UPFA in the General Election of August 17, 2015!<\/p>\n

Jayawewa, Sri Lanka our Resplendent Motherland! Jayawewa!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ananda Wijesinghe\u00a0 A landslide victory for the UPFA will be realized in the General Election on August 17, 2015, because President Mahinda Rajapaksa has spoken to the Patriotism inherent in Sri Lankan hearts and minds. That will overcome the traditional “Split the Sinhala Vote” strategies of Anti-National Forces, and upset all of their careful calculations. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-46765","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-forum"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46765","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=46765"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46765\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46765"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46765"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46765"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}