A fantastic effort at “Selecive Reading” – well done, indeed!

S) SUMMARY: In late May PolOff met the XXXXXXXXXXXX described the LTTE’s complete control of all activities that take place in Tiger-controlled territory, including forced conscription and the use of the Tamil Rehabilitation Organization (TRO) to extract money from INGOs.

On May 21, PolOff met XXXXXXXXXXXX private organization that provides assistance to refugees. XXXXXXXXXXXX described the LTTE’s “one person per family” forced conscription program. XXXXXXXXXXXX stated that the Tigers require at least one person between the ages of 18 and 35 per family to fight for the LTTE, apparently believing that if the “draftees” are at least 18 years old, the international community cannot criticize the Tigers for requiring military service.

the LTTE had ordered INGOs to provide all project funding through local NGOs, which are managed collectively by the Tamil Rehabilitation Organization (TRO). For example, XXXXXXXXXXXX receives money in its bank account from its headquarters or from international donors, then deposits the money into a separate bank account operated by a local NGO. The local NGO’s director is always a member of TRO, as are many other members of the local NGO staff. The TRO representative withdraws the money from the local NGO’s account, provides a cut to the LTTE, and distributes the rest to accomplish the particular project XXXXXXXXXXXX

XXXXXXXXXXXX accused the SLMM of turning a blind eye to LTTE forced conscription of Tamil citizens living in the Vanni. XXXXXXXXXXXX said XXXXXXXXXXXX told XXXXXXXXXXXX that “all countries are entitled to institute the draft to protect their borders.”

“There will never be a Prabhakaran again – he was a man of his times to the very end. Also the global economic picture has changed significantly over the past two decades. The incentive is not there, at least not to the same extent, for Tamil youth to take up arms (they are better off fleeing the island in a boat).”

Oh dear, now you’ve gone and done it! Destroyed their favourite fantasy of resurgent Tamil violence, which has been so useful in justifying continued disenfranchisement of the Tamils.

I’m glad you accept that the militarization is unjustified. During the war it may have been okay, to some extent, but now its a different story. There will never be a Prabhakaran again – he was a man of his times to the very end. Also the global economic picture has changed significantly over the past two decades. The incentive is not there, at least not to the same extent, for Tamil youth to take up arms (they are better off fleeing the island in a boat).

The militarization of the North is a result of the paranoia the Sri Lankan leadership is suffering from, nothing to do with racial supremacy. They think that they should protect what they gained in the hard way, and should be in the lookout for any signs of militancy in the North. True, not the ideal situation!

I don’t think many nationalists would be fond of having their education/PR in China/Burma/ Libya. All the virulent nationalists I know , choose Judeao Christian nations like USA UK AUS for all above requirements ( Take the arch racist Nalin de Silva and his sons;CA Chandraprema gives a good outlook of these Jathika Chinthanaya types in his book Years of Terror ).
Then they write in Sinhala to local third rate rags like Divaina , vilifying those same countries for not supporting SL/spread of Christianity etc.( the Great Christian Conspiracy to Convert Buddhists of Sri Lanka ) .
So this is hypocrisy of highest order, for they want to have the cake & eat it too.
As for Tamil Diaspora they too have monetary reasons similar to Sinahala nationalists to keep the flame of separatism alive. Most of these Tamils came to UK Canada claiming they are being discriminated here ( part true/part made up) ; hence it is in their interest to continue to portray our country as a pariah state.
Hence I thinks Sinhala ( false) patriots and Tamil Diaspora activists are two sides of the same coin. One needs other for their very existence.

If the war was not fought in the name of Sinhalese supremacy, then why do the North and East continue to be so heavily militarized? Several contributors to this website have written how they observed a military checkpoint or some kind of military structure every dozen kilometers, when traveling in those areas. Perhaps this is the real “political solution” Rajapakse was talking about. Not devolution, but subjugation!

Seems like you are struggling with the English language again. Henry Kissinger and I said pretty much the same thing.

Hope you also pondered Sajith Premadasa’s crisp comment on war crimes allegations.