– Kumar Moses

IƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢m pleasantly amused of all good hearted people trying hard to prove that Sri Lanka didnƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢t commit any war crimes. Good on them; but it is a given; Sri Lanka didnƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢t commit any war crimes. The UN knows it, the UN Security Council knows and even the MoonƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢s panel knows it. Then why do these foxes spread the rumour that sky is falling? For one reason ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢¢”š¬…” to get the gullible chicken run into the foxƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢s den for safety!

The US and the EU are manipulating the UN not to punish any Sri Lankan for war crimes, but to use it as a stick to force the Sri Lankan government to give in to their pressure to implement a hasty political solution to appease Tamil separatists. I urge all patriots to make this distinction very clearly. The most disastrous thing that can happen to Sri Lanka is not the hawks of the west taking our war heroes, but Sri Lankan rulers, fearful of bogus war crimes allegations, giving into pressure and implementing a hasty political solution.

Proof 1 ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢¢”š¬…” The panel and the report have no legal force

UN panels have no legal force. Absolutely nothing will happen to Sri Lanka if the report is chucked in the garbage bin. UN panels have come up with dozens of reports over many things including the Israel flotilla incident, Australia, East Timor, climate change, etc. However, no nation was forced to honour them or their recommendations. These Panel reports may be taken up at the UN or the UN Security Council. At that time, the members donƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢t go by the panel reports, but instead follow their own knowledge on the matter to make decisions.

The government of Sri Lanka should not be fearful or feel obliged to take the report seriously. There is no need. Gather international support to defeat it, if it ever makes to the UN Security Council or the UN and that is sufficient.

Sri Lanka should unconditionally reject the UN panelƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢s report which means nothing must be done; no appeasements must be offered and nothing should change due to it. It should be along the same lines the government demanded unconditional surrender of LTTE cadres.

Proof 2 ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢¢”š¬…” Instead of blaming the LTTE in proportion to crimes it committed, the Panel mostly blames the government

LTTE is dead and gone. Nothing happens by blaming it. This is the line of thinking adopted by the UN panel. If war crimes were the ultimate objective and concern of the panel, there is absolutely no way the LTTE can get away with such little mentioning in the report! LTTE has committed more war crimes than any other terrorist group in the world. Irrespective of the feasibility of trying LTTE leaders for war crimes, the report must have included a long list of LTTE war crimes. But it doesnƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢t. It only gives a very short and ambiguous list of crimes by the LTTE. This is because there is nothing the US and the EU gain by stabbing the carcass of the LTTE.

Instead they want the UN panel to concentrate on the government; put pressure on the government and force it to come up with various appeasements.

Proof 3 ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢¢”š¬…” TNA was informed of the plan and played its part

The UN panel and its sponsors reassured the TNA that there will not be any war crimes investigations into LTTE crimes. It was further reassured that the report will be used as a stick to beat the government until it gives a political solution sufficient for the TNA. Anticipating the report, TNA entered into a series of talks with the government since February 2011. Then the report came out in April and TNA leaders made good use of the opportunity to demand a political solution. They said this golden opportunity is not to be missed! True for them but false for Sri Lankans.

This is certainly not the right time for political solutions!

War crimes allegations and political solutions must be kept totally separate as they have nothing to do with each other. TNA is playing the same extortion game played by SJV Chelvanayagam and the LTTE. The former demanded that the then Prime Minister enter into a pact with him before introducing the letter ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ”¹…”shriƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢ to vehicle registration numbers. Unfortunately the Prime Minister fell into the trap which was totally unnecessary. When the prime Minister finally realized the folly, he rightfully tore the illegal pact. Linking the governmentƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢s obligation to honour the pact to the right to use the letter ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ”¹…”shriƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢ in vehicles in the north and east, Chelvanayagam started a campaign to put tar on Sinhala letters. Such a racist act! It led to the 1958 riots.

LTTE carried this extortion game forward during its day. Tamil Tigers would cause a bomb blast and their henchmen would then demand a political solution which would allegedly stop the LTTE from carrying out further bomb attacks! Had the government fell into this trap, this cunning duo would have gotten all their demands with a series of bomb attacks. They would even demand free food and if not met, cause another bomb blast.

