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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nUS is on a pivot to Asia<\/strong> having besieged all other continents round the world. The military apparatus of the US is now engulfing the seas with marine presence, while it is using its other soft weapons both covertly & overtly. Transnational corporations have entered the scene & produced MCC project with a carrot of developing Sri Lanka\u2019s road & rail a camouflage to entice and market it via a $480m grant already spent on numerous legislative changes rolled out as part of the proposals\u2019 pre-conditions. The ACSA and SOFA compliment the MCC and anyone promoting it should well study the impact of implementing all 3 together with the US Peace Corps presence to realize the likelihood of Sri Lanka being transformed into the next Diego Garcia in Asia. This danger should be read with the verdict demanding UK hand over Diego Garcia to the Chagosians and UK\u2019s main political parties carrying opposing views simply as a smokescreen to fool the masses. This US pivot is impacting other countries of Asia too. Has Sri Lanka taking stock of the US pivots taking place in other countries of Asia? Are the issues faced by these countries similar to Sri Lanka? How far does India realize who is a bigger threat eventually \u2013 US or China? What risks are India taking that will impact entire Asia? How else will these destabilizing elements try to upset Sri Lanka\u2019s governance? Have we taken stock of the players and the likely scenarios to be launched as well as the likely baits to be used? Have Sri Lanka\u2019s leaders placed these risks and dangers likely to impact Sri Lanka as well as in South Asia, regionally and across entire continent? Do we want to end up like Middle East? <\/p>\n\n\n\n Handling India<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Has India\u2019s demands changed since\n1970s (using Tamils\/LTTE\/Indo-Lanka Accord\/13a\/Trade Agreements etc) Does India\nforesee that some of the elements India initially used to its advantage are now\nworking hand-in-glove with the West (LTTE diaspora\/Eelam) in such a scenario\nwhat is the disadvantage to India do encouraging these elements play. Has Sri\nLanka presented these dangers or is India simply pretending not to foresee dangers\nin an attempt to exert its own influence in Sri Lanka. Does Sri Lanka have a\npolicy on India-US-China and other Asian nations as well as against EU-OIC\nnations etc? Have we not used our soft power tools to our own advantage? What\nis the real role of the foreign ministry and the nation\u2019s think tank in this\nexercise?<\/p>\n\n\n\n Have policy makers devised means to guard Sri Lanka\u2019s sovereignty, territorial integrity \u2013 our seas, land, resources, assets & our people, our heritage\/history from international\/external threats & incursions?<\/p>\n\n\n\n The media and NGO network\/\u2019civic society\u2019<\/strong> together with a plethora\nof faith-based organizations all of which are funded by western foreign\ngovernments are tasked to do what at one time the CIA did. Many of the locals\nco-opted into these units are not completely aware of the exact nature of their\nroles for they are simply asked to handle a seemingly innocent task as\ngathering information data (ex: a village \u2013 age groups\/professions\/religion\/economic\nstatus etc) these put into a database and covering entire Sri Lanka will enable\nthe foreign mischief makers on what type of destabilizing program can be\nlaunched in these areas to which the foreign-government funded organizations\nwill be sent to do \u2018community-development\u2019 work while using that as a pretext\nand a cover the real plan gets slowly laid out. These plans are not something\ndone over a month-year-or even years \u2013 these are well planned out generally to\nbe effective during an election. It is the same groups of individuals who\nconverge for candle lit vigils, carrying placards, carrying out well funded\nsocial media programs and well organized country-wide initiatives. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Media has been used to carry out\nnumerous tarnishing campaigns internationally spreading false stories and\nrarely apologizing or correcting distorted versions and then repeating them during\nsome international conference or session or adding the same distorted version\nas disclaimers to any story they write on Sri Lanka. <\/p>\n\n\n\n NGOs all being paid in dollars\nand loyal to their paymasters are ever ready to carry out and be mouthpiece for\nany initiative to discredit Sri Lanka or its rulers. At present they are making\ndossiers of threats to their lives and probably will create scenarios to\njustify these \u2018threats\u2019 and have them sent to UN or key foreign countries with\nthe intent of using these documents to show Sri Lanka is a threat to free media\n\u2013 media outlets and NGOs. Why go to all this trouble \u2013 please give asylum to\nevery person hating Sri Lanka. They would be happier and Sri Lanka would be\nhappy without the headache of having to deal with their lies and the negative\naura they pollute the country with. