The Sri Lankan President, Mahinda Rajapaksa, deserves the congratulations of all Sir Lankan regardless of their ethnicity. More than any other community, the Sri Lankan Tamils owe him their thanks for ending their misery. As every body knows Tamils in Sri Lanka were under the delusion of Tamil Eelam. His victory should at last cure this mental illness of …
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Lessons from the Tiger defeat By Anita Pratap
Prabhakaran is the first iconic victim of a tectonic shift in world affairs There are lessons to be learnt from the rout of the LTTE. These lessons span the entire spectrum—from cosmic justice, international geopolitics and national agendas to character flaws. The first and foremost lesson is that Sri Lanka’s victory symbolises the crystallisation of …
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One after the other political leaders from the west, especially Britain and France, rushed to the island to show their humanitarian concern for the displaced Tamils who were used as human shield by the now defeated Liberation Tigers of Tamil Elam, LTTE, which claimed to fight for the interest of this very same people. However, these Western politicians’ …
Read More »Human Rights By Dr D. Chandraratna Perth, W. A
The Europeans who are now championing the cause of human rights ought to remember that in their original conception in the West they were not meant to apply to all human beings. By and large they covered only the human beings of European extraction. Even James Mill, the English philosopher (1806-73) who is often quoted as the great thinker in …
Read More »Unexceptional Americans By Noam Chomsky
Another standard pretext for torture is the context: the “war on terror” that Bush declared after 9/11. A crime that rendered traditional international law “quaint” and “obsolete” — so George W. Bush was advised by his legal counsel Alberto Gonzales, later appointed Attorney General. The doctrine has been widely reiterated in one form or another in commentary and analysis. The …
Read More »New Dream for Tear Drop Island – Part 2
Atricle Continuation from New Dream for Tear Drop Island. Regrouping Under the circumstances, it is impossible for the LTTE to regroup. Numerous factors that favoured the LTTE in their early stages had turned against them today. The changing regional and international political scenarios virtually crippled the LTTE with India, Pakistan China and Russia standing behind Sri Lankan government while …
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