This has been the survival tactic of Tamil extortionists all along. TNA is playing the same game. They demand that the government should appease them with political solutions or face war crimes charges. If the government appeases them this time, they will make up more war crimes stories and demand more appeasements.

The EU played the same trick with the GSP+ facility, withdrawing it (stick approach). But they realized their mistake later and offered it back with conditions (the carrot approach).

Proof 4 ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢¢”š¬…” If a serious investigation results from the report, it sets a very bad trend for the US, EU and their stooges

The last thing the US and the EU want is a war crimes investigation into the allegations. That would set a trend at the UN which will bring the US, EU and their stooges under scrutiny. Most UN member nations are third world countries and their numbers are growing whereas the number of rich UN member states is stagnant. This means developing countries are increasing their clout at the UN. They will demand that similar circumstances call for similar reactions. Of course the US, UK and France can veto these decisions, but how long can they save face and veto decisions? Their continued vetoing will result in the lack of confidence in the UN which is more disastrous for them than anyone else. UN has been their stick to beat up developing nations.

Therefore donƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢t expect a serious war crimes investigation from these nations that habitually and consistently violate human rights, the Geneva Conventions and international law. Their plan is to put pressure on the government using the war crimes stick to implement a pro-separatist ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ”¹…”solutionƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢.

Proof 5 ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢¢”š¬…” What do the UN panel care about triumphalism?

Dictators of the UN panel want Sri Lankans not to be triumphal! This is outrageous! The victory scored by Sri Lankans with sacrifices that resulted in a safe and secure environment must be celebrated in a grand scale. All Sri Lankans who identify with the winner of the war must be immensely proud of their achievements. The UN panel or anyone else has no bloody right to dictate otherwise.

Even the UN triumphs over the World War Two victory every year! The UN was formed on the base of the World War Two triumph fifty days after it. Grand celebrations of the formation of the UN bring back the memories of the two nuclear bombs on the Japanese. But triumphalism continues! UN panelƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢s duplicity and dictatorship is disgusting.

However, this duplicity serves a purpose. The panel wants to convince Sri Lankans that there was no victory on 19 May, 2009. In other words, they want to convince Sri Lankans to accept the view of Tamil Elamists. In assuming their view, the panel wants Sri Lankans to console them and appease them. This is the only reason for the UN panel to look down upon LankansƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢ triumphalism while being triumphal about the Second World War victory themselves.

National Heroes Day must be resurrected and celebrated every 22nd of May in a grand scale. Now it assumes even more significance.

Proof 6 ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢¢”š¬…” The UN panel has succeeded in destroying whatever little reconciliation Sri Lanka achieved so far

Following the war, the government put a lot of effort to build trust among the communities, win hearts and minds of Tamils and commenced the difficult process of reconciliation. But the UN report busted it all. Today Tamils are in the same mental state as they were two years ago. All achievements in reconciliation have been reversed. Tamils are being reminded of the cruelty of war and in addition the government is blamed for it! Tamil media in Sri Lanka have exaggerated it even further and are currently in the process of hate mongering. Reconciliation is as good as dead today.

The timing was perfect. Cricket world cup brought Sri Lankans closer than ever. Recently concluded LG elections resulted in better multiethnic representation in the east. Development projects inaugurated just before the election were huge pillars for reconciliation. By releasing the report after these events, the UN panel ensured that the reversal of reconciliation (due to the report) will not be repaired anytime soon.

Most likely the government will once again postpone the elections of a number of LG bodied in the north as the TNA popularity has surged and government popularity has plummeted. This is the bitter truth.

DidnƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢t the UN panel know this? They knew it very well. Wording, graphic description of selected incidents, putting the blame on the government are all well crafted strategies to destroy reconciliation. For instance nothing has been mentioned of the most gruesome incident of the last phase of the war. It was when a LTTE suicide bomber struck fleeing people. However, nothing of the incident has been mentioned but very detailed accounts of hospitals in Vanni are given for maximum impact. They have succeeded.

