Experts of the free world have failed to see the bigger picture

Many military strategists, political analysts and terror experts in the free world have either failed to recognise the deeper issues in Sri Lanka or they have deliberately applied a methodology to cause one of the greatest humanitarian tragedies of the century.

In any conflict resolution or problem solving exercise, one of the most important parts is to see a bigger picture and define the problem accurately. What goes wrong very often is that the parties who come forward to solve an issue tend to focus on just part of the problem or they try to deal with the symptoms instead of the root cause.

It will be worse, when a party deliberately implement a wrong solution to a problem with hidden agendas.

When they do that, they don’t just fail to solve the main issue but they even end up making the real problem much bigger.

Complexities in the Sri Lankan civil war very often make even the so called wise to misinterpret the truths and make decisions against the vulnerable in the society.

A complete jigsaw puzzle that shows a crying baby can be made into a monster if half of the pieces are removed.

Instead of becoming sympathetic towards the crying baby, the jigsaw player is now confronted with a monster that is made up of half of the pieces.

Those who considered that LTTE was the only problem had failed to understand that they were missing half of the pieces in the puzzle.

Implementing solutions without understanding a problem can cost innocent lives and what has happened in Sri Lanka in the last few months is a proof for this.

Sri Lankan Puppets in the Hands of Emerging Superpowers

Tamils

How many Tamils are employed in southern Sri Lankan companies? (See the
number of high caliber Tamils in Sri Lankan banking sector, see hotel trade,
see film trade, see other industries)
Do they experience any hardship professionally due to ethnicity? If so, how
come they hold such high positions?

See how many Tamil kids are getting educated in International schools? They
have outnumbered other ethnicities.

Royal college has Tamil medium, DS has Tamil medium. So many Sinhala major
government schools have Tamil medium and they share equal opportunities. How
many Tamil major schools have Sinhala medium?

Private schools like St. Thomas’, Trinity etc have quite a large number of
Tamil students.

Travel Wellawatte, Dematagoda, Dehiwala, Kotahena etc and see the number of
Tamils sharing the comforts.

Go to Pettah market and Fort. Walk along the streets and see how many Tamils
are doing business there.

Start from Kotahena and travel passing Dehiwala. Sinhala shops are
outnumbered by Tamil traders. I don’t see any hardship put on them.

Get into a bus and listen how many speak in Tamil.

Try to find a single Sinhala board in Wellawatte. All are Tamil and English.

Go to a government campus. Let’s say Colombo campus. See the number of Tamil
students. See the number of Tamil lecturers. They share equal opportunities.
I never saw them being humiliated except they themselves had divisions
saying Batticaloa Tamil, Jaffna Tamil and Upcountry Tamil. They have a
separate Tamil Union, their cultural events, their religious events.

How many kovils are there in Colombo?

See the number of Sinhalese visiting kovils and Tamil shops. Doesn’t it
display the harmony?

How many Tamil representatives are in the parliament?

See the number of Tamil youth musicians in Colombo.

Please consider these statistics. If somebody can come up with numbers and
percentages, it would reveal the truth. This is what we should call
rational. Our generation should not waste time on arguing what’s unknown to
us and what’s not experienced by us. Live today, not yesterday.

Jaffna and Trincomalee have ports, heavy industries, bus stations, railway
stations, radio and TV broadcasting stations, universities and so many other
facilities.

Sinhalese

How many Sinhalese are in Northern and Eastern part of Sri Lanka? (North
none, East, 25%)

How many Sinhala medium schools are there in Northern Sri Lanka? (None)

How many Sinhala employees are in Northern Sri Lankan offices and
industries? (None)

How many temples are there in Northern and Eastern Sri Lanka? (One, at
Nagadeepa)

Can a Sinhalese travel unharmed in Northern Sri Lanka? (Perhaps now, after
the defeat of the LTTE)

How many Sinhalese are in Northern and Eastern universities? (None)

Now, answer me. Where is ethnic cleansing?

