A cautionary note on the present situation re Gen Fonseka. Our task was to allow things to settle down on their own which has worked. However, recent developments led particularly by a section of the diaspora Sinhalese is a cause of concern for DefenceWire.
DefenceWire team's stance up to now has been to avoid commenting on this dispute knowing fully well the capacity of both the present government and SF to come to a compromise on:
1. The direction the Sri Lankan Military will take
2. The direction General Fonseka would have to go
These may not be the most ideal directions for either, yet they are ones that are at best described as realistic and unavoidable.
There are many moves by politically motivated Sri Lankans, including Sinhala groups and also non Sinhala Sri Lankan groups to exploit a disagreement that has unnecessarily spilled over into the public's eye due to politics in the military and a very small section of the military in politics.
These groups, particularly those civilians involved who are not insiders or have little inside information can or will not understand the discipline of a professional soldier to take what he wants and to relinquish duty when required sans insubordination.
A professional soldier is not Dutugemunu. The Sri Lanka Army/Military is a modern Army/Military positioned within a democratic society. The professional soldiers serving in it will know when to let go. By asking them to perform a larger role based solely on selfish motives of individuals in the periphery, they may destroy that soldier and even themselves and their reputation.
The Sri Lankan Military and its leaders are now hailed the world over for their victorious feat. Their role in bringing peace to the country through military means will be remembered for decades to come as the ultimate example of a trained military executing its sacred task flawlessly from start to finish. But remember this, dear readers, military action is a means of achieving the end and the end is always political.
DefenceWire, as an impartial site whose work you have witnessed for over 3 years now wish to appeal to our readers to refrain from joining or supporting either 'camps' and to allow the professional soldier and professional politicians to resolve potentially resolvable issues mentioned above.
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«Oldest ‹Older 4201 – 4363 of 4363Sri Lanka to introduce solar energy generating system
ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka.
Dec 03, Colombo: Sri Lanka plans to develop renewable energy sources in the country by generating electricity from solar power.
The cabinet today approved a proposal submitted by President Mahinda Rajapaksa in his capacity as the Minister of Finance and Planning for the introduction of clean energy by a solar electricity generation system.
The project to be implemented by the Sri Lanka Sustainable Energy Authority under the supervision of the Ministry of Power and Energy is to be funded by the Government of Japan.
The Japanese government has agreed to provide a grant of Japanese Yen 860 million (Approximately. Rs. 1.075 billion) to construct a 400 KW grid connected solar power generation plant at Baruthandanda, Hambantota, the government said.
The Government of Japan is assisting the efforts taken by the Sri Lankan government to address the issues on climate change and to produce clean energy.
Proud legacy of what some thought as the liberation struggle
Madness and sadness. I suppose the good doctors in migrant catospora will soon come to SL with right medication. All this is their handy work after all.
Soon after SLAF gals, SLA gals go airbourne
Way to go babe!!!
Patriots,
I am putting together several Alternative Energy Projects to be built and operated in Sri Lanka.
The first of these projects is a 10MW hybrid Wind and Solar energy power plant. I expect a minimum 18% annual rate of return, which is the typical ROR expected for the risk associated with these kinds of power projects. The minimum investment is tentatively set at $10,000.
I am inviting Patriotic Sri Lankan Expatriates to invest in this venture. If you are interested in having a stake in Sri Lanka's future growth, and would like further information, please email me at LankaPatriot@gmail.com .
Remember, however, you will have to disclose your real identity from the very outset.
Thanks!
The real Tamilnet (.tv) editor,
If you are around, this is some world class material from that fake site Tamilnet.com. I challenge you to beat this parody.
Global meet urged to discuss environmental genocide by Sri Lanka
According to remnant Eelamoid T. Thipaakaran, we have genocided the 125% innocent trees in Eelam. He is under the impression our local Green Peace group, LTTE, never ever cleared a jungle patch for their eco-friendly terrorist activities. I have no idea how the Sinhala Eelamoid doofus Dr. Brian Seneviratne missed this one. Kudos to Eelamoid T. Thipaakaran for his ground breaking discovery.
Decades-long massive military operations and occupation of Tamil Eelam by Sri Lankan forces have caused grave environmental destruction to the north and east of the island. Recovery is difficult as the Tamil homeland is in the dry and arid part of the island, depending on scanty and truant northeast monsoon, writes environmentalist and freelance journalist T. Thipaakaran. It may take more than 150 years for the plundered timber trees to grow again, he says. Tamil academic circles viewing the situation as 'ethnically motivated environmental rape taking place with international abetment,' urge the Denmark meet to discuss the challenge of curbing such crimes of ‘state sovereignty’ and to explore ways of entrusting in such situations the control of land to the sons and daughters of the soil, who only could take a genuine interest in the recovery and protection of their environment.
More NATION BUILDING!
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13 airstrips in Sri Lanka to be renovated
Thu, Dec 3, 2009, 11:05 pm SL Time, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka.
Dec 03, Colombo: The Sri Lankan government has taken measures to renovate thirteen air strips in the country, the Ports and Aviation Ministry authorities said.
The Ministry says under the initiative the runways of airstrips in Polonnaruwa, Hingurakgoda, Palali, Ratmalana, Koggala, Katukurunda, Weeravila, Trincomalee, Sigiriya, Batticaloa, Ampara, Kankasanthurai, and Vavuniya will be lengthened and widened to operate medium scale aircraft.
The government also plans to import six medium-sized passenger MA 60 aircraft from China to promote the inland passenger transport once the runways are improved.
In addition, the Ministry has taken steps to lengthen the runway of the Bandaranaike International Airport up to 3,350 meters in an effort to meet international requirements.
DW,
time for another post, please.
from hindustan times,
"Fonseka’s visit follows former prime minister and top opposition leader, Ranil Wickeremsinghe’s visit to New Delhi in November. It is expected that another opposition delegation would visit New Delhi soon.
Since joining the race for Presidency, Fonseka has been desperately trying to shed his pro-China and pro-Pakistan image. At his maiden press conference last Sunday, he specifically fielded questions to emphasise his good relations with India. He has gone on to profess his love for Indian popular culture including Hindi movies and music."
trying to please india now!!!
Shame on these politicians. They always go after power.
#1 of the EPDP’s Ten Point Program which MR has agreed upon.
“1. Starting with the implementation of the 13th amendment to the constitution as the initial step towards the solution to the problem of the political rights of the Tamil speaking people, to progress towards more and more power sharing in stages marching towards the political target of unified government in the centre with Regional Autonomy the Provincial Councils."
Sarath Fonseka:
"General Fonseka said that no sooner he assumes office he would take steps to implement the 17th Amendment and do a thorough study of the 13th Amendment and even go beyond the 13 amendment to solve the ethnic problem of the country."
Shame on these politicians. They always go after power.
#1 of the EPDP’s Ten Point Program which President Rajapaksha has agreed upon.
“1. Starting with the implementation of the 13th amendment to the constitution as the initial step towards the solution to the problem of the political rights of the Tamil speaking people, to progress towards more and more power sharing in stages marching towards the political target of unified government in the centre with Regional Autonomy the Provincial Councils."
Sarath Fonseka:
"General Fonseka said that no sooner he assumes office he would take steps to implement the 17th Amendment and do a thorough study of the 13th Amendment and even go beyond the 13 amendment to solve the ethnic problem of the country."