Was this an accident? Absolutely not. It was the intention. By destroying trust, reconciliation and the belongingness to one country protected by armed forces, the UN panel has made it easier for Tamil Elamists to take it from there. TNA sure jumped and grabbed the opportunity!

This is only the beginning and certainly not the end of frequent external disruptions to reconciliation.

Carrots and sticks will continue

Those who dream of a Cypress, East Timor, Kosovo or Eritrea in the island will not stop at this. They will come up with various carrots and sticks in future. Sri Lanka is not blessed with politicians with integrity which means there will be plenty of politicians who will take the bait or eat the carrot. At the same time Sri Lanka will remain a developing nation for a long time to come which means economic carrots to the people will be hard to resist. Similarly, due to its insignificant political and military clout, the island nation will have to face many sticks in future. Only a handful of Sri Lankan leaders had the backbone to face it. Most succumbed to it. Therefore it cannot be expected that a future leader would stand up to the challenge.

All these mean there must be a permanent solution to separatism. The current fire-fighting approach is not going to work.

In order to shutout separatists, we must identify what these separatists are attracted to. Green bottles are attracted to excreta and sharks are attracted to blood. Same goes for separatists. It is the mono-ethnic, ethnically cleansed virgin land of the north that attracts all these separatist grooms. This mono-ethnic, ethnically cleansed virgin land of the north is the future mother of Tamil Elam (called ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ”¹…”Thai Thamil EelamƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢ in Tamil). That is if she ever gets to copulate with intending separatist grooms. This mono-ethnic, ethnically cleansed virgin land of the north must be ravished by forcing her to accommodate not just the members of the security forces (no pun intended) but also large multiethnic new settlements. Once the mono-ethnic, ethnically cleansed virgin land of the north is ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ”¹…”dirtiedƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢ with multi-ethnicity, no separatist groom shall ever want to have it.

This is the only lasting solution. Following the footsteps of the Father of the Nation, the government must commence a process of large scale colonization of the north (by whatever name) and change the ethnic composition of the north. Thereafter it will not attract any green bottles as it will not be a suitable candidate for hosting the Tamil-only nation called Tamil Elam. Even if a separate nation is created, it will be Chingalam Elam or Muslim Elam which will quickly resort back to a merger with Sri Lanka. Colonization schemes of the Father of the Nation changed the ethnic composition of strategically important Trincomalee district and later the Digamadulla district. Had this not happened, the east would not have been liberated so quickly and the war would rage even today. Thanks to the changing of the ethnic composition, multiethnic political parties win in these two districts today but sadly the north and the Batticaloa district are still won by mono-ethnic parties.

There is nothing the international community or the UN can do to stop it as state sponsored colonization is not a crime. In fact it is encouraged in some countries to harmonise the population.

Until this is done, carrots, sticks, bombs, satyagrahas, hartals, demands, racist aspirations, calls for referenda and external interferences will continue. The sooner it is done, the earlier the fruits of development start to arrive. In addition, there are enough economic incentives to do so.

This will achieve true reconciliation. True reconciliation is when northerners, southerners, easterners, westerners, etc. come together as one to defend Sri Lanka. It is not about ethnicity but about people from all parts of the country coming together. Winning the hearts and minds of northerners need not be winning Tamil hearts and minds. It is about winning whoeverƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢s hearts and mind who lives in the north. It is really unfortunate that most Tamil hearts and minds easily sway by rubbish reports/allegations, absurd liberation campaigns, pussycat flags and racist politics of Tamil Nadu and TNA. If Sri Lanka builds its foundation on such wavering hearts and minds, it will collapse at the drop of a report. On the other hand, others have proven that their commitment to Sri Lanka is unshakable. So what is important is to convert the north in to a multiethnic area and northern hearts and minds will be automatically won! The number of pro-Sri Lankan Tamils will gradually grow as outsiders lose all hope of Tamil Elam. Once deserted by Diaspora politics due to the inability to create Tamil Elam, Tamils of Sri Lanka will join in too. That is the right way to do reconciliation.

Reconciliation must not reverse the Nanthikadal victory, but consolidate it.