Comments on: India: Necessity, not option http://groundviews.org/2008/04/11/india-necessity-not-option/ Groundviews is an award winning Sri Lankan citizen journalism initiative Sun, 12 Feb 2012 09:50:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: SINGH http://groundviews.org/2008/04/11/india-necessity-not-option/#comment-2879 SINGH Thu, 12 Jun 2008 20:36:37 +0000 http://www.groundviews.org/?p=827#comment-2879 As an Indian, I seriously think we should not interfere in Lanka...it is a fight between two communities in Sri Lanka and it is up to them to either come to an agreement or to kill each other. None of our business! We should protect our borders, not allow our territory/resources to be used by the combatants and strongly discourage potential troublemakers (read Pakis and Chinese) to fish in troubled waters. That being said, the role of TamilNadu parties, Chinese ingress and Paki attempts to spread their wings in this area will eventually and regretfully queer the pitch for this argument of disinterest and non-interference in Lanka's affairs. I have a strong suspicion that had Prabhakaran not made the stupid stupid error of killing Rajiv Gandhi, the Tigers would have been in much stronger position today. But stupidity has consequences and LTTE is learning this now! As an Indian, I seriously think we should not interfere in Lanka…it is a fight between two communities in Sri Lanka and it is up to them to either come to an agreement or to kill each other. None of our business! We should protect our borders, not allow our territory/resources to be used by the combatants and strongly discourage potential troublemakers (read Pakis and Chinese) to fish in troubled waters. That being said, the role of TamilNadu parties, Chinese ingress and Paki attempts to spread their wings in this area will eventually and regretfully queer the pitch for this argument of disinterest and non-interference in Lanka’s affairs.

I have a strong suspicion that had Prabhakaran not made the stupid stupid error of killing Rajiv Gandhi, the Tigers would have been in much stronger position today. But stupidity has consequences and LTTE is learning this now!

]]> By: nihal pathirana http://groundviews.org/2008/04/11/india-necessity-not-option/#comment-2569 nihal pathirana Thu, 17 Apr 2008 05:12:53 +0000 http://www.groundviews.org/?p=827#comment-2569 India never came to help Srilanka,they came to to look after their own interests.The crux of the problem was the Trincomalle harbour which JR wanted to give it to the Americans as a base which Indira gandhi from very inception protested to Srilanka over this matter. I can remember how India hired two submarines from the then Soviet Union to guard the Indian Ocean from any foreign forces entering in their Southern border. India has enough of ethnic conflicts with in their own soil, recentlly a bomb went off in one of the cities in Assam killing innocent people. Already twenty thousand people have been killed in Assam.There are other states such as Nagaland and Kashmir too.India has to put the record straight before they take foreign assignement in other countries in peace processes. India never came to help Srilanka,they came to to look after their own interests.The crux of the problem was the Trincomalle harbour which JR wanted to give it to the Americans as a base which Indira gandhi from very inception protested to Srilanka over this matter. I can remember how India hired two submarines from the then Soviet Union to guard the Indian Ocean from any foreign forces entering in their Southern border. India has enough of ethnic conflicts with in their own soil, recentlly a bomb went off in one of the cities in Assam killing innocent people. Already twenty thousand people have been killed in Assam.There are other states such as Nagaland and Kashmir too.India has to put the record straight before they take foreign assignement in other countries in peace processes.

]]> By: groundviews http://groundviews.org/2008/04/11/india-necessity-not-option/#comment-2566 groundviews Wed, 16 Apr 2008 12:24:11 +0000 http://www.groundviews.org/?p=827#comment-2566 "Stressing that Norway was having "very open communications" with India on the ethnic strife in Sri Lanka, the envoy said: "We are consulting with them very frequently because we think India has a lot of good advice to give." See http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/000200804151441.htm “Stressing that Norway was having “very open communications” with India on the ethnic strife in Sri Lanka, the envoy said: “We are consulting with them very frequently because we think India has a lot of good advice to give.”

See http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/000200804151441.htm

]]> By: Exiled http://groundviews.org/2008/04/11/india-necessity-not-option/#comment-2538 Exiled Sun, 13 Apr 2008 07:50:27 +0000 http://www.groundviews.org/?p=827#comment-2538 to believe in Rajapakse and his military strategy is like believing in Prabakaran and his boys.... god help us to believe in Rajapakse and his military strategy is like believing in Prabakaran and his boys…. god help us