B#1,
SK = SU = Keshara
Mate, you got it all wrong!
I just don't have anything to say here for the time being, That is why my key board is silent.
Please, dear B#1, try to be the one as your name inmply.
I will be there, if you need help; any time any where.
http://video.dailymirror.lk/videos/213/presidential-election-2010
Tesr
One of the very best soldiers we had was General Denzil Kobbekaduwa, much senior to Fonseka. As Denzil led his soldiers from victory to victory, his fame skyrocketed. Whilst peaceful Sri Lankans hailed him as the 20th Century Dutugemunu, Tigers feared and detested him like the devil incarnate. Ironically, his rapidly increasing popularity was perceived by those in power at the time as a bigger threat than that posed by the Tigers.
Finally, on 8 August 1992, Denzil was blasted by a bomb planted by an “unknown party”. Several high ranking officers, including the equally heroic Brigadier Wimalaratne and Rear Admiral Mohan Jayamaha were blown to pieces together with Denzil.
When fingers were pointed at the late President Premadasa, he wept inconsolably. In a vain attempt to clear his pitiful name of the horrendous crime he definitely didn’t commit (he had been accused of many others, though). Premadasa publicly pleaded, “Please assassinate me, but not my name”. The true villain behind the attack on Denzil’s party was never discovered.
Another valiant officer who was deeply hated by the Tigers was Major General Lucky Algama. On his retirement after many a victorious battle against the Tigers, he – unfortunately a born UNPer – was persuaded by Ranil Wickramasinghe to join his political campaign. On that fateful day of 18 December 1999, Algama, the disciplined military man he was, appeared punctually on the UNP podium as the election meeting started. Only a few minutes ticked away before a bomb exploded killing Algama instantly. Curiously, Ranil who was billed to preside the meeting, was “a bit” late and escaped. Again, fingers started pointing at others.
Next was Major General Janaka Perera, a soldier who had made a name in the media as a clever war hero. On his retirement (premature, some say because CBK mistrusted him) and after a stint as a diplomat, he was offered the UNP nomination for the post of Chief Minister of NCP. Janaka, hailing from a very dark-green-blooded family, gleefully accepted Ranil’s invitation.
This was the time when the real war against the terrorists had started under Mahinda’s leadership. Ranil beseeched Janaka to condemn the way the war was being fought. That was one of the main reasons for Ranil’s offer of the top nomination to Janaka.
Janaka knew it and tried his best. But, to his amazement, he found that the war was being prosecuted in an exemplary fashion as never before, both politically and militarily. And, the committed soldier he was, Janaka couldn’t bring himself down to concoct deliberate lies about military manoeuvres and strategies. In Ranil’s eyes, what little criticism Janaka dished out was inadequate and ineffectual. It is said, that during this period, every morning and evening Ranil lambasted Janaka for not doing enough to sabotage the war effort. Ranil was angry and disgusted with Janaka’s performance.
Finally, the inevitable happened. On 6 October 2008, Janaka, his wife and a host of others were blasted into smithereens at the opening of the UNP office in Anuradhapura. Strangely, again Ranil was absent at the moment of mayhem and escaped as usual. On this occasion, fingers were pointed even at the government, in the state of sheer madness triggered by the inability to even guess who was behind the heinous crime.
One of the very best soldiers we had was General Denzil Kobbekaduwa, much senior to Fonseka. As Denzil led his soldiers from victory to victory, his fame skyrocketed. Whilst peaceful Sri Lankans hailed him as the 20th Century Dutugemunu, Tigers feared and detested him like the devil incarnate. Ironically, his rapidly increasing popularity was perceived by those in power at the time as a bigger threat than that posed by the Tigers.
Finally, on 8 August 1992, Denzil was blasted by a bomb planted by an “unknown party”. Several high ranking officers, including the equally heroic Brigadier Wimalaratne and Rear Admiral Mohan Jayamaha were blown to pieces together with Denzil.
When fingers were pointed at the late President Premadasa, he wept inconsolably. In a vain attempt to clear his pitiful name of the horrendous crime he definitely didn’t commit (he had been accused of many others, though). Premadasa publicly pleaded, “Please assassinate me, but not my name”. The true villain behind the attack on Denzil’s party was never discovered.
Another valiant officer who was deeply hated by the Tigers was Major General Lucky Algama. On his retirement after many a victorious battle against the Tigers, he – unfortunately a born UNPer – was persuaded by Ranil Wickramasinghe to join his political campaign. On that fateful day of 18 December 1999, Algama, the disciplined military man he was, appeared punctually on the UNP podium as the election meeting started. Only a few minutes ticked away before a bomb exploded killing Algama instantly. Curiously, Ranil who was billed to preside the meeting, was “a bit” late and escaped. Again, fingers started pointing at others.
Next was Major General Janaka Perera, a soldier who had made a name in the media as a clever war hero. On his retirement (premature, some say because CBK mistrusted him) and after a stint as a diplomat, he was offered the UNP nomination for the post of Chief Minister of NCP. Janaka, hailing from a very dark-green-blooded family, gleefully accepted Ranil’s invitation.
This was the time when the real war against the terrorists had started under Mahinda’s leadership. Ranil beseeched Janaka to condemn the way the war was being fought. That was one of the main reasons for Ranil’s offer of the top nomination to Janaka.
Janaka knew it and tried his best. But, to his amazement, he found that the war was being prosecuted in an exemplary fashion as never before, both politically and militarily. And, the committed soldier he was, Janaka couldn’t bring himself down to concoct deliberate lies about military manoeuvres and strategies. In Ranil’s eyes, what little criticism Janaka dished out was inadequate and ineffectual. It is said, that during this period, every morning and evening Ranil lambasted Janaka for not doing enough to sabotage the war effort. Ranil was angry and disgusted with Janaka’s performance.
Finally, the inevitable happened. On 6 October 2008, Janaka, his wife and a host of others were blasted into smithereens at the opening of the UNP office in Anuradhapura. Strangely, again Ranil was absent at the moment of mayhem and escaped as usual. On this occasion, fingers were pointed even at the government, in the state of sheer madness triggered by the inability to even guess who was behind the heinous crime.
The stage is now firmly set for Sarath Fonseka, widely sung supreme war hero of our time. As the Tigers are now generally regarded as a spent force, if and when the predictable happens to Fonseka, most gullible people (that is the majority of Sri Lankans) would believe that it was engineered by Mahinda’s government. Fonseka’s whinging about reducing his protective guard would give much credence to such a belief. No amount of explanation would erase the inevitable damage to the reputation of Mahinda et al.
If the Rajapakses are as astute as seen more often than not, they would provide top notch protection to Fonseka and even rein in their mangy dogs who have snarled at him in the recent past. The belief that Fonseka is safe because the Tiger suicide cadres are almost wiped out is misplaced. We must realize that not only there are remnant Tamil terrorist cadres in the country, but that Fonseka could be taken out by mere contract killers. It is well known that both these groups are symbiotically linked to the enemies of the current government.
As for Fonseka, who is in a perpetual ego trip, no advice may work. However, at least in a fleeting sane moment – if such moments exist – it would be healthy for him to think about the villain who was behind all the assassinations of the past soldier heroes. After all, Sri Lankans want Sarath the war hero to live, not die in vain and ignominiously like Janaka.
