Terrorists and political fools

POLITICS: It is pathetic to read the accusations levelled against the Government by the ex-ministers who like the former French royality haven’t learnt or forgotten anything.

Both ministers cut a very sorry figure when they try to act lilly white while attempting their best to blacken the Government which they served until recently.

They cannot be excused to consider the Sri Lankans as damn fools to believe them as these ministers were collectively responsible for all acts of commission or omission of the Government.

Be politics as it may, but, the two ministers should at least think twice before overtly or covertly supporting the LTTE terrorists who are now at the receiving end.

This is after a long period of vacillation on the part of Sri Lankan policy makers who fought shy of giving the required leadership to the defence forces of the country.

Irrespective of a number of drawbacks visible in the adminstration of Mahinda Rajapaksa Government, it has to be stated that we Sri Lankans did not have a leader or a Government which demonstrated to the world that the LTTE.

The biggest threat faced by the country for last 20 years, can be defeated. While the country and the people have no qualms over these two ministers playing politics for their existence, it is hoped that they will desist trying to disturb the country’s resolve to floor the terrorists.

Let them spare the national security and the foreign policy interests from their political mud slinging as otherwise they will be considered as traitors to the Nation.

The terrorists and political fools are aptly described by S. L. Gunasekera in his book, Abomination. He says “There are many derogatory epithets which could describe Prabhakaran and the LTTE. ‘Terrorists’, ‘Criminals’, ‘Thugs’, ‘Psychopaths’ ‘Mass Murders’ are but a small number of them.

‘Fools’ is one epithet that could in all truthfulness be applied with absolute accuracy to all but a small minority of those who occupy and occupied the citadels of power in Sri Lanka”

Are the holier than thou ministers going over this mark when they are seen cutting their noses to spite their faces? Aren’t they in the process throwing the baby with the bathwater?

Ranjith Soysa - Melbourne