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Many of the Sinhala and Tamil `patriots` living outside Sri Lanka, expecially the educated ones, are just plain hypocrites. Now is the time to reflect back and pat themselves on the back for these achievements -
[Sri Lanka`s Path to Destruction] I am not going to mince words here. The attempt to charge the current Sri Lanka Army Commander and the President`s brother with war crimes distracts from the even more insidious reality of the political bankruptcy of the State. When the dust finally settles on the ongoing world economic crisis (meltdowns in some cases), Sri Lanka will be forced to reconcile with Reality Check 101. What is the Sri Lankan economy based on? It had been sustained by foreign bank loans, foreign direct investments, remittances sent by expatriate workers, garment and tea exports, and the tourism industry. Sri Lanka`s economy is still an under-developed economy that relies heavily on foreign remittances and exports generated by low-skilled labor. Yet, it has been waging costly war that is not only unsustainable, but is doing permanent damage to its economy and its people. The political elite in Colombo and the military leaders in Vanni should all be punished by the people of Sri Lanka for ruining the country`s chances to have a fully developed, sustainable economy. The war is continuing to mask these truths: [What is the reality in the northeast part (especially the North) of the country?] There is no functioning economy activity in a sense that is quantifiable and gauged. The economy of this region has been devastated. The war has completely ruined the infrastructure needed to support commerce. It will take something like a Marshall Plan to rebuild the infrastructure and develop an economy suitable for meeting the challenges posed by globalization (in addition to meeting the local demand for food). The Tamil culture is also in the process of being slowly choked off of whatever life it still had prior to the onset of current military engagements more than three years ago(not just two going back to Mavilaru). Many of the people with the skills and knowledge needed to rebuild its society and the economy have left the country all together. I doubt many of them will ever come back. What the Boxing Day Tsunami didn`t take away from the people, the war did and came back for more. Many of the houses and fishing hamlets reconstructed after the Tsunami have been destroyed again. I call it double whammy effect (tripe for some). Is man more evil than nature? |
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