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The Common Cause

Sri Lanka together with the rest of the World today faces daily challenges through terrorism, economic recession and an unsure future through the imminent danger of Global Conflagration and is melting pot if diversities so complex, it is hard to perceive quick fixes to the many dilemmas which need to be overcome for the Nation to return to normalcy, the path to which, will be arduous and weary. Especially in the wake of a spurious and violent pre -Election Campaign on the part of some contenders.

The key elements to success, honesty and integrity and perception towards selfless dedication to the country's needs are the very elements needed as credentials for any leadership and have been sadly lacking in its entirety for many generations of feudal politics going back to the Post British Era who also left behind an insecure legacy which projected infighting amongst the various ethnicities in their struggle to exist where the weak succumbed to the strong in a natural order primitive though it sounds.

Decades of unrest amongst communities consequently projected rebellions and uprisings in various forms which raised their ugly heads intermittently and had to be put down violently by the then existing Administrations only to regroup and inch their way towards self assertion and in some cases self determination despite the many warning that the need for self determination may become a terminal problem as was presented in a Green Paper submitted to the Administration by an incumbent Chief Justice Sansoni in the pre Sixties with specific reference to the insurgents within the Tamil Community who envisioned an uprising which could engulf the Nation with terror, a warning which went unheeded. The rest is modern Sri Lankan History!

The interpretations of the internal armed insurrections which have plagued the Nation could be attributed to Zealotry, Neo- Nationalism a quest for Freedom From Oppression albeit its totally confused order of priorities but when it tears down millenniums of progress dating back to the Anuradhapura - Polonnaruwa Eras of Magnificent Visionary Kings, justice, self sufficiency, tranquility and the freedoms enjoyed by all peoples of the land, in the name of establishing their own ideals through destabilization, the radicality of error becomes outstandingly visible and the blood on the hands of terrorist, insurgents and thugs is clearly visible together with the weaknesses of the respective Administrations some of which have even preached 'Ahimsa' while atrocities were being committed in turning a blind eye.

President George W. Bush in his address to the United Nations endorsed the importance of implementing the concept -Eradication Of Terrorism in his proclamation of freedom to all humanity, and the imperative need for non-tolerance towards terrorism and armed insurrection against Democracy emphasizing in the manner of his peers (Bill Clinton being outstanding during his tenure ) and the fraternity dedicated towards eradicating terrorism, including The Hon. Tony Blair, President Vladimir Putin, Prime Minister A.B.Vajpaye, President. Pervaiz Musharraf and the rest of the Alliance Against Terrorism, that every single organization and individual responsible for promoting and projecting terrorism needs to be and will be sought out, brought to justice and eliminated.

A new beginning towards the resolution of the terrorist problem spurred on by the Global Stand taken by the Alliance Against Terrorism together with the new mandate given by the USA, Great Britain and Canada should see Sri Lanka make the right moves and well on Her way to recovery but it will be near impossible to achieve this through a corrupt and pretentious Administration full of innuendos, false propaganda and wrong sympathies extended to the entities of terror. Any future Administration which shows no empathy towards resolving any of the Nations problems except through false pledges and least of all indifference to the terrorist problem has no right to be considered as a leadership capable of delivering Sri Lanka into tranquility and prosperity while exorcizing its demons !.

Discipline, Integrity towards Principles, Selflessness, Dedication and Concern for the needs of the poor man and the Preservation of Sovereign and Territorial Integrity will be the hallmark of the next Administration which in all probabilities should be the continuation of a PA-JVP Alliance infused with new blood!.

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