Hi All,
I am sure you would have heard about the recent events in SriLanka and how the war against rebels came to an end and the developing humanitarian crisis got countries world over anxious. The general secretary of the UN has described the scenes he witnessed of the war ravaged regions as "appalling".
I don't wish to take sides in this recently concluded battle. My post here is to highlight the plight of the civilians who were caught between a ruthless militia claiming to fight for their rights and an equally brutal military hell bent on "freeing" them from the clutches of terrorists. The blame for the heavy civilian casualty must be placed on both the government and the rebel forces. But i believe the SL govt must be apportioned a greater percentage of blame than the rebels.
The govt forces were using heavy artillery even at the fag end of the war knowing fully well that the rebels were using civilians as human shields and that the tigers were in no position of bouncing back. The government, even now, is restricting access to humanitarian agencies wanting to go into the war savaged areas. Close 2 hundred thousand civilians have been put under 24 hours of armed guard into a space that
is meant for a fraction of that of population .
While the SL might have won the battle, the fear is that it might have lost the war.
It has failed to cease the opportunity to impress upon the Tamil population that they have been "freed" from the hands of the LTTE. If recent events are any testimony to what is to come, I wouldn’t be surprised if an armed uprising, god forbid, is in the offing.
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I really don't know what I can say that would make sense in this series of unfortunate events. I'm not sure if my views would be unbiased, as some voice inside my mind keeps on saying that Prabhakaran was a hero, and he wasn't meant to be killed. It's like suddenly losing one of the popular landmarks of a city. I dunno why I feel that way, and I don't want to probe further. The war has ended, painting the Tamilians red.
Lets see who responds to the innumerable question marks created by this much regretted part of history.
Have to agree..The govt's handling of the issue towards the end was appaling..
Though Prabhakaran deserved to die a cruel death...one of the biggest hypocrites the world has ever seen...and a cruel one at that..
@Mani...to be frank i do get the same feeling sometimes, though i keep telling myself that hard fact points otherwise..
@praveen...thanks for dropping by..i guess Prabakaran did deserve such a death..
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