The scoundrel responsible for the deaths of the great soldiers is also responsible for the assassinations of his own party leaders so that he could rise up the ladder, one rung at a time (one rung up and two rungs down). A born loser, one of the most despicable characters in Sri Lanka’s political history, he is the one who conferred with the Tigers and contrived the demise of Lalith Athulathmudali, Ranasinghe Premadasa and Gamini Disanayake.
Unless he wakes up from his dream soon, General Fonseka would never see the day of the election, he is only a disposable pawn in the villain’s power game.
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Moshe, Ninja and others
Re: Nanda Menike
This is a true story. What the Asian tribune doesnt mention is she was reinstated in the Army (pay and pension) to work in one of the IDP camps. Unfortunately, I can give no material proof nor can I divulge the source. However, as you found Danuna's dealings, if you dig hard enough you will find the truth.
From Fulgencio Battista in Cuba to Augusto Pinochet in Chile all those who were propped up in power over their people in Nicaragua, the Dominican Republic, Venezuela, Bolivia and Argentina too, were dictators, almost all of whom waged into politics in military uniform. There were other such people seen in Africa such as Idi Amin, and in the Middle East, too.
President who has been elected by popular mandate in a free and fair election, and who is seeking a fresh mandate, before his first term is over,.
In the coming election, President Mahinda Rajapaksa is seeking a second term on the basis of what he has achieved for the country in the four years of his first elected term of six years. The highlights of it are the defeat of the LTTE’s terrorism under his watch as Head of State.
He is also placing before the country the record of development in the past four years, which far exceeds what any government since independence had carried out in such a short period, or even in much extended terms as the UNP’s 17 years from 1977 to 1994, and the UPFA led by Chandrika Kumaratunga did from 1994 to 2005.
Jumbo shove
As the a section of the UNP, with strange allies such as Mangala Samaraweera, and Chandrika Kumaratunga too, in what seems to be an impossible campaign to get Sarath Fonseka elected President, the vast majority of traditional UNP voters are in a quandary as to what has become of their own party. After more than 60 years in politics it has failed to field its own candidate.
Its leader is so unpopular that he fears running for election, as does the party fear to field him. But what is even worse is that the UNP has had to abandon out its own cherished symbol of the elephant, as well as its, colour green, to serve the interests of Fonseka who believes that he can float into office on wings of a swan.
Sarath Fonseka choosing the swan as his election symbol is indeed prophetic. Legend has it that the song of the swan heralds its impending demise. The non-superstitious would call it mere coincidence and others may argue that Fonseka’s is crowing and whinging, not singing, but the quirk is weird, indeed.
It will be interesting to see what more the UNP will be ready to shed, as it gets closer to the JVP; and also how the JVP will explain to the people and its own cadres how they can be in such a tight political embrace with the UNP. But such is the politics of opportunism, especially in a situation of desperation, when forces repeatedly discarded by the people at the polls, have to seek the shelter of a discarded uniform and faded brass to come before the people, with a plethora of promises that are self-contradictory in their essence.
Does it allow me to post? testing 1 2 3
I think we just broke blogger. :)
I can't see the latest comment page.
http://video.dailymirror.lk/videos/213/presidential-election-2010
Hahah lol, Dr Jehan ponna perera been sucking sf dick so hard, and he cant thank him wnough, not sure how he became a doctor, as I can see, he seems not have any clue or understanding about what our country needs, He is just a nother pathetic unp cock sucker who think even his blood is GREEN........the doctor the dum cunt, he name should have been lol ahahahahahaahahaa.
http://video.dailymirror.lk/videos/213/presidential-election-2010
Hahah lol, Dr Jehan ponna perera been sucking sf dick so hard, and he cant thank him wnough, not sure how he became a doctor, as I can see, he seems not have any clue or understanding about what our country needs, He is just a nother pathetic unp cock sucker who think even his blood is GREEN........the doctor the dum cunt, he name should have been lol ahahahahahaahahaa.
Guys,
i cant see any post after 4400, but looks like the stuff I post goes somewhere as I can see there are 4407 posts, it giver error message, can some one please fis his please.
Without doing the right act one cannot be a Buddhist.
Emperor Asoka is a king the whole world can be proud of, because he understood the agony and suffering that a war could brings. He understood the saying,
“Yo sahassan sahassena sangame manuse jine eekan cha cheiyya aththanan sa che sangamajuththamo.”
(Though one may conquer a thousand times a thousand men in battle, yet he indeed is the noblest victor who conquers himself)
There is no “Holy War” in Buddhism, all killings inflicted by war will bring consequences to those who participated in it. This is why our the Buddhist war heroes have sacrificed so much for the country, they sacrificed not only one life but also risked a lot of suffering in thousands of their future lives to come, depending on the kamma they created ( based on intentions). It is known that even the Great King Asoska was born as a python for a short time after death, this is, however a story with some logic in it.
If anyone thinks that kind of kamma created by killings can be cancelled by offerings to temples and participating in Buddha Pujas , Bodhi Puja, he is a fool.
Even the Arahant Angulimala had to undergo pain because of previous kamma.
Someone who did killings or organised killing for a good purpose had a good intention, although killing of any king is bad kamma. This good intention (if it was honest and not driven by desire for political gains) should be cultivated further after the punishment is delivered and gradually the “good killer” should transform himself further and advance himself to a stage of enlightenment. If he did not have good understanding of real Buddhism, he must visit forest monks or good monks who can help him to develop to such a state. It is imperative that the king, after a “just war”, consult the best monks available for his own spiritual development and goodwill. I do not see or hear Malwatte and Asgiriya are the places to visit, for this purpose.
J R Jayawardena promised a “ Nivahal Dharmishta Samajayak” ( Prosperous/ independent and Justice Society) and created a “Vahal, Adhrmishta” ( a country that go begging and cultivated injustice). Instead of talking “ Bana” to people ( giving Dhamma advice), if he himself had taken a pistol to kill the Big Animal , he may have saved 100000 lives and immense suffering to people could have been avoided. Although killing creates very bad kamma, he had all the opportunity to create a justice society and if he had done that, the happiness of seeing what he had done could have helped him to reach a very high stage in his very life. This complicated phenomenon cannot be easily explained; anyone but a fool can see the good and bad effects of war. Therefore, the life as a “Buddhist King” is never easy.
We must remember the Buddha said “even if someone takes a saw and start to cut your limbs off, if you develop hatred towards him, you are not my disciple”, in Kaka Chupama Sutta.
Although it is not easy to live as a king, it is not that difficult as the President. This is because the President need not take all decisions by himself.
Can we become a phoenix? or we simply go on astray without much of aspirations? Will future generations remind us with great pride?
Do we have a leader who has the wisdom and more importantly courage to present country loving secondary leaders before the masses? Will there be good leaders who are willing swallow the bitter pill in terms of practicing austerity? Are we ready to accept what is good for the future perhaps not for the present?
Viable and practical answers can be found for those endless questions, not necessarily to follow models, a country loving leader with dictatorial touch and frank desire to achieve the end result holds the key.
Certainly we can, simply believing the great victory we achieved in the recent past and how we pulled through it with one clear goal.
We, as common people need to overhaul our thinking more than the leaders, simply because we make them and we know what we need.
