Devil’s Logic triumphs on Easter Sunday

Tilak Dias Ph.D.

15th April 2009

(Ref- HRW Letter to CMAG --Full Report-(HRW-15/04/09))
Some governments in the West spearheaded by the UK and Norway appeared to have given momentum to the malicious disinformation campaign of terrorists and its Diaspora.   Their cohorts like HRW and UNO have also jumped in the bandwagon.   As the pressure mounted, the Sri Lankan military and humanitarian operations came to an abrupt pause over the Easter Sunday.  The Sri Lankan military has been carrying out a rescue operations of civilians, hitherto unseen in any civil conflict in the world while conducting a successful   offensive against the most barbaric terrorist group which has held Tamil civilians as a human shield.   It is not intriguing as to why these humanitarians have failed to see the truth.   The Devil’s Logic which sees evil as good and good as evil is the main reason.   That is what prevailed over the Eastern Sunday in Sri Lanka.  

According to norms of the civilized world, to render good for evil is divine; to render good for good is human; to render evil for evil is brutish; and to render evil for good is devilish. 

Throughout the conflict in Sri Lanka, government and its military forces have been adopting divine, humane and brute modes in dealing with scourge of terrorism.   On the contrary Tamil Terrorists and its cohorts like Norway, UK and its appendages such as HRW, UNO and other INGOS have consistently adopted one and only one mode-the devilish mode-which renders evil for good.   Every window of ceasefire (1987-2009) was marked by terrorists killing innocent civilians and gunning down military personnel in hundreds while partners of  Sri Lankan terrorists  like Norway enriched the terror outfit with military hardware and know-how and HRW provided  the humanitarian cover.  It was no different on past Easter Sunday when terrorist celebrated the military pause by killing 9 civilians and a soldier claiming the pause a ruse.   Meanwhile, its staunchest ally HRW walked lock step with LTTE urging commonwealth nations to pressure Sri Lanka for a longer ceasefire.  For all these God believing nations and their allied institutions, I have to this to say.  There is nothing in the world that renders people more unlike Christian and more like Satan—than to argue for the sinful liberty of perpetuation of terrorism. 

When countries like Israel sends their bombers to bomb convoys of trucks in Sudan suspected of carrying weapons to Hams and when USA and its handmaiden UK and other allies preemptively attack nations it deems a threat, killing and displacing millions of civilians (i.e. Pakistan, Iraq and Afghanistan) why can not a democratically elected government of a sovereign country like Sri Lanka combat terrorism in its own country?  

Perhaps one can reason that operations of Sri Lankan forces may have stunned the world because there is neither the UN—the so called expert in such affairs-nor the countries of advanced military capabilities is involved in this humanitarian operation.  The role of INGOs and NGOs has also rendered redundant in Sri Lankan situation as its forces are playing a dual role.   

Is this the reason for huge outcry asking a role to play in this conflict by the non-entity called International Community including the UN? I am baffled by the abrupt pause of operations.  The question that comes to my mind is: Is Sri Lanka still a colony of the UK or has it become a private business enterprise of so called “Donor Group” Norway, Japan, US and the UK?   Otherwise, I do not see any reason why, the Sri Lankan Government should halt its military and humanitarian operations under pressure.   Tamil Diaspora’s scream of bloody murder should not warrant such a pause as they are no longer constituents of Sri Lanka.  They have opted out and become citizens of Norway, UK, USA and Australia in a relative luxury.  Sri Lankan government’s responsibility should be toward its constituents who have been bleeding for thirty years due to terrorism.  Sri Lankan government should carry out the mandate given it by the Sri Lankans who voted the government to power to eradicate terrorism from the country and make it a peaceful place for everybody to live without discrimination based on caste, creed, religion or nationality.   

Why would a Government elected by its legitimate constituents heed the bogus call of non-constituents who have funded the perpetuation of  terrorism for 30 years?   Looking at the world capitals where the terrorist Diaspora roam, it appears that all the dollars, Sterling pounds, and Kroner that  previously went to procuring illegal arms, drug trafficking and money laundering are now being diverted to lobbying the Western governments and organizing massive rallies.    As a result,   some MPs of UK parliament and allied forces like HRW are even calling to expel Sri Lanka from the forum of Commonwealth.  Alas! Are we still proud to be part of this forum which constituted the shameful institution called Colonialism?  It is like the rapist threatening to expel the victims of rape from the Association of Victims.  Sri Lanka should be more than glad to opt out voluntarily.  

If the Sri Lankan government is doing the right thing it has nothing to fear.   Is the fear because “Donor Group” will not finance Sri Lanka’s development projects?  If that is the case, Sri Lanka for all practical economic and political purposes is a dependent entity and has no sovereignty to protect by this type of war.  It is therefore, better to give up rather than continuing the war by sacrificing precious lives of Sri Lankan soldiers because they are more worthy human beings than barbaric LTTE terrorists.  

If that is the case, in stead of conducting the war, Sri Lanka should immediately begin a new project to become politically and economically independent, sovereign nations like China and India.    How can Sri Lanka do it? It is very simple.  Great Parakrama Bahu did not apply for IMF loans but he made the Isle, the granary of the East.  What Sri Lanka should do is go back to the era of self sufficiency and begin eating rice and yams instead spending money on corn-fed beef and pizza.  After all Great Mahatma Gandhi brought the British Empire to its knees by wearing home spun cotton and making his own salt.  Only such a step will teach a lesson to Western hegemonies.  Until such time, we would not be independent.    Cuba finally prevailed in such a struggle against the world’s largest economy as most recently Obama Administration decided to lift embargo against this Island nation.  

We have seen the grave consequence of dependency  when all countries that are on a hot pursuit of terrorism in far away lands, refused even to sell weapons to a legitimately elected Sri Lankan government to combat terrorism in its own country.  What should Sri Lanka  do under these circumstances? It  should start manufacturing  its own weapons including the nuclear ones.  Then and only then the West will respect the sovereignty of countries like Sri Lanka.  Otherwise it will be like the property of a slut, which belongs to everybody who pays to sleep with her for short term gains and pleasure.  Sri Lanka had such customers in the past, for  example, Portuguese, Dutch and British are some of them.  No, Sri Lanka should not sleep with Norway or any other, no matter how powerful and handsome they may be.