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Closer to Geneva we are likely to\nsee these two mischief makers carry out well-planned and executed kidnappings \u2013\nthreats and whatever else their fertile imaginations can come out with, have\nthese videoed, coached to cry and have all documented and electronically\narchived and sent to the UNHRC to be produced and have the GOSL held\nresponsible and become victim of another UN investigation or sanctions. Are\nthese theatrics like the Swiss affair not drama enacted for Geneva with the\nforesight to use against Sri Lanka as a threat of sanctions unless elements of\nthe UNHRC resolution or MCC are signed. Have Sri Lanka\u2019s policy makers laid out\nthese threats and challenges and drawn up political and diplomatic strategies\nto overcome them. Watch out for new youth movements and trends engulfing our\nyouth too \u2013 all these have sinister plans too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Do we know who among the media-NGOs-civil society are aligned to destabilizing Sri Lanka?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n LTTE Diaspora\/ Tamil grievance<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n We all know that the LTTE\ndiaspora or foreign governments or for that matter India doesn\u2019t care two hoots\nabout the Tamils or their grievances but given that Tamils are a minority and\nthat Tamils played a key role throughout colonial British divide and rule\npolicy, the Tamils are perfect pawn in a \u2018you scratch my back, I will scratch\nyours\u2019 type scenario against successive Sri Lankan Governments. How else can\nLTTE diaspora fronts function with a carte blanche when LTTE is banned in 32\ncountries and terrorism financing is a criminal offence in these countries.\nTherefore, it is very clear that these elements are a complimentary feature to\nWest\u2019s and India\u2019s political and diplomatic pressure for their geopolitical\nadvances. Has Sri Lanka developed a counter strategy to this? <\/p>\n\n\n\n Do we know who amongst the Tamils are aligned to this project?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Islamic fundamentalism<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Wherever US goes the Islamic\njihadis follow is nothing we can be na\u00efve not to acknowledge. All of the\nIslamic terrorist groups banned by the West are all funded and trained by\nwestern governments and their agents. The 21st<\/sup>April East Sunder Islamic\nterror didn\u2019t happen without a plan and it is no coincidence that immediately\nafter the attack the $480m \u2018grant\u2019 was announced as a \u2018gift\u2019. How prepared is\nSri Lanka to handle the latest US pivot pawn in Sri Lanka and how far this\nelement has bought over Muslim politicians, lawyers and others into their fold\nmanipulating the \u2018Islamic religion\u2019 as a key strategy for allegiance. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Do we know who amongst the Muslims are secretly aligned to this\nproject?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2018Invisible\u2019 insider traitors<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n More harmful than any of the\nabove pawns and puppets used by West\/India is the possibility of many others\nimplanted by them to be \u2018innocent\u2019 and harmless inner group functioning within\nclose ranks of the decision makers to subtly push through the plans innocently\nwith leaders overlooking the dangers or not been shown the dangers. These are\nthe most dangerous of players which the current leadership will need to be\nwatchful of. <\/p>\n\n\n\n We can all be happy with the\nmeritorious changed taking place across the country. Youth are happily using\ntheir creativity to put some colour to Sri Lanka, islandwide cleaning campaigns\nare in place, major policy decisions have taken place but all of this cannot\ntake the eyes and ears of decision makers from the real dangers being brewed\nslowly ahead of Geneva sessions and another crucial elections. Just as the\ncitizens must be kept abreast of the likely dangers and the scenarios Sri Lanka\nwill have to face, Sri Lanka\u2019s think tanks must put together the pieces of destabilizing\nelements at play working presently in isolation and in silence but will gather\nsteam and speed closer to Geneva sessions and elections. <\/p>\n\n\n\n How equipped is Sri Lanka\u2019s President and new Government is something we will have to see. We sincerely hope that we can surprise these destabilizing elements with some surprises of our own.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n Shenali D Waduge<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Sri Lanka has elected a new President. The victory is nothing that the international community are too gaga over as seen by the manner they have chosen not to even extend congratulations as common courtesy & diplomacy dictates. 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