{"id":82164,"date":"2018-10-20T14:05:55","date_gmt":"2018-10-20T21:05:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/?p=82164"},"modified":"2018-10-20T14:07:03","modified_gmt":"2018-10-20T21:07:03","slug":"when-pigs-fly-britain-preaching-human-rights-to-sri-lanka","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2018\/10\/20\/when-pigs-fly-britain-preaching-human-rights-to-sri-lanka\/","title":{"rendered":"When Pigs Fly: Britain Preaching Human Rights to Sri Lanka"},"content":{"rendered":"

Courtesy the carthaginian solution<\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n

Who issued this scorched-earth policy in response to local resistance against a foreign invasion army?<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u2026.\u201dcut down every yielding tree, pull down every dwelling house, destroy all fields<\/a>, canals and irrigation reservoirs,\u00a0kill all males over the age of 14 years<\/a>\u00a0and slaughter all cattle leaving those which are needed for the use of the army.\u201d\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0 The army followed the orders to the letter, killing between 40,000 to 100,000 enforcing the promulgation. The rebel leader was beheaded.<\/p>\n

<\/span>Was it the Waffen SS Einsatzgruppen in Ukraine and Poland? Was it the Imperial Japanese Army in Manchuria? Was it the Imperial Belgian Army in the Congo? Was it Spanish Conquistadores destroying the Aztec Empire? No, it was Governor Brownrigg\u2019s order to the British Army in 1818 to crush the Uva Wellassa\u201d rebellion in Ceylon.<\/p>\n

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When Britain ruled Sri Lanka<\/p>\n

Today\u2019s ex-imperial Britain is a kinder, gentler country given to pontificate on the benefits of international humanitarian law, human rights and the rest of the tedious drivel. Its politicians are unable to resist their lecturing, hectoring and proclamatory urges regarding Sri Lanka\u2019s post-war political and military landscape, with incessant demands for accountability, justice, truth-telling and independent investigations about the ending of Eelam War 4.<\/p>\n

Despite no longer being the ruling Imperial power in Sri Lanka, British politicians and its foreign ministry (charmingly called the Foreign and Commonwealth Office) are unable to accept the uncomfortable political reality that, despite Sri Lanka\u2019s lack of economic and political power, Britain\u2019s proclamations demanding obedience no longer receive an reflexively deferential response from Sri Lanka\u2019s political leadership. British politicians genuinely see nothing untoward in the ex-colonial power acting in loco parentis to an ex-colony.<\/p>\n

The Global Tamil Forum, (a front group for the defeated LTTE terrorist group<\/a>), recently showed off its most powerful British politicians who vied with each other to issue barely veiled threats against Sri Lanka including war crimes trials, international investigations and other powerful weapons from its \u2018human rights\u2019 arsenal. Who are these historically illiterate British politicians and international humanitarians intent on promoting the loser\u2019s interests above those of the elected, legitimate (if authoritarian) government of Sri Lanka?<\/p>\n

David Miliband (ex-Foreign Minister and Labour MP)<\/h3>\n

Miliband said that the \u2018international community\u2019 must act on the conclusions of the UN Panel Report as the evidence of war crimes committed by both parties are overwhelming.<\/p>\n

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David Miliband feels the love of Eelam<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Not content with having\u00a0visited Sri Lanka in May 2009 to demand<\/a>\u00a0(note the imperial mindset) that the Sri Lankan government halt it\u2019s offensive against the LTTE on the grounds of excessive Tamil civilian casualties he then lead EU calls to\u00a0indict Sri Lanka for war crimes at the UNHRC<\/a>\u00a0in Geneva in May 2009. Both attempts ended in\u00a0ignominious failure<\/a>. During his failed attempt to win the Labour leadership contest, he was strongly supported by sections of the diaspora Tamil community who appreciated his sterling work in trying to prevent an LTTE defeat.<\/p>\n

Miliband\u00a0strongly supported the 2nd<\/sup>\u00a0Iraq War<\/a>, the invasion of Afghanistan, UK\u2019s strict anti-terrorism legislation and best of all, voted very strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Siobhain McDonagh, Labour MP for\u00a0Mullativu<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Mulliavaikal<\/a><\/h3>\n

Siobhain is a truly heroic\u00a0Fluffer for Eelam<\/a>. She\u2019s always available for pro-Eelam demonstrations, glorifying LTTE suicide bombers,\u00a0economic boycotts against Sri Lanka\u2019s poorest<\/a>\u00a0people and anti-Sri Lankan activities in the European Union. When not agitating for Eelam, she attends to her UK constituency (Mitcham & Morden \u2013 two dreary London suburbs), but always finds time to promote Eelam.<\/p>\n

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McDonagh and Eelamists boycotting Sri Lankan garments<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

McDonagh could barely contain her excitement at the GTF launch.<\/p>\n