Countering terrorism, countering othering
Unfortunately that old Cold War position has been
reinforced by what might be termed the bleeding heart syndrome,
those members of the Democrat party who wore their hearts on their
sleeves before the 2008 election with regard to American involvement
in places such as Iraq and Afghanistan. Since they had to put up
with President Obama’s decision that a sudden change of policy there
was unwise, they therefore salved their consciences, as an old
Republican friend told me, with attacks on Sri Lanka,
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There will always be a bell to save you
End of period meant ‘liberation’, unless of
course the next was seen as ‘torture’ too. True liberation came when
school was over. Even if the last period was the worst, there was
something to anticipate that made it possible to endure torture. The
next 18 hours were made for breathing,
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Italian and Israeli jobs for Sri Lankans soon - Minister
Dilan Perera
The Foreign Employment Bureau will soon go into
partnerships with several foreign countries and companies using
Article 25 of Foreign Employment Bureau Act No.21 of 1985 in order
to obtain better foreign employment for Sri Lankans. Sri Lankans
will get job specific training, company specific training and
country specific training to get foreign jobs,
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