To transform the nation to a great nation the opportunity we got today is a very rare occurrence. The favorable political and social atmosphere prevail at present is so unprecedented and conducive.
The battle we never fought in the history due to various reasons cannot be ignored today.
If the countries without natural resources could become economic giants, certainly we have no excuse, unless we are ignorant parasites.
A lot depend on leaders and we are responsible for creating them, if not blame game will go on and hopelessness will become way of life.
RE-Visit Another General's Last moments:
At Palay General Kobbekaduwa was treated by Dr John Samarasinghe, anesthetist and Dr Roy Gunawardene, surgeon. General Dr Thurairajah says that Dr R Gunawardene said that the patient could be moved to Colombo. A neuro-surgeon and a thoracic surgeon were needed to attend on him - hence the transfer. Dr Samarasinghe accompanied Kobbekaduwa in an Avro (airplane) with nurses, oxygen, blood and equipment to Colombo. Samarasinghe wanted to transfer to Sri Jayawardenapura (hospital). On reaching Ratmalana, however, at midday, the general was taken out and put on a stretcher first and then placed on the tarmac in the burning sun, although the helicopter was ready waiting to take him to hospital.
Atapattu, (a major) of the Defense Ministry, rushed to the tarmac. Attapattu said that there were people in civilian clothes. One person examined Kobbekaduwa's eyes, one person gave an injection close to his heart. He assumed that they were army surgeons. Dr Samarasinghe said that, when the plane landed, Kobbekaduwa was alive. There was talk as to which hospital the patient was to be taken to. Both Samarasinghe and Atapattu did not know why Kobbekaduwa was not rushed to the General Hospital, without being kept on tarmac for 15 minutes. He was finally taken to the Air Force grounds by helicopter and by ambulance to the accident service. There was unnecessary delay in evacuating him by helicopter to hospital. Kobbekaduwa had remarked once that he wanted to die in his boots. Perhaps he had a premonition about the manner of his death.
No post mortem examination was held. The coroner was not even informed of his death. As Kobbekaduwa was admitted to the General Hospital, we must assume that he was alive.
The Criminal Procedure Code requires an inquest to be held in cases of sudden death. It would appear that the emergency regulations have been misused in this case and ante-mortem injuries taken into account to give cause of death. Gen Kobbekaduwa was cremated without an inquest. According to Dr Samarasinghe, there was no smooth evacuation process of Kobbekaduwa from Palaly to Colombo and treatment was delayed. There was much confusion regarding which hospital he was to be taken to. No one explained about the injection given at the tarmac. Who gave this injection? General Thurairajah says no injection was given as far as he knows. He did not go to Ratmalana. This conduct is consistent with a continuing conspiracy to secure Kobbekaduwa's death.
"Sri Lankan" said
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Premadasa publicly pleaded, “Please assassinate me, but not my name”. The true villain behind the attack on Denzil’s party was never discovered.
[...]
Premedasa made the above quoted statement after Mr. Athulathmudali's assassination. Not after General Kobbakaduwa's assassination.
thanks DW for the temporary solution.
you need to come up with a new post which will solve the problem for another 4,400 comments.
US changes its confrontational approach towards GOSL. from new yok times.
General (retd.) Sarath Fonseka is conforming to the shameful tradition of past Sri Lankan kings and adigars who have been ‘eveready’ to sell out to foreigners. This tradition, starting with Buvanekabahu of Kotte was kept alive by many other kings and adigars that followed him. Ranil Wickremesinghe whom many consider to be the reincarnation of Don Juan Dharmapala has been the personification of this shameful practice in recent times. Now that the baton has been passed on to Sarath Fonseka, he deserves to be referred to as Adigar ‘Pawnseka’.
Sadly for him, things do not seem to be going well at all for Adigar Pawnseka. His identity as ‘Robert Blake’s common candidate’ seems to be coming to light along every step of the election campaign.
He has also been ‘dropping bricks’; even his puppet master Blake will agree that Pawnseka proved his ‘jackass’ credentials by calling President Rajapakse a ‘tin pot dictator’. It is obvious that he did not know the meaning, context of origin, or the inappropriateness of this expression to what he wanted to say but used it impulsively, showing that he is not fit to be president even in a ‘tin pot’.
The expression ‘tin pot dictator’ was a pejorative term coined in the days of the colonial British plundering of the world (under the euphemism ‘Empire’). The label was designed to denigrate strong patriotic and incorruptible leaders of countries they wanted to invade. The ‘tin pot’ reference was to the then new invention of the cheap metal container.
Pawnseka’s use of the expression, in addition to being linguistically inaccurate, is simply stupid contextually because dictators are those who stay in power without holding elections! However, the conspiracy behind Pawnseka’s candidature is such that his masters would have been extremely pleased.
Compared to such relatively insignificant ‘brick-dropping’, Fonseka’s hush-hush trip to India last week was a monumental cock-up; the trip was announced as another ‘private’ trip, much like the last one to the US. But speculation was rife in both India and Sri Lanka about the purpose of the trip. Disappointingly for Pawnseka, he failed to meet up with any significant figures in New Delhi. Those in the know believe that he was ‘crawling’ to the Indians for approval and possibly to seek domicile in India after the election.
Whatever the objective, Pawnseka’s failed Indian trip seems to have got his puppet master Robert ‘Oh!’ Blake worried; Blake is coming to Colombo early this week under the ridiculous pretence of ‘encouraging reconciliation’! He will meet with unnamed “government officials, political leaders (Milinda Moragoda!) and civil society (INGOs)” the State Department announced.
It is obvious that this conspirator ‘worm’ has printed his own invitation for this trip to Colombo for the purpose of trying out his sinister plans to meddle in the presidential election process currently underway.
Blake’s rushed visit to Colombo puts any doubts about the foreign financing and organisation behinds Fonseka’s candidacy to rest; his integrity is now terminally compromised. He has gone too far in demonstrating that he is no different to Ranil Wickremesinghe in terms of naïve and corrupt subservience to the plots of foreign forces. Sri Lankan people will condemn him for that.
As to his domestic support base, he is surrounded by rogues who have been robbing the Sri Lankan democracy for the last 40 years. These include the so-called ‘leaders’ of political parties who cry foul because they do not seem to be liked by the Sri Lankan people, and sundry ‘newspapers’ owned by various groups and individuals with highly personal agendas. Two of his recently converted media supporters include the obviously suspect representative of the Assembly of God cult and paradoxically, another one owned by a ‘jailbird’ who is renowned for thuggery and corruption including in the area of cricket administration.
There is not much joy in further analysing his supporters such as the JVP ‘leader’ Somawansa Amarasinghe (a murderer and bank robber who ended up stealing the loot!) , and of course Ranil Wickremesinghe. Politically speaking, they are ‘roadkill’. These dishonest and morally bankrupt individuals who contend that they are standing up against ‘bribery and corruption’ remind of vampires begging to be in charge of the blood bank!
The other support base is a group of newspaper ‘columnists’ (some writing under supercilious pen names) who prostitute their services to various vested interests. The apparent fervour and dishonesty of the barracking of these media types for Pawnseka can only be mustered by the ’rewards’ promised by religious fundamentalists and greedy businessmen.
