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Peace, Only an Illusion in Sri Lanka

There will not be any sense of real peace in Sri Lanka for the foreseeable future. As no real effort has been taken to bring reconciliation between the two communities, the ethnic conflict will continue in some shape or form in the foreseeable future. Why? Too much blood has been spilled, going back at least 25 years. I can recall a number of incidents where the people were slaughtered like chickens. The vicious cycle of violence keeps reminding the people (who want to forget and move on) how they suffered previously. A real sad spectacle in Sri Lanka. Can either party to the war claim innocence? Both the LTTE and the Sri Lanka military and its paramilitary affiliates are steeped in the blood of the innocents. And in fighting for these State and non-State entities, more than 50,000 Sri Lankan youths have died! At least an equal number permanently injured and disabled, in addition to creating a widow and orphan population that exists in Sri Lanka today.

If Mahinda Rajapakse is truly serious about bringing peace to Sri Lanka, then he should try to reach out to the Tamil Diaspora. That is why I wrote the following last week (re-posted afterwards). I knew my requests would fall on deaf ears. Both Velupillai Prabhakaran and Mahinda Rajapakse cannot betray their bases, even if they want to. Because, at the end of the day, both men are shrewd politicians first. Unfortunately, the Tamil people in the northeast of the country and Sinhala families in the rest of the country will continue to suffer. This is their curse. Sri Lanka will have to wait for a new generation of leaders, both Sinhala and Tamil, who are not tainted by the 25-year old ethnic conflict. Neither the current political leadership in Colombo nor the various Tamil political/militant leaders are up to the challenge. Even if they try, their words and actions will be viewed with suspicion by the other side (or people within their own communities who suffered as result of their actions).

The reactions I saw in LNP, both from Sinhalese and Tamil readers after Kilinochi was captured provided more than just a clue of where the extremists from both sides stand. More often than not, the moderate voices (especially coming from the Tamils) are drowned by the extremist voices in LNP. This is why I started to write in LNP in November. I continued to write even after few suggested that I write to transcurrents.com instead. Why? Because, I realized that the 'typical mindset' who contributes to the LNP actually reflected what the average Sinhalaese or Tamil expatriate believes in. I tried to reach to them, but realize now that it was a wasteful exercise. With the exception of few people, especially those I have directly communicated with, this forum is dominated by extremists from both sides. Eventually, when a new generation of leaders take the helm in Sri Lanka, it really would not matter what the expatriate Sri Lankans think. The real tragedy is that many of them, especially the Tamils, have instilled hatred of the Sinhala people in their children. So, hate will be passed on to the future generation like the heirlooms our people brought with them from Sri Lanka.

Retiring to the sidelines for now.
-Yarlan

Daisy, Daisy,
shut that trap, PLEASE do!
Your half crazy,
Most of this is true!

Imagine how Praba is running from bunker to bunker with that big belly :):) lol