Mr. Alok Bansal has tried his level best to portray India's incompetance viz-a-viz Sri Lanka as a minor hickup in Indian foreign policy. He vacilates between jingoistic chest beating about Indian Mirages violating Sri Lankan air space to praising Rajiv Gandhi and J.R. Jayawardena as peacemakers. He rambles on delusionally about India taking an active role in solving the Sri Lankan crisis. Mr. Bansal, I need not remind you that India tried and had their clocked cleaned out by the LTTE. Yes, Mr. Bansal, your pathetic attempt to portray the Indian Army's debacle in Sri Lanka as a success story is truly tragic. The Indian Army for all practical purposes were driven out of Sri Lanka by the LTTE with the help of the India-hating Sinhala people. Just like the U.S leaving Vietnam and the Soviets leaving Afghanistan, the Indian Army suffered a major military and political defeat in Sri Lanka. It is wishful thinking on your part to even assume that India can solve the crisis in Sri Lanka. India's only choice in Sri Lanka is to help in the creation of Tamil Ealam. You cannot kill a entire people's aspirations and extinguish the flame for self-determination.
