The Image of Norway by this
Foreigner
Asoka Weerasinghe
A Canadian Kings Grove Crescent . Gloucester . Ontario . K1J 6G1 . Canada
August 5, 2007
The Editor
*Aftenposten*
Norway
*_*The Image of Norway by this Foreigner_*** *
Each year when October approaches I feel mesmerized by Norway as would
pretty Salome’s */Dance of the Seven Veils/.* It is a positive
feeling towards a country which announces the cream-de-la-cream of Nobel
Laureates around the world. I, in particular, look forward to finding
out who had been identified as the Nobel Laureate for Literature and
the Nobel Laureate for Peace that particular year.
That was Norway at its first blush. But my sense of intrigue of Norway
changes when she discards her veils one by one, and when the seventh
veil comes off, there she is naked to the core, not so pretty, uncouth,
hiding her double tongue, dabbling in international politics and trying
to tell the world, “Hey, we spread the gospel of PEACE around the
world, like in Sri Lanka, and we spend millions of kroner of our tax
payers money to achieve this”. But it is not so in my eyes and
Norway cannot cheat me.
Norway certainly has a dubious role as a Peace facilitator in Sri Lanka,
when she has been caught red-handed helping the Liberation Tigers of
Tamil Eelam (LTTE aka Tamil Tigers) by providing funds, and training
them in military warfare to destabilize that island nation. The Tamil
Tigers are like a Banyan Tree of Terrorism with its root firm and widely
spread as far as into Norway. You cannot kill this Tree of Terrorism
by watering its roots with funds to flourish by letting Norway’s
new Tamil immigrants collect funds and her government providing millions
of kroner for the Tamil Tigers to procure arms to fight for their mythical
separate state, Eelam; and also supplying them with technical aid like
the six-tons of electric equipment, including V-Sat equipment used in
satellite communications brought into the island in 2002 as Norway’s
diplomatic cargo. So to pretend that Norway is a peace promoter is a
sham and the country is suspect.
It is no good to tell the world, “Look, we are killing that Banyan
Tree of Tamil Tiger Terrorism; the leaves are dead and falling”.
But what the entire world sees is another new leaf sprouting having
had the tree nourished at the roots with Norwegian funds.
In my eyes, if Norway wishes to clean up her act and revert her role
as a honest, neutral Nordic country who is promoting the gospel of PEACE
around the world, and dissect her conspiracy theory, especially in Sri
Lanka, out of her system, then remove Eric Solheim, Norway’s Minister
who has been delegated to do the job who is also a very good friend
of the Tamil Tigers, and pull out from the business of being Peace Monitors
in that island, as the Heads of this Mission have been caught red-handed
several times in supporting and guiding the Tamil Tigers. This is no
news as the Norwegian government has been told so by the Sri Lankan
government with good reason.
Stop lying to me. Stop lying to the World that Norway is the international
Goody-two-shoes spreading the gospel of PEACE, and throwing a helping
hand at countries that are in trouble to achieve that PEACE. Stop watering
the Banyan Tree of Terrorism with your riches. Stop your double-standards
and double speak. Give me back the Norway that I once knew of –
a beautiful Nordic country, honest and neutral. Give me the break that
I am searching for – Norway is no humbug, but the Nobel Laureates
producing country who is keeping an eye on high achievers of all walks
life around the world, in chemistry, physics, economics, literature
and peace, et cetera. That act in itself is promoting PEACE around the
world, and you need not dabble in international politics which you are
not so good at. Norway should cover her shame of being a humbug by putting
back her seven veils and mesmerize me once again with her */Dance of
the Seven Veils /*of Honesty and Neutrality.
Asoka Weerasinghe
A Canadian
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