For those who closely watch the political situation in Sri Lanka and India, the recent victory of the Sri Lankan government should not be surprising. If I have to point out one major event which brought the downfall of LTTE, I would point out the brutal killing of Rajiv Gandhi in 1991. This single event created a bad image about LTTE in the minds of the Indian public.
No one can blame Sonia Gandhi for the war in Sri Lanka directly. Nevertheless she has played a very important role in the same. It is a well known that its air force trained its Sri Lankan counterpart in precision-guided attacks. Without this help Sri Lanka would have never been in a position to win the war against LTTE. It is also eminent that Sri Lankan government heavily relied on the air strikes in its war against LTTE. The air strikes also helped them win the war with minimum casualties. Though many civilians were affected by the military offensive by the Sri Lankan government, the Indian government deliberately did not put any diplomatic pressure on the Sri Lanka, In spite of 40 MP’s from Tamil Nadu supporting this government at the centre. All the TN politicians in the ruling party have made themselves a laughing stock by reacting to the war when the war is about to be over. The war has been going on for more than three years, yet the reactions are pouring in only now because of elections.
Revenge is a dish best served cold. Sonia Gandhi had the opportunity to take revenge on the LTTE, after 17 years. And she has utilized it in the best possible way so that no one would be in a position to blame her. I truly admire her for the way she has taken the revenge.
Is it not a great strategic move by her? Leave your comments…..Till then adios amigos.
2 comments:
I see your point. As far Sonia is concerned, I think you are true. And Tamil politicians have never been sensible on many things, this issue is no better. The only one who has been somewhat ok in this has been Jaya.
It is not only by training SL Air Force but also by deploying 3000 indian soldiers on ground in Sri Lanka
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