Comments on Dheshapalana: Why the GOSL and the LTTE Should Talk Peace

you are right your 'whole' post does not assume ti...

2006-08-11T05:35:00.000+05:30

you are right your 'whole' post does not assume tigers are willing to talk peace, but your conclusion where you assume that all the urgings and proposals will make them talk, does.
you also assume that talking (with inevitable sole representative status) and giving concessions to ltte, will address tamil grievances. that is what i meant by legitimizing and equating tamils with ltte.
ltte

Sittingnut, My whole post does not 'assume' that t...

2006-08-10T17:01:00.000+05:30

Sittingnut,

My whole post does not 'assume' that the LTTE will want to talk peace and I do not legitimise the LTTE. I speak of coercive tactics and attacking of soft targets - in the context, hardly legitimising. I do not believe that this requires further explanation; read the post carefully. My argument is based on two main premises:

a) Enough lives lost/ruined.
b) Over

There's no doubt that "Peace talks are good". But,...

2006-08-10T11:55:00.000+05:30

There's no doubt that "Peace talks are good". But, the obvious reality is LTTE don't want "a real negotiation". For the last 2 decades, they haven't moved away an inch from the "Separate state" concept, while all the governments took part in discussions, compromised yards towards the same concept. All people who put pressure on "Peace talks" keep pushing the governments to talk, and be

your whole post assumes that ltte will want to tal...

2006-08-10T01:01:00.000+05:30

your whole post assumes that ltte will want to talk peace.
as history has shown countless times they do not . only language they know is violence. when they want something they will go for it using violence and threats whatever agreements they have signed or whatever international community says. recent water blockade and in fact the fate of cfa from the first ( not just now) is are just two

The GOSL responded to the crisis in the only manne...

2006-08-09T22:40:00.000+05:30

The GOSL responded to the crisis in the only manner that a democratic government with a standing army would response.

In any war, the casualties are the civillians. Howevever, waging for is a matter of life and death for a state. As the World War II amply showed, refusing to wage war today might only lead to a bitter war tomrorow, killing & maiming many more civilians. A point in case