]]> By: Raj http://groundviews.org/2008/04/11/india-necessity-not-option/#comment-2525 Raj Sat, 12 Apr 2008 09:44:31 +0000 http://www.groundviews.org/?p=827#comment-2525 The writer of this article seems to do what all casual interlopers in Sri Lanka's affairs does; that is, carefully select the issues they wish to discuss to enable them to come up with a ridiculous conclusion. It is silly to leave out the discussion of why the conflict has reached this point. Quite simply, the LTTE have been given four opportunities to negotiate a settlement. Every time they put up some inconsequential canard to abandon the talks. They are a ruthless fanatical bunch of genocidal maniacs. If proof is necessary all we have to do is interrogate their political rationale. What is it? There is none. There is no political programme to improve the conditions of Tamils in Sri Lanka. Their only reson d'etre is war and murder, without a political programme they are no different from Al Qeda. Actually, the Arab fanatics have more reason to fight than the Tamils. Because there is no political programme to form the basis of any negotiated settlement, there is no role for any third party mediator. The decision to fight till the LTTE is completely destroyed was not a decision that was lightly taken by Nationalists hell bent on war. On the contrary, the government of Sri Lanka realised there had to be more than a military solution if the conflict was to be ended. President Rajapukse has shown where his priorities lie. Once a region is liberated he has organised elections immediately afterwards. Giving the Tamils and others ( Muslims and Singhalese) the opportunity to elect their own representatives. The majority party will probably be given the chance to appoint a governor for the provincial council. we should not think that because India claims she is sitting on the sidelines she is doing nothing. India needs a united peaceful neighbour in the south. A friend in an unfriendly world. she made the mistake of arming and training Tamil terrorism in order to annex Trincomalee harbour. She thought she could control the Tamils. The results were catastrophic for her. Ms Ranawana should bare in mind the negative consequences of India becoming too involved in Sri Lanka's problems. No one is going to be happy with a botched deal. The satistics she used seemed to contradict her analysis. Sri Lankans are not the pathetic barbarians Westerners like to think we are. What everyone needs to remember is that just as in Afganistan and Iraq ( so the USA would have us believe) a military victory is only the prelude to a political settlement. The writer of this article seems to do what all casual interlopers in Sri Lanka’s affairs does; that is, carefully select the issues they wish to discuss to enable them to come up with a ridiculous conclusion. It is silly to leave out the discussion of why the conflict has reached this point. Quite simply, the LTTE have been given four opportunities to negotiate a settlement. Every time they put up some inconsequential canard to abandon the talks. They are a ruthless fanatical bunch of genocidal maniacs. If proof is necessary all we have to do is interrogate their political rationale. What is it? There is none. There is no political programme to improve the conditions of Tamils in Sri Lanka.

Their only reson d’etre is war and murder, without a political programme they are no different from Al Qeda. Actually, the Arab fanatics have more reason to fight than the Tamils. Because there is no political programme to form the basis of any negotiated settlement, there is no role for any third party mediator.

The decision to fight till the LTTE is completely destroyed was not a decision that was lightly taken by Nationalists hell bent on war. On the contrary, the government of Sri Lanka realised there had to be more than a military solution if the conflict was to be ended. President Rajapukse has shown where his priorities lie. Once a region is liberated he has organised elections immediately afterwards. Giving the Tamils and others ( Muslims and Singhalese) the opportunity to elect their own representatives. The majority party will probably be given the chance to appoint a governor for the provincial council.

we should not think that because India claims she is sitting on the sidelines she is doing nothing. India needs a united peaceful neighbour in the south. A friend in an unfriendly world. she made the mistake of arming and training Tamil terrorism in order to annex Trincomalee harbour. She thought she could control the Tamils. The results were catastrophic for her. Ms Ranawana should bare in mind the negative consequences of India becoming too involved in Sri Lanka’s problems. No one is going to be happy with a botched deal. The satistics she used seemed to contradict her analysis.

Sri Lankans are not the pathetic barbarians Westerners like to think we are. What everyone needs to remember is that just as in Afganistan and Iraq ( so the USA would have us believe) a military victory is only the prelude to a political settlement.

]]> By: jan http://groundviews.org/2008/04/11/india-necessity-not-option/#comment-2522 jan Sat, 12 Apr 2008 05:21:14 +0000 http://www.groundviews.org/?p=827#comment-2522 I am amazed that indian commentators have the gall to advocate indian invovement in srilanka having trained armed and financed the terrorist movement . india cannot be trusted to be a fair mediator. India should leave sri lanka , nepal and other sub continental countries alone. The ordinary citizens in these countries hate india. With all its internal problems not addressed it is best she deals with them and stabilise its own country. A fair interlocular in the sri lankan problem would be china in my view. I am amazed that indian commentators have the gall to advocate indian invovement in srilanka having trained armed and financed the terrorist movement . india cannot be trusted to be a fair mediator. India should leave sri lanka , nepal and other sub continental countries alone. The ordinary citizens in these countries hate india. With all its internal problems not addressed it is best she deals with them and stabilise its own country. A fair interlocular in the sri lankan problem would be china in my view.

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