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The present leader of this organisation does not have the capacity to think beyond his own personal quest.

probably true for dubya as well!

Tell me sir how is it that you support two completely different solutions to your countries conflict??

There is too much money and power at stake in continuing the war for the corrupt leaders presently to do anything more than 'play at making peace'. The cynical games played by GOSL/LTTE at peace-making has only further soured the mood of the people who are fed up with the misery of war but are just as weary of the promise of peace.

Regarding US empire building: I hope you would agree that even amongst international relations theorists, your particular interpretation based upon 'human nature' is just one amongst a host of different possible theoretical approaches (neo-realists).

At its base it is more a metaphysical argument relying on some suprahistorical idea of a immutable human nature. You could just have easily said, 'God decrees that man is sinful therefore his earthly kingdoms will always be corrupt and iniquitous'. But as one who does not subscribe to a Judeo-Christian-Islamic conception of God I cannot kneel before your rather misanthropic prognosis for humanity.

I susbscribe to the theory that human beings make their own 'nature'. A cursory glance at history will show that every empire, in every form of social domination the rulers have relied on arguments of the inevitability of such domination using 'god', 'human nature' etc to justify their rule. Humanity has made their way from slavery to the present day not by believing in the inevitablity of anything except perhaps their own freedom.

TO preface my answer, i would say that the parties that subscribe to such names and countries which claim such systems are none that I believe are socialist.

I beleive in the great potential of human solidarity. I don't believe in the system of capitalism which posits the private pursuit of profit as the most important human endeavour. I believe other endeavours, caring for each other, the pursuit of leisure, the pursuit of art, living in sync with our environment and other things are more important than the pursuit of profit. The World Social Forum and the new anti-capitalist movements that crystallized after Seattle 1999 are the beginings I believe of searching for a contemporary alternative to the imperialist system.

Tell me sir how is it that you support two completely different solutions to your countries conflict??

Second .. Tell me sir .. why are the areas under Thamil Tiger control so abjectly poor when it is a well documented fact that the organisation receives millions in monthly contributions from the expatriate thamil diaspora??

why does in not import essential items for the people it supposedly represents since it has already advertised to the world that it functions as a pseudo state??

If indeed Thamil Tigers have a magnificent administrative structure why has it allowed the Sri Lankan Governments public services administration to function in areas under its control?

Why is that according to international NGO reports that no civil or criminal case can be filed against any LTTE cadre in its kangaroo courts??

I guess when youre a super power you can do whatever you can and call it whatever you want!