“The LTTE is in a defensive mode today, fighting for its own survival in the territorial and politico- military space it had bravely and brutally carved for itself at great cost to the Tamils, over three decades. Even if the LTTE, overcomes the odds stacked against it by the Sri Lankan armed forces and the other forces- both internal and external- aligned with the government, it is no longer relevant as a liberation movement. It has earned itself a nuisance-curse value in the future of the Tamils, by its callous brutality, absence of a realistic vision , total lack of political acumen and moral principles, unbridled arrogance and a lack of respect for the people it claims to represent. The LTTE has led us for three decades on a ‘ Wild Goose chase’ that has almost destroyed us as a people. The LTTE has become an unbearable burden we have to unload from our shoulders. The sooner the better!”

The rest of the article is here: http://transcurrents.com/tc/2008/09/tamils_in_sri_lanka_time_to_po.html#more

Perhaps it’ll teach you something about what your worshipped LTTE has done for the Tamil people.

Really? Please quote where I’ve defended MR or even mentioned him in my first response to you. Try not to be childish, Sam.

“The comparison between Radovan Karadzhic and MR is very appropriate whether you accept it or not”

Ha ha my acceptance or rejection of it is immaterial, but thanks. The point is that the international community has rejected it. There is not a single indictment against ANY Sri Lankan leader, past or present (never mind MR). On the other hand, Prabha is wanted for murder in India, and the LTTE and its auxiliaries are illegal in most of the world. Not a single nation or body is willing to pledge support to Eelam even if UDI’d; not even your friend Norway. How can a gang of thugs expect to be treated as a nation?

“The military action of both were directed to gravely harm and destroy an ethnic group. ”

Not in SL it’s not. We’ve got Tamil parliamentarians and Tamil political parties, a Tamil Chief Minister. We had a Tamil foreign minister til the LTTE killed him. In fact, the greatest harm done to the Tamil ethnic group has been by the LTTE.

“Both were mindless about the lives of the opposite ethnic group and their property”

What is this “opposing ethnic group”? The Tamils are divided in their support. We have Tamil militants fighting the LTTE, and Tamil politicians in parliament. We have a Tamil population equal in size (at least) to the NE Tamils living in the south. Where is this opposing ethnic group? Surely you’re not suggesting that the Tigers are an ethnic group?

“They are identical “partners” in the sme type of criminal game.”

You mean like the “Axis of Evil”?

“MR may not yet be under indictment but the time for MR is coming soon”

Around the same time as Eelam, perhaps?

“That is why he refused the UN Human Rights Monitors and started “running away” from them,”

Jogging round Temple Trees?

“You say that before MR is indicted, the UN will be looking at the murderers of two presidents. Presidents who were murdered were the “Commanders in Chief” of the two armies the LTTE was fighting against. Therefore, the deaths can be said of as military personnel in a freedom war”

Well, tough shit, but political leaders are considered civilians by the UN, so don’t bank on that argument. Since the LTTE uses women and children as fighters, the GoSL should be justified (by your logic) in killing them, since they are either combatants, or supporters of combatants, and therefore part of the infrastructure. Mothers of Tigers support the Tigers, right? Genius, Sammy.

“It is the intention to destroy a people of an ethnic group which is the crime.”

Exactly. So where is this intention. Talking about it won’t make it real. On the other hand, there are countless recorded incidents of LTTE targeting civilians as a matter of policy — Central Bank, bus and train bombings, A’pura Bo Tree attack, Dollar Farms, border villages, ethnic cleansing of the NE Muslims, etc etc etc. Policy proves intention. There is no GoSL policy on exterminating Tamils.

“MR has to duly answer in the International Criminal Court for the crimes he did, when indicted.”

Which crimes are these? Be specific, please, Sam. Generalised “oh he wants to exterminate us” won’t really do.

“I am glad that you agree that murderers who have ” killed thousands of his own people, and sent hundreds of women and little children to their deaths” should be punished. Are not the citizens of any country, even if Tamils,. the own people of the head of state, the president?”

So if you come over and kill me today, Sam, the president is to blame? Or if I come over and kill you tomorrow, it’s the president’s fault? Oh dear. Poor bugger. So perhaps you should indict MR for the murder of Rajiv Ghandhi, since Prabha (the murderer) is an SL citizen. Stupefying logic, Sam. Do go on.

“But when Karadzhic and MR are in the same boat, one being charged for war crime and the other not, would be injustice.”

Really? So then trying Adolf Eichmann but not Yasir Arafat is injustice? Ha ha. Sam, try and have some perspective. The world is not a fairy tale book with good and evil. You have to be a George Bush to think that.

“Have you ever heard of “transitional justice”.? Even the traitors who promote civilian killings, even if they belong to the same ethnic group, are punishable.”

So you then agree that Prabha & co are criminals.

