Opinion
Pull out troops from Jaffna, dead or alive

Pull out your troops from Jaffna was the message delivered to the government by the LTTE through its messenger boy, the TNA. Ever willing and ready to serve its master the LTTE, this government has found a way to accommodate the order by getting the LTTE to massacre our 40,000 men, so that they do not have to be withdrawn alive which is politically difficult.

So the government engaged the services of a foreign general for his opinion to override the report submitted by our knowledgeable and battle proven Sarath Fonseka thus insulting not only our armed forces but also the country and lowering the morale of our troops. The government, servile to the LTTE but venomous to the Sinhalese has stated that when the report of the foreign general becomes available, resettlement will take place within the HSZ. That means it will take place no matter what the report says.

If it ever comes to that stage, the 40,000 men will be massacred at a time convenient to the LTTE and if that takes place, it will be the JVP and the SU that will form the next government and the political career of CBK will come to an end with the country left in turmoil.
L. Jayasooriya


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