One such thug who owns a Colombo Sunday newspaper appears to have managed to compromise the integrity of his normally straight-talking chief scribe by getting him to ‘convert’ almost overnight to be the cheer leader of the foreign-funded Pawnseka bandwagon.
In a sad display of ‘singing for his supper’ this veteran and respected journalist is attempting to canvas Pawnseka candidacy by saying that the upcoming presidential election is not an election at all, but a referendum on corruption! He also says that the future economic development is not an issue at all. How pathetic and dishonest is that?
This leading light of English language journalism in Sri Lanka also complains that the state media coverage is biased, and likens ITN and SLBC to ‘sewers’, the Elections Commissioner would not take any action on. Due to this reason, he says, that “we are not sure that economic concerns are foremost on people’s mind”, and this ‘election is a Referendum’ on whether the country can turn the page on sleaze, hypocrisy, and the general deterioration all round of ‘core-values’.
Ignoring the technical distinction between an election and a referendum, this extraordinary conclusion can only be described as a massive ‘journalistic wank’, as they say in America!
Firstly he assumes that what ‘he’ is doing is somehow different from what he is accusing the state media of. Secondly, he assumes that the rural folk of Sri Lanka care more about the ‘freedom of the donkey’ to the media more than they do about a decent meal for themselves and their families! How a person can loose his values on the orders of an employer, even when the employer is a thug with a criminal record is hard to understand.
This gentleman has also found out (all of a sudden) that the current situation ‘typifies the nadir’, but getting worse with the Elections Commissioner (EC) ‘being held hostage by this government’, thereby virtually obliging him to return a result that is favourable to the incumbents.
How on earth can the EC be held hostage? the critic has proof of this sort of corruption happening, and of its modalities, he should feel obliged to ‘do something’ without just talking about it. Until he does aomething, it will be just inuendo! Even in the most corrupt system in the world, the US, public officers have decided following the Iraqi invasion, ‘no more’ giving in to government deception. Doesn’t this worthy newspaper know how to get a ‘leak’ out of a government Department?
The fact is that certain media outlets in Sri Lanka have been running a campaign of charges of corruption, Human Rights violations, nepotism and other ‘ghastly’ crimes that will naturally appeal to foreign forces waiting to capture and exploit such internal disquiet for their own purposes. Add to these aggrieved individual campaigns the others by ‘more than corrupt’ outfits such as Transparency International (not!) and various INGOS ‘without borders’.
Sri Lankan people of all ethnic and religious persuasion who are motivated only by their basic needs, and distan from the foreign funded destabilisation campaigns such as fundamentalist religious cults, and greedy businessmen with their own sinister schemes will ignore these disingenuous and bogus scare campaigns.
The problem the hordes with vested interests are facing is that the reality of the daily lives of Sri Lankans is totally different to the one being painted by them. No one outside these ‘media organisations’ are not experiencing the ‘bheeshanaya’ in their daily lives. They are also aware of the disinformation campaigns being launched (by the same rogues) about various ‘imaginary’ business dealings of the extended Rajapakse family. The hordes will not succeed. The alleged purchase of ‘Swarnavahini’ by Basil Rajapakse for two billion rupees is the latest of such disgraceful campaign of lies.
When we look at the ‘common candidate’ himself, the only certainty seems to be that he is ‘common’; in an interview to the Outlook magazine, Pawnseka grieves about the government not purchasing new weapons systems, but only ammunition. Well, in the light of information that came to light recently, he may have made a decent cut off amunition purchases for himself and his family!
Pawnseka also laments that ‘our relations with western nations have been strained’ with allegations of war crimes. He wants to clear ‘our’ name by ‘discussing’ with them. It appears that the war crimes charges have introduced the fear of God to Pawnseka (in addition to the Assembly of God promises?). It may also be that if he wins, the final payment will only come after he agreed to implement the Zionist agenda of various Commissions, inquiries and other such ‘circuses’ designed to keep the minds of the Sri Lankan people away from their own developmental needs and the heinous crimes being committed in occupied Palestine!
The media hacks who are attempting to promote the falsehood that there is serious deterioration of the ‘core values’ of Sri Lanka need to wake up to themselves. Even if there is such a crisis, Fonseka is not the answer. Pawnseka is a pawn of the Zionist neoconservative agent Robert Blake who is exploiting Pawnseka’s obvious greed for government ‘freebies’ and power.
Pawnseka is yet to give a reason other than his ‘grievence’ of not being granted more rewards for entering politics, a vocation in which he is proving ‘fish out of water’.
Any support for Pawnseka will only be helping foreigners who are cunningly exploiting our national weakness of greed for power and personal wealth. Robert Oh Blake will not stop until he steals everything including the underwear of Fonseka supporters.
Down with Pawnseka
Recently Minister Maithripala Sirisena made a comment that west is using Sarath Fonseka to bring regime change in Sri Lanka. Could there be any truth behind this claim? In April 2002, Venezuelan Federation of Chambers of Commerce president Pedro Carmona led a coup to bring down the Venezuelan head of state, President Hugo Chavez.
Immediately after the coup, members of the military and of the new government said that the decision to force Chavez from power had been made six months earlier by a group of dissident officers in the Venezuelan navy and air force. As the coup was being hatched, the United States met with all the key players, either in Venezuela or in Washington: Pedro Carmona, Vice Admiral Carlos Molina, Air Force Col. Pedro Soto, and several other officers who in February had publicly demanded Chavez’s removal.
A US diplomat revealed that Molina and Soto had each received $100,000 from a Miami bank account for denouncing Chavez.
Later it was found that the U.S. funneled almost a million dollars to the organizations that fomented the anti-Chavez coup, through the auspices of the National Endowment for Democracy. Instead of recognizing the coup, the White House term of choice was “a change of government”. Such incidents are common in Latin American, Africa, Middle East and Asia.
If a head of state of a country is considered to be acting against the interests of the U.S or simply be ‘independent’, most probably plans are made with that country’s opposition, anti-government factions, and its military personnel to bring a change of government.
This prompts us to ask the question, was Sarath Fonseka’s recent trip to U.S had other ulterior motives than visiting his daughters and renewing his U.S green card. During the visit the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) requested Fonseka to volunteer and answer questions on the ‘war crimes’ allegedly committed by Defense Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa.
Why didn’t he inform the Sri Lankan embassy or the defense secretary before agreeing to meet with the officials at the U.S Department of Homeland Security? What made Sarath Fonseka to volunteer for the interview? Was there anything else discussed other than the alleged human rights violations committed by the government of Sri Lanka? Are these DHS interviews just a cover for what was really being discussed behind closed doors? Were there plans to conduct a coup after the defeat of the LTTE? Is running for presidency against incumbent president Mahinda Rajapakse, with the help of anti-national groups the second stage of a master the plan to bring down the government? Also, the secret meeting which took place soon after his return from the U.S with the US Ambassador Patricia Butenis adds further suspicion.
Is there a conspiracy? Maybe, maybe not. However, it’s always better to be aware and be prepared.
some UK report says a communist terror group has started operations in the east.
nice try. this BS news is created by the anti-national camp. their MASTERS (LTTE) plan to carryout terror attacks in support of one candidate (they always did so). then these jokers will blame this NEW terror outfit.
IF true, its the same groups that signed the CFA operating under a new banner.
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Please explain so called agreement between MR and Douglas Devananda Regarding North East Lands.