The comparison between Radovan Karadzhic and MR is very appropriate whether you accept it or not. The military action of both were directed to gravely harm and destroy an ethnic group. Both were mindless about the lives of the opposite ethnic group and their property. They both carried out collective punishment and genocide They are identical “partners” in the sme type of criminal game.

MR may not yet be under indictment but the time for MR is coming soon, as it happened to the Sudanese presdent for genocide in Darfur. In the year 2004, the UN accepted that there was genocide in Darfur but the indictment has come only in July this year. Four years later. Indictment will have to come but as to when is the question. If not, there would be no justice in this world.

MR knows what is coming. That is why he refused the UN Human Rights Monitors and started “running away” from them, so that, his genocidal acts would never come to light. Sudanese president also was “running away” in a similar manner but he was cornered into an indictment.

You say that before MR is indicted, the UN will be looking at the murderers of two presidents. Presidents who were murdered were the “Commanders in Chief” of the two armies the LTTE was fighting against. Therefore, the deaths can be said of as military personnel in a freedom war. But what Karadzhic and MR carried out were against civilians of an ethnic group.

It does not matter how many or how less people were killed. It is the intention to destroy a people of an ethnic group which is the crime.

If LTTE killed women and civilians deliberately they will have to account for it but two wrongs don’t make one right. MR has to duly answer in the International Criminal Court for the crimes he did, when indicted.. I am glad that you agree that murderers who have ” killed thousands of his own people, and sent hundreds of women and little children to their deaths” should be punished. Are not the citizens of any country, even if Tamils,. the own people of the head of state, the president? For this reason, the offence is viewed seriously by the UN when the crime comes from any head of state.

You might have not yet seen the “slightest inclination” of any war crime action coming. But when Karadzhic and MR are in the same boat, one being charged for war crime and the other not, would be injustice.

I hope now you understand who the war criminals are.

Have you ever heard of “transitional justice”.? Even the traitors who promote civilian killings, even if they belong to the same ethnic group, are punishable. That is justice according to that principle. So even collaborators of criminals are punishable.

Thanks for the correction. I apologise for the error. It should read Radovan Kharadzic.

Strangely, you failed to correct it but came out to protect ruthless Mahinda Rajapakse.

My prophesy is that Mahinda who is ” running… running away” from the UN Human Rights Monitors will one day be dragged in a net to the Hague.

Slobo is dead. He died some two years ago. Hadn’t you heard? I think you’re a bit behind the times, Sammy, as is most of your ridiculous post.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slobodan_Milošević

The UN convention on genocide of 1948, described genocide as a crime against humanity. Unforrtunately, such a horrible crime rarely received deserving timely action from the UN, let alone disappearances, whenever it occured in different parts of the world.

In Bosnia, Rwanda and Darfur, rather than prevention of genocide and disappearances, the punishment of the offenders was done by the UN. That too, after the crime had taken its full course to destroy a part of humanity.

Sri Lanka(SL) is a failed state in conflict resolution and preserving human rights. We have no pedigree to resolve conflicts and presrve Human Rights. Observing that there were very high levels of gross Human Rights violations with impunity, prevailing in the North East(NE), the UN Human Rights Council was willing to help the citizens of SL with Human Rights Monitors. But the Government of Sri Lanka(GOSL) was defiant to the suggestion.

The defiance of Mahinda Rajapakse was similar to the defiance of Omar Al Bashir, the president of Sudan, who is now issued with an arrest warrant by the International Criminal Court.

Culprits, for fear of being caught and brought to justice often “take to their heels”. This is exactly what happened in Sudan and is happening in SL.

The former Serbian president Slobodan Milosevic “ran away” from arrest for more than 10 years but is facing charges in the Hague now, for genocide in Bosnia. Mahinda and his ilk may like to “run” for 20 years if they can.

The “running away” game from the UN Human Rights Monitors is not helping the citizens of SL at all. The siege of Kilinochchi now is similar to the siege of Sarajevo about 10 years ago. A humanitarian crisis is unfolding in Kilinochchi and Vavuniya. This has been reported to the UN Secretary General by Fr James Pathinathan, the President of the Vanni Branch of the Justice and Peace Commission.

The UN should prevent, at all cost, any repetition of the mistakes made in Rwanda, Bosnia or Sudan. Three important steps by the UN appear to be very urgent now.

Firstly, the UN should send a responsible person like the Chief of the Human Rightss Council, to undertake a tour of the internally displaced persons’ camps and hear directly from them, the incidents of violations of International humanitarian law and Human Rights law that have occured in Kilinochchi and Vavuniya.

Secondly, From his observations, the special representative of the UN should report to the UN Security Council his findings, so that, it could give an ultimatum to the GOSL to stem the civilian sufferings caused at Kilinochchi and Vavuniya.

Thirdly, a UN investigation should be launched into all violations of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights Law that have occured in the NE during the past years.

The foolish allow the ugliness of history to repeat itself but the wise prevent its recurrence. Humanity should venture to create pleasant history than allowing history to repeat its ugliness.