Now, for the US Congress and the British Parliament:

It is up to you to analyze and understand the real facts rather than just
believing propaganda like “ GENOCIDE ” that is just invented propaganda
to mislead you .

Americans didn’t know they were under attack by Osama until it happened.
British started shooting innocent people thinking that they are terrorists
(they couldn’t identify the difference!) . So, as a matter of fact there is
no way for them to understand what’s happening thousands of miles away in
Sri Lanka . They are simply believing what LTTE propaganda operatives are
feeding them .

First stop what you have started. Clear off Iraq and Afghanistan. Even
with all the power you have, you are still unable to solve the problems.
Sri Lanka doesn’t need dumb, swollen headed Yankees and brutal killers of
Britain who have slain millions of Sri Lankans in imperial Ceylon.

If you can’t understand, if don’t want to take the trouble to understand,
MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS.

DBSJ RESPONDS:

Appane Sunda

Vanakkam

This article was written for Hindu. It was later posted on my blog. That’s how you saw it. I dont think you are the kind of guy who reads leader page articles in any newspaper let alone the Hindu. I suppose Tamilnet is the mother of all news for you.

Also the same article was reproduced by The Sunday Leader in Colombo also. You know that paper edited by my friend Lasantha who was killed by Mahinda’s goons.? Now even a person of your intelligence will not say the Sunday leader is doing propaganda for Mahinda.

If so why did the leader reproduce it? Think Sunda think. I know its a strenuous exercise for you but please try hard and do it. Think its your “varalaatrukkadamai” (historical duty). Obviously the leader found the article was good enough to be reproduced regardless of it being posted in “The Hindu”.

So Sunda you must try and read the articles first and not dismiss something simply because it appeared FIRST in a newspaper you dont approve of. The lotus blooms in the mud. The pearl forms in an oyster.

Please make an efffort to read this article in full and then come out with your response. But if you find it tough to read just drop it. You should not trouble your overtaxed brain further.

Also about Hindu, do you know its long association with the struggle for Tamil rights in Sri Lanka?

I dont think so

Al

western countries can only make a nuisance of themselves in this region. aligning themselves with the western powers was another big LTTE mistake in an unending series towards the end. this would have obviously turned off india who were already smarting under a series of insults heaped on them by the LTTE.

the sooner the LTTE supporters realise that -
” INDIA & CHINA ARE THE ONLY POWERS IN THE REGION THAT CAN MAKE DECISIVE CHANGES TO THE POWER BALANCE OF SRI LANKA” – the better for them. others are only of nuisance value..

People such as yourself should return to Sri Lanka to help rebuild our nation. Your analysis is even handed, and provides a beautiful analysis of the aspirations of the tamil people as well as how the LTTE has squandered a golden opportunity for the Tamils of Sri Lanka to win their rights, and address their grievances. COngratulations!

Thank You…………DBSJ

After doing all the destruction and harm to Majority Sinhalese population how LTTE and the sympathizers of LTTE could ask total normalize within a day or two. If you go back to Dollar and Kent farm massacre, the attacks at Jaysri Bodhiya, Aranthalawa, Dalada Maligawa we have lot to heal. All this will take time, and both people will have to be patient and tolerant towards each other to make this a reality. But there will be the dormant LTTE sympathizers who will be there to make capital out of short comings.

We have to work on Trust issue on both people before we go far. You know LTTE never had got involved in peace talks to address political issues. When you see the stockpiles of weapons, ammunitions, trenches, bunds, bunkers it is not rocket science to know what the intentions of the LTTE. The resources poured by the aid agencies and the Tamil Diaspora has been diverted not for the welfare of ordinary Tamil people. No development effort has been undertaken in the area dominated by the LTTE. The children have lost their education and other civil amenities have been severely curtailed. The so called court system has been used to punish people who are opposing their view.

I have responded to you in an earlier post. You must find another target not me…………DBSJ

I will pray for peace amongst all ethnicities forever and a day!

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