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Death to democracy and road to dictatorship - Part 3:
Greatest humanist of post independence Sri Lanka
A.A.M. Nizam
Continued from yesterday
If the President obliged to the threats made by foreign powers and
similar to what was done by previous Presidents called off the military
operation and commanded the forces to return to their barracks what
Sarath Fonseka could have done in such an instance?
On many instances, especially during the North Operation, the army
was unable to move and suffered serious losses, due to heavy and
sophisticated weapons used by the terrorists. Madu and Muhamalai were
two such places among many others, where the army suffered heavy losses.
Fighter planes
It was due to the skilful destruction of long range and heavy weapon
sites of the terrorists by the Air Force that the army was able to move
forward from such areas. If the Government did not acquire Migs and
other fighter planes and strengthen the Air Force and made it the best
precision target Air Force how Sarath Fonseka could have led the army to
move forward?
What about the mammoth role played by the Navy under the command of
Navy Chief Admiral Wasantha Karannagoda? Although the Navy Chief and
Sarath Fonseka were not in talking terms, regardless of their personal
animosity the Navy Chief in order to successfully complete the task
assigned to him by the President made every measure to expand the naval
strength to an unprecedented level and completely annihilate the LTTE's
powerful naval force even venturing into Indonesian waters and
destroying the massive ships used by LTTE as their floating arms
storages.
Due to their round the clock rigid vigilance and timely actions not
only arms smuggling through the sea but also attempts by terrorists
leaders to escape were made impracticable.
Military equipment
The massive stock of sophisticated arms and military equipment
captured and yet being unearthed in the North had been brought overland
in unchecked container loads due to Sarath Fonseka's latest chum Ranil
Wickremesinghe's infamous CFA.
When Sarath Fonseka was critically injured due to the bomb blast, the
compassionate President took all measures to provide him the best
medical attention and even sent him to Singapore for treatment. He was
not on duty when the Mawil Aru operation was launched and was not in Sri
Lanka and was holidaying in China during the last leg of the war (the
Nandikadal Operation). This he himself has confirmed by the act of
greatest betrayal he made through Sunday Leader (13.12.09) accusing the
Defence Secretary and Major General Shavendra Silva of being responsible
for murdering the terrorist leaders who expressed willingness to
surrender to the army. By this statement he has violated the Official
Secrets Act of 1965, which is a punishable offense. Was he ignorant of
country's Law or was it done with guaranteed impunity from the Western
imperialists?
What a despicable betrayal is this? By joining the anti-national
cabal who castigate the country to satisfy the vested interests, Sarath
Fonseka too has become a despicable traitor of Ranil Wickremesinghe's
ilk. There is a saying in Tamil that "Even the calf that associates the
pig would eat excreta". By associating Ranil Wickremesinghe he has
fallen to the category of the calf that associated the pig.
Sensitive information
How can a person aspiring to be the Head of State of a country could
reveal sensitive information of this nature? What guarantee will Sri
Lankans have that this person will not betray the nation to the United
States where he is planning to settle down while having family members
being already settled down there?
With all these facts how can anyone say that Sarath Fonseka was the
hero of the war! How can a person with treacherous mindset, a person who
bites the very hand that fed him, and who will not hesitate to betray
the country on the behest of the Western imperialists can be called a
hero instead of calling such a person as a despicable traitor?
To be continued..... |