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Moshe,
Please Explain the So called Agreement between MR and Doglas Devananda Regarding North East Land Ownerships
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The war against the LTTE, that had international backing was won due to team effort. The President, defence sec., Commanders of various forces, ordinary members of the forces including the police, the public, Politicians of various parties all worked as a team. Special recognition has to be given to Defence sec Gotabaya Rajapaksa for his organisation skills. Specifically, the Army, the Navy, the Air Force, the Police, the Civil Defence Department, the Intelligence Service and the Foreign Ministry made a critical contribution to the battle against LTTE.
Patriots living in overseas made a contribution in winning the war. Without the support and leadership of the Mahinda, it is unlikely that the war could have been won. The President coordinated those against LTTE provided support and the appropriate tools to the forces, provided leadership, and stood firm against Western and other imperialist forces.
The President Mahinda acted the way a President should and non of the previous leaders, including Ranil provided leadership to the nation. It is selfish for an individual, such as Sarath Pawnseka to claim the lions share of the credit for winning the war.
The President Mahinda within a short span of 3 years, not only won the war, but have initiated other developments as well, such as the development of the airport, the harbour in the south, Solar power project, new roads, improvement in agriculture and so on. He also has shown how to resist foreign powers tactfully but firmly. He has built bridges with all the ethnic communities.
If Sarath Pawnseka wants to serve the country, he could join hands with Mahinda and support the war against corruption, abuse of power and so on.
It is best that the Retired General Sarath Pawnseka does not devalue himself by becoming a politician. In the army, to get a job done either you follow orders or issue orders. In the civilian life, it does not work that way..
Although it is good to have a strong opposition, to keep the Government on track, it is unwise to join a group of fools, racists, opportunists and traitors. Ranil nearly gave away the country to the LTTE and did not have the guts to fight the terrorists or even stand up to imperialists.
All previous leaders allowed the terrorists to grow in strength and it was only Mahinda who had the vision, courage and the skill to take on the terrorists and imperialists. This important fact has to be taken into account in any presidential contest.
It has to be mentioned that, it is Mahinda who nurtured Sarath Pawnseka and gave him the opportunity to become the Commander of the army. Many believe that is ungrateful of him to bite the hand that fed him.
It is clear from the various media articles that appear that Sarath Pawnseka has lost the respect of those that respected him previously and now some even treat him as a joker. What a sad fall for a hero. Many feel that the political skills demonstrated by Sarath Pawnseka is not impressive and many have questioned if there is even one General who has run a country properly. The skills needed by a General is different to that required of a leader of a country, with complex problems.
The Sri Lankan nation has to work as a team to improve the quality of life for all, irrespective of the ethnicity.
The failures and the nature of Sarath Pawnseka’s supporters need to be exposed to the country. JVP some say stand for Janatha Vinasha Peramuna It has lost its direction.
Modern Sri Lanka belongs to all its citizens and all should have rights and duties. Racist threats must not be underestimated or ignored. It is sad that our energies are not directed towards solving problems, but used in throwing mud at each other.
Sarath Pawnseka also appear to be associated with those that supported LTTE and those that attempted to humiliate him. This is out of character and there is a need to monitor him.
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Najjaja wasalohothi; najjaha hothin Brahmano; KAMMANA wasalohothi; KAMMANA hothi Brahmano
“no man is born superior to another nor is he born inferior to another; only our actions and actions alone make us inferior or superior beings”.
General Pawnseka did his best to get an extension even during the Previous President’s rule. He was relentless but that Lady did not trust him thinking that General Fonseka was sponsored by the JHU and was a UNPer. So she did not acede to his requests. General Pawnseka was personal friends with Gotabaya Rajapakse. On that card and his hawkish credentials and proven ability to be a Tiger hater and his single minded brilliance he was indeed given a POLITICAL extension. It is simply due to Mahinda and Gotabaya that Sarath Pawnseka did not retire in 2005 December. He is forgetting facts just like he is forgetting “corruption” of his family members. General Pawnseka has no honor or character to continue this way if he keeps going. It is simply a personal grudge and anger and NOT politics policy or principle that is guiding him. Effeminate Ranil and his favorites like Akila, Sagala will realize Ranil can NEVER beat Mahinda. So now they are using a Patsy in General Pawnseka a true war hero. Ranil will gain a lot and win by sympathy vote ONLY if Sarath Pawnseka is harmed or killed before elections. This is a personal ego trip and has nothing do with facts. Facts show he was rewarded amply. Facts show corruption. Facts so victimization of those he did not like in the Army etc. Facts show a one man show of giant ego hungry to be a military dictator. SB was right to come back to the SLFP. He left because Chandrika mistreated him. Now he is back where he belongs. JVP are class envious losers who destroyed Sri Lanka twice(1971 and 88-89). They cannot even get 10 pct of the vote. So JVP want to potray itself as the King makers.
Jehan Perera, of the National Peace Council, who opposed the war led by Sarath Fonseka, now admits that the general has changed his stance on the ethnic issue, meaning that he is ready to go beyond the 13th Amendment. Is this what Fonseka meant when he said: “Over my dead body!”? Did he lead his soldiers to go beyond Alimankada (Elephant Pass) for him to go beyond the 13th Amendment? When he wears the UNP badge he accepts, by implication, the UNP policy of going beyond the 13th Amendment. As they say, when you talk like a duck, walk like a duck and wear the feathers of a duck you are duck. There are no two words about it.
The people who trusted him would like to know whether the hero who claims to have won the war sacrificed his loyal soldiers to give more than what the Tamil leaders signed for with the Indian leaders? Towards the end of the war he proclaimed that his table was covered with hundred maps when he began the war and in the final stages he reduced it to one map. This was good news. The people believed that there will be only one map after he completed the war. Is he now asking us to go back to the hundred maps that he had on his table when the final offensive began at Mavil Aru? He has to tell the people how many maps he has on his table now? Is he showing to Soma-hansa the same map that he is showing to Wickremesinghe? And what kind of map will he show the voters?
When he followed the road map of Mahinda Rajapakse he went swiftly to Alimankada and beyond. After he switched sides and joined Wickremesinghe he seems to be stuck in Pamankada. Is this ultimate goal of Fonseka? Those who considered him to be their hero feel let down by his politics which runs contrary to his own conscience. How can he bat for Mahinda Rajapakse first and then go to bat for Wickremesinghe in the same innings?
If he scored 100 runs for Mahinda Rajapakse how can he now score 101 for Wickremesinghe? This means that he is batting to defeat his own achievements. He is not playing a 20-20 match where you can switch sides without any qualms because you are playing for money. He is playing in a test match which represents the nation. When he goes to bat for an anti-national team at any stage of the test – and the other half of the test has just begun — is it possible for the nation to cheer him all the way.
Tiger financier Rajaratnam paid US$ 3,000,000 to the Fonseka campaign giant Ravi Karunanayake, MP. The Fonseka camp said this money is to be used to buy shares in Union Bank of Sri Lanka. However, nothing of that sort happened and it is illegal to invest foreign funds without approval from the Central Bank. Simply, this money is for the Fonseka campaign! That is not all. LTTE is channelling millions of dollars to the private coffers of the Fonseka camp to run the election campaign of Fonseka through its reliable agents like Mano, Jayalath, Ranil, Mangala and Hakeem some of whom have live agreements with the LTTE. Recently in France an interesting legal battle took place over terror financing. The suspects were charged with financing LTTE, a terrorist organisation. They argued in their defence that GOSL had an agreement with the LTTE at that time and therefore financing the LTTE was legal. Although this argument was rejected by the French courts, it proves something else – LTTE still believes in its MoUs and agreements made with its partners in 2002!
