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The President Needs Strength And Support Towards The Cause Of Eliminating the Terrorists Not Road Blocks!
Dec.26th 2007 Despite the continued efforts of a seedy opposition to discredit the Mahinda Rajapaksha Administration it has to acknowledged that it has indeed done much to appease the Nation and towards fortifying its overall sense of well being and security and that it will never be divided on an ethnic basis and whatever shortcomings there may be are subject to redressing once the Nation is liberated from terrorism. As the saying goes "all in good time and first things first" where the people of Sri Lanka perhaps some of the most resilient, patient and perceptive in the world need to bear with the Administration just a little longer until the relentless drive to defeat the LTTE militarily is completed.
In a rational sense it would seem meaningless to focus only on the immediate needs of the Nation alone as the LTTE being as mendacious and ruthless as they are will always attempt to disrupt and disorganize whatever is set in place towards the well being of the Nation as this is the only idealogy they are left with in the face of the impending annihilation and they have proved this as their main agenda beyond a doubt time and time again.That they are a cancer to the Nation which must be removed effectively is an understatement!
The Nation must be made to fully understand the their needs have been effectively diluted or pre-empted mainly due to the scourge of terrorism although the fallout of Administrative mismanagement and opportunism which has prompted the lining of pockets over the needs of the Nation does have a ring of truth to it and perhaps relative to all administrations unfortunately and has also been a feature contributing to Sri Lanka's woes which the President with all the resources and manpower available is making every attempt set right and no mean task given the adversities he faces both from the opposition as well as the terrorists who of late seem to be pinning their combined efforts towards defeating the Government! Bearing in mind that the hardships the Nation is presently facing are predominantly as a result of what the LTTE have done by way of harm to the economy and progress of the Nation over decades it seems only fair to ask the Nation to put that primarily into perspective with the expectation that eliminating the LTTE towards the future of the Nation needs to be prioritised at the present as something which cannot be placed on the back burner and to acheive this, sacrifices will have to be made within the burgeoning needs of a vast population with no real gross national product which although painful can only be viewed with hope as temporary and needing to be endured for a little longer. What the opposition are presently attempting to initiate is tantamount to anarchy and unrest within the Nation and must never be tolerated and the JVP in particular should govern themselves accordingly to prevent this catastrophe from ever bein manifested! The President in addressing a public rally in the Southern heartland
of the Sinhala Nation has reiterated his resolve to crush Tamil tigers
militarily ~ a task which appears to be well within the reach of his armed
forces and a condition which he has outlined as a precursor to any peace
talks to end Asia's longest-running ethnic conflict. Realistically this
eventual move towards a lasting peace will involve the peace loving, non
terrorist supportive Tamils rather then the LTTE who are unlikely to come
clean of their terrorist image unless forced to do so and their will is
broken and an idealogy which is fairly safe to assume as the(LTTE) terrorists
have never sincerely shown any interest in peace while continuing to remain
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