The head of the Sri Lankan army says the military aims to kill three thousand Tamil Tiger rebels over the next six months.
Marketing strategy
The public too has bought into this marketing strategy of the government with stories doing the rounds that LTTE Leader Velupillai Pirapaharan was injured in an air strike and exaggerated figures of Tiger casualties from the battle zone being the order of the day, giving further credence to the perception the war is about to end.
To a discerning observer of the psychological warfare and the propaganda waged by the state during the last few weeks in particular, it will not be lost that for every soldier killed, at least 10 to 20 Tigers paid the ultimate price, thus helping keep the morale in the south at an all time high.
The President however knows only too well such propaganda will only buy him limited space and with the full impact of the economic crunch expected to bite the people before end April as the government gets set to print more money to fund its expenses the feel good bubble is bound to burst