We are just reading about the symptons of the disease in Sri Lanka. The underlying issue is the Sri Lankan Tamils wants out of Sri Lanka or decent autonomy from the Sighalese. The sighalese wants to solve this problem through war and subjugation of the tamil people, this is completely unacceptable. Killing brings more killing. If there is peace or a political solution- the role of the LTTE will be over. But without a solution or peace - I donot believe we can get rid of the LTTE. The LTTE is the symptons of this problem- Not the actual problem. The underlying problem has to be solved, then the symptons will go away. It seems to me, India is too focus on the symptoms which is the LTTE and not the actual problem. We need to learn what Tony Blair, former british prime minister did in Northern Ireland. The way to a solution was not by military defeat of the IRA- the solution was to understand the underlying issue of the Catholic Irish and solve it and being seen to be solving it by the common people. First, the british thought of defeating the IRA and labelled them as the worst terrorist the world have ever known- that failed because how do the bristish differentiate an IRA from an Irish guy - you can't. Then Tony Blair had the courage to change the way of thinking of the british governement. And the rest is now history.