General Fonseka is knowingly part to many of these LTTE acts carried out by LTTE paid pawns. It is noteworthy to mention Ranil’s UNP, Mano’s WPF and Hakeem’s SLMC still have active, not cancelled memoranda of understanding with the LTTE. These agreements were signed parallel to the notorious CFA (agreement) in 2002. Although the government, as a party to the CFA, cancelled the CFA, UNP-LTTE, WPF-LTTE and Hakeem-LTTE MoUs still stand as none of the parties to these agreements cancelled them.
By joining them, General Fonseka is contributing his knowledge, skills, labour, money and the power of networks/contacts for the LTTE cause now championed by the remaining signatories. General Fonseka does not become a traitor merely by joining the UNP. But he becomes a traitor by tolerating, allowing and abetting UNP leaders’ continued LTTE worship. Apart from popular LTTE stooges, a less talked about LTTE military trainee is Sarath Manamendra who is also in the UNA coalition. He was arrested in 2008 with explosives in his possession. This is the true nature of the Fonseka alliance. They use General Fonseka as a shield to safely engage in pro-LTTE activities. And Fonseka is no hostage!
The threat to Sri Lanka’s survival is not over and hence the war isn’t over yet. Tamil Elamists still pose a grave threat to Sri Lanka and armed forces are still busy neutralising this threat. Generals have come and gone; some brilliant, some think they are brilliant. But the war to protect the nation must continue. In this context General (retd) Sarath Fonseka doing the reverse of Karuna Amman, is against national security interests. Even now the LTTE is engaged in the following terror adventures.
Fonseka camp is already doing its best to save these LTTE activities after the US$ 3 million initial payment. Sri Lanka succeeded in rightfully confiscating three (3) LTTE ships that were used to carryout these acts. Who is crying? Is it the LTTE? No, but its paid agents in the Fonseka camp! Recently Mangala and Joseph Michael, two giants of the Fonseka camp made such a big hue and cry over Sri Lanka confiscating LTTE assets. Any businessman would understand, if he cannot do what he is paid for, his principal would stop further payments. Now the Fonseka camp is busy disrupting the government confiscating LTTE assets.
Confiscating ships engaged in illegal acts is not something new. It has happened right throughout history. The Sri Lanka Navy transporter MV Invincible was one such confiscated ship.
LTTE is desperately trying to establish links with other terror groups, especially with groups destabilizing India. It was reported recently that two LTTE leaders recently met Naxals (a terror group in India) and LTTE is forging new links with other splinter groups like the Maoist guerrillas of India. It is not a secret that Fonseka camp is anti-Indian and pro-Blake. Its support is essential for the reborn, infant LTTE to grow and establish. A pro-Indian government in Sri Lanka will never allow the LTTE, with links to anti-Indian terror groups, to survive. This is the main reason why the LTTE supports the Fonseka camp.
Pro-LTTE groups lobby garment importers in the US and EU not to buy Sri Lankan made stuff. Urging Tamils to boycott the national carrier – Srilankan – is another attempt. Blocking vital foreign currency is the aim of this vicious campaign. Ranil’s contribution to this campaign is enormous. He and his pro-LTTE henchmen made several trips to Europe urging European governments to stop the GSP Plus scheme. They also tried to stop the $2.6 billion IMF loan.
LTTE runs a second campaign of discrediting against Sri Lanka. This is the ‘war crimes’ campaign. Although it is obvious there were no war crimes committed by the government forces, LTTE uses this not to charge Sri Lankans with war crimes, but to blackmail officers and get their support. Fonseka, very keen on keeping his lottery-won green card made a trip to the USA recently. But he had to cut short his trip when he avoided an ‘interview’ with officers of the Homeland Security. Who instigated, agitated and begged the US authorities to investigate possible war crimes? The LTTE. Fonseka now wants to live in the USA at the same time want to avoid war crimes hassles too. This perfectly suits the LTTE and its agents in Sri Lanka. LTTE’s blackmailing has worked!
Actively involved in seeking ways and means of re-establishing bases, using political means to achieve terrorist ends
Already the Fonseka camp has agreed to go beyond the 13th Amendment to satisfy Elamists. According to them the 13th Amendment is 20 years old, Elamists wants more and more every passing year and they should be given more. It was clear from the last LG elections in Vavuniya, Elamists are still active and seek political avenues to get at terrorist/separatist goals. This is what the Fonseka camp now promises.
A race between the two presidential hopefuls to give more and more of Sri Lanka to Elamists is highly dangerous. Creating such a competition is what the LTTE wants.
A US pawn is very active in politics trying to disrupt Sri Lanka’s war winning strategic partnerships. If this US pawn succeeds, it sets the ground for another LTTE uprising. Cognizant of this fact, the LTTE transnational government supports him. The successful war winning partnership was built by the present government which is very complex. Not only weapons but also diplomatic support was obtained from partners to eliminate the LTTE threat. In the past there was no such management. Past leaders fell into either one camp or the other. If the US pawn manages to fool the voters and re-establish a pro-Blake colony here with the green card as their carrot and stick, it will reverse all military and diplomatic victories. US have proven that it is not dependable in the long run.
In defeating the US pawn, Sri Lanka also defeats their neo-colonial agenda and forces them to come on equal, respecting terms which they are prepared to do.
While some self appointed defence experts lacked required knowledge and expertise to comment on defence, some others are qualified and patriotic. When multiple blunders were committed by one man at the Jaffna battlefront, it was the task of patriotic defence analysts to point that out. However, when they pointed out this obvious debacle, they came under attack. They were attacked and silenced by the same person who was responsible for the debacles.
Now most of these journalists have gone silent which helps the faulty military man escape with his faults that costed over 1,000 lives. Their silence helps boost the image of the Fonseka camp.
Corruption at the defence establishment was one main reason war couldn’t be won for 23 years. However, the Fonseka camp has powerful and rich arms dealers financing it. This has two dangers. One is they have benefited in the past and the other is they plan to benefit in future too. Danuna Tillakaratna was often mentioned in arms deals and he is obviously a man with means. It is also surprising how a government servant of 40 years can suddenly pay Rs 1,000,000 a month in rent. Creeping corruption back to the defence establishment while the LTTE is busy trying to regroup signals a precarious development.
LTTE has made it very clear it has no permanent friends or permanent enemies. Anyone supporting its present phase of survival will be adored by the LTTE. LTTE kittens are busy searching for a mother and little they care a potential mother comes from another camp. If she can nurse the next level of tigers, LTTE is willing to finance them and completely stop hassling them. People should decide if they want a group of LTTE agents with a patriotic scarecrow (“pambaya”) or the war winning team to rule them for another six years.
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Sarath Pawnseka has clearly abused his authority to bestow favors and privileges to his son-in-law Danuna Tilakaratne.in Olkohama by assigning Sri Lankan Army Commandos to provide security. Four Army commandos are provided with a special apartments and vehicles to discreetly watch the residence of Danuna Tilakaratne.
