I couldn't help myself :) ..
Air-strike, a warning to SLAF- Thamilchelvan
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=21712
a couple of interesting points:
''..The Liberation Tigers of Tamileelam (LTTE) as a liberation movement is championing the cause of political liberation of the Tamil people, running a responsible governing apparatus with a clear democratic mandate of the Tamil people, and has progressed to a matured state formation process..''
''..Our military infrastructure operates in the very same way as any other conventional military infrastructure of a state,'' he said..
''a matured state formation process''!!.. :)
maybe someone should send TC a copy of this memo cause he obviously hasn't seen it..
2000 - Democrat
..In what has been one of the most powerful statements against the creation of an independent Tamil Eelam, Pickering said it would be ''a dead planet'' without recognition by the international community.
''In effect it is the international community that is the arbiter of who becomes a state and who does not, through a process of recognition and establishment of relations. At the moment, I see this (an independent Eelam) as sort of becoming a dead planet, if that is what it wants to be,'' Pickering said.
Thomas Pickering
U.S. Under-Secretary of State for Political Affairs
2000
http://www.hinduonnet.com/fline/fl1712/17121200.htm
2006 - Republican
..''We also believe that the Tamil Tigers, the LTTE, is a terrorist group responsible for massive bloodshed in the country and we hold the Tamil Tigers responsible for much of what has gone wrong in the country,'' said Burns.
Burns added: ''We are not neutral in this respect. We support the Government. We have a good relationship with the Government. ''
''We believe the Government has a right to try to protect the territorial integrity and sovereignty of the country. The Government has a right to protect the stability and security in the country..''
R. Nicholas Burns
U.S. Under-Secretary of State for Political Affairs
2006
http://www.dailynews.lk/2006/11/27/fea03.asp
Things havent changed geezer :)
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