Comments on: Sri Lanka & the defeat of the LTT? http://www.harryrclarke.com/2009/02/25/sri-lanka-the-defeat-of-the-ltt/ On economics, politics & other things Tue, 07 Feb 2012 11:34:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: hc http://www.harryrclarke.com/2009/02/25/sri-lanka-the-defeat-of-the-ltt/comment-page-1/#comment-8777 hc Wed, 25 Feb 2009 07:46:00 +0000 http://www.harryrclarke.com/2009/02/25/sri-lanka-the-defeat-of-the-ltt/#comment-8777 I think Jayasuriya is a common name in Sri Lanka. I think Jayasuriya is a common name in Sri Lanka.

]]> By: Spiros http://www.harryrclarke.com/2009/02/25/sri-lanka-the-defeat-of-the-ltt/comment-page-1/#comment-8776 Spiros Wed, 25 Feb 2009 07:33:00 +0000 http://www.harryrclarke.com/2009/02/25/sri-lanka-the-defeat-of-the-ltt/#comment-8776 Is he related to the cricketer? Is he related to the cricketer?

]]> By: derrida derider http://www.harryrclarke.com/2009/02/25/sri-lanka-the-defeat-of-the-ltt/comment-page-1/#comment-8774 derrida derider Wed, 25 Feb 2009 02:13:00 +0000 http://www.harryrclarke.com/2009/02/25/sri-lanka-the-defeat-of-the-ltt/#comment-8774 Yes, the best Sri Lanka can hope for from this military victory is that a long-running full fledged civil war is converted to an even longer running low-level conflict. Even that can't be taken for granted.<br/><br/>And the Sri Lankan goverment does not seem to have learned a single thing. They clearly see no need for any settlement or reconciliation, and in fact look like intensifying the sort of attitudes that led to this war in the first place. Yes, the best Sri Lanka can hope for from this military victory is that a long-running full fledged civil war is converted to an even longer running low-level conflict. Even that can’t be taken for granted.

And the Sri Lankan goverment does not seem to have learned a single thing. They clearly see no need for any settlement or reconciliation, and in fact look like intensifying the sort of attitudes that led to this war in the first place.

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