Recently a paparazzi who went to take candid shots of the inmates and the house of Danuna Tilakaratne was roughed up by these Army commandos.
This security arrangements alone, Sri Lanka Army has so far spent more than 180 million of the tax payers money.
How will the army recover this money from Sarath Pawnseka: who is according to Ranil Wickremasinghe, SomaHansa Samarasinghe, Rauff Hackeem, Mongala Samaraweera and Mano Gonason - a crusader against corruption?
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i just heard this news and im still trying to settle my consciousness. our dear general fonceka has lawfully betrayed our motherland and its heroes by saying that gota gave direct orders to kill ram/pulidevan/nadesan and shavendra executed it. i have thus far been un decided on what party to support in the elections, but with this..no way im gonna vote him.
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Defencewire,
The general said Gota ordered to kill all LTTE leaders who tried to surrender. What actually happened??
Thanks.
Rukshan
Finally I was able to stop this blog same as I got General into our camp. See how general is dancing according to my tune.
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The Tamils must not think, 2 Sinhalese are fighting election. We shall wait till one of them or both of them destroy themselves. Then what is the Tamil contribution to this event in the very same country they live? The TNA guy is contesting. To achieve what? Just to show their contempt to the election and muddy the waters. Does that help the Tamil cause? Finally SF or MR will win and the winner will know Tamils never supported him and therefore to hell with them. Tamil cause will be dead and buried. Many Sinhalese believe that TNA is LTTE sympathiser and therefore they will think although LTTE is dead and moderate Tamils have got fed up with them, here are a bunch of people are continuing in the same frame of mind. This election, the Tamils can work to their benefit but TNA and the Tamil leadership does not know how. If you want to live in anger against the Sinhalese, you may do so and I don’t ever condemn you because that is your wish which I greatly respect. But are you or the Tamils going to get anywhere like that? In this world if we want anything done, we got to be proactive. We got to get the bull by the horns. We got to lock horns even with our adversaries for the betterment of all. But we also can sit on the sidelines and lament and accuse others of messing everything up. Throw stones and cause ripples in the water. Choice is entirely ours.
Can such a man be the Commander –in- chief of his own forces and win the respect and loyalty of his troops when he exposes them to war crimes. Is it to settle a score of a personal nature- so far a main plank in his campaign? Can a presidential candidate jeopardize national interest arising from personal disputes? Should the People vote for such a person to high office?
Is Foseka taking a Nixonian attitude and is he in a state of denial that his son in law committed the alleged illegal activities and/or he did not know anything about them if indeed they were committed? Will the same fate that befell Nixon be Fonseka’s fate? Will it be his “Danunagate”?.
Remeber the comment on TamilNadu poiiticians by Fonseka?
Political Jokers!!!
Seems, it takes one to know another.
The recent antics of the Ranil/JVP-terrorists of yesteryear-and the retired General-who got irritated because he was not declared the sole liberator of the country-and their cronies, typical of those who will do anything to gain power, are painting themselves into a corner with never-dry paint. The General is obviously not fit to govern a country when he is capable of making utterly irresponsible claims which have done irreparable damage to the heroic armed forces, and the country itself. Retracting his statements, and declaring them as taken out of context is a step too late. He should have known that there are many ruthless enemies of Sri Lanka lurking in the shadows, forces of evil who have in the past and will continue in the future to tarnish the glory of the armed forces, and the nation and its government, unceasingly envious of thefirst time in the world defeat of terrorism.
The General suddenly realizes, prodded of course by his strange bedfellows, that human rights need to be protected by him?
Those who came up with this grand plan should realize that Sri Lanka is a country of literate, intelligent, just and reasonable people -except, of course, for some politicians and their henchmen, who obviously need a certain amount of regimentation. Sri Lanka certainly does not need ‘army rule,’ especially when the person who is trying to enforce it is under a cloud of of nepotism and large scale corruption. We have been reading about a barrage of charges against the general; he should, if he can, first clear himself of those before he even contests for presidency of a “gamsabava”.
Fonseka is being parsimonious with the truth. While pointing an accusing finger at Gotabhaya Rajapaksa, he has sought to absolve himself of responsibility by claiming that he was not in the country in the days preceding the defeat of the LTTE and that he was told about the executions only later. While he was indeed not in the country during that crucial period, his argument that he was kept in the dark over the executions doesn’t hold water. Fonseka headed the armed forces and there is no way that he would not have been informed with regard to an order as important as the one to execute the Tiger leaders. Fonseka has been claiming credit for the remarkable military victory over the LTTE; he cannot wash his hands off its less-savoury actions.
Mangala was the first one to assess Sarath Fonseka as not even good enough to command the Salvation Army. Now Mangala wants the man who can’t even command the Salvation Army to rule Sri Lanka. I am confused. Now SF is giving orders to Mangala as his spokesperson. I am getting more confused. According to Leader newspaper, quoting SF, it is Gotabhaya who has given orders in the last phase of the war against LTTE but I thought SF was the one who was in command until the end, according to SF’s boasting in the last few weeks. Oh! My God I am getting completely confused now. The hero is sharing everything and asking the support of Hakim, who has signed an agreement with LTTE Prabhakaran (I have photo of them together after signing the agreement) for part of Sri Lanka for Muslims. No it can’t be!! SF will not share anything with a traitor like that, would he???? I am really really and utterly and completely confused now. Day by Day SF is proving that Mangala may be right. What a Duo!!! Good luck and God Bless them.
On the other hand SF’s wish has come true to be more popular. Now SF has become more popular not only in Sri Lanka but among the West and LTTE supporters worldwide who were trying to demean Sri Lanka and the brave forces of Sri Lanka. His denial is too late as he has repeated the similar thing on the 10 Jul in Amblangoda as per US Congressional report.
So now according to SF, Sunday Leader has become the liar misquoting him. How come this great paper journalist got it wrong, I thought nowadays they tape every interview for this reason and hopefully SF will sue them for damages. SF now can blame Sunday Leader when he loses the election. This man will sell anyone to get what he wants, and I said that from the beginning. Good example of how greed, hatred and power can corrupt people.
One thing is certain; this man SF is becoming very popular for the wrong reasons though!!!!!!!!
I don’t know whose “dead rope” he swallowed to contest and become a joker in the pack. So far he has done a very good job of making sure MR will win easily. He should have enjoyed of what he achieved and spent the rest of his life with his family in happiness rather than trying to do things for the wrong reasons. Hatred towards MR, GR and family, for their “ill treatment” (which is doubtful now) that is what it is all about.
There is one similarity I see between Ranil and SF, and that is everytime they both open their mouths, they lose more supporters.
Fonseka ran away from the country days before the final battle broke out; on May 11th to be precise. Apparently he was visiting China. What was the army commander doing when his men were fighting the last, decisive battle? He betrayed the army by deserting them at a crucial time of the battle. He also claimed that he came to know of the final stages of the battle from a journalist whereas he broke the news of Parabakaran’s death to journalists. It is strange how an army commander comes to know about the battlefield from a journalist!
On December 13, 2009 in an interview with the Sunday Leader, Fonseka alleged that the Defence Secretary ordered to kill surrendered LTTE leaders and Brigadier Shavendra Silva carried out the order. Patriots lost all respