From: rs6x+@andrew.cmu.edu (Ranjith Ravindiran Suresh)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.sri-lanka
Subject: Re: The future
Date: 16 Nov 92 22:24:32 GMT
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Organization: Senior, Civil Engineering, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA

>So, the only way to settle it is to get some real people involved. 

You keep mentioning these 'real' people. Who are these? Are you refering to a 
hitherto unknown force back there. Certainly, I hope you are not
refering ENDLF, PLOT, EPRLF, etc...as REAL people. Who else? The
'dissident' faction of UNP that formed a Sinhala chauvinist part? Or the
urban elite who are far removed from the pesky problems in Northeast?
The way I see it, you are trying your best attempt at fudging reality.
The Muslim Congress can be included if they actually have
representatives from the East. 

(from the post on Nov-14)
>Does anyone really think that the LTTE is really after a peaceful settlement
>to this problem? Think about it, what would *they* do after that? Get civil
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>service jobs & start pushing papers? Nope, wrong answer. I believe that once 
>you adopt gun culture as your livelyhood, you've lost it right there. No more
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>pushing papers for you.

Wow! You wouldn't have written this ludicrous piece if had known the
extent to which how many Tamil professional are involved in matters of
concern to us. LTTE's military operations are just one facet of the
struggle. We already have an economic plan in place for an independent
country(Eelam). We can take care of civil service and all other matters
by ourselves. If you research the economic past of Ceylon, you will find
that the most productive region is Jaffna peninsula. Here's an example
of what we can do minus Japanase 'technical assistance': 
1.  Radior and small T.V station in operation in Jaffna in 1987.
2,. Agricultural research work iniated in 1986 destined to make the
North self sufficient in food production(except for rice deficit) - many
new strains of grains are already in hand. Development of products based
on local resources.

3. On the war front: deployment of many local made armaments(most of
which the government imports): mortars, grenades, armoured vehicles,
mini-rocket(1-2 mile range). There is a rumor that they have built a
crude submersible vehicle.
(and we have shipping capability too. For commercial shipping we'll just
buy them initially).

As of now, beyond the last SL defense post in Vavuniya, the police,
courts, taxation and civilian guards are all under 'LTTE.' Since most of
the infrastructure is desotroyed, administration is on a limb. If not
for the embargo, and a huge armed presence in and around Jaffna penisula
and the random aerial bombs(SL 'leadership's' way of saving Tamils from
'terrorists'), things would be much better for everyone. Do you know
even most basic medecines are on the embargo list? As long as SL armed
forces terrorize the Tamils in the North and in East, expect retaliation
in many ways and in many places. 

You see, STF(Special Task Force) learned from the Mossad how to torture
and kill Tamils. The Tigers on the other hand took a cue from the
Israeli defense strategy. Two eyes for one eye: the only way to survive
when you are facing constant threats. 

Or, one last thing: don't have illusions on who made us want the guns in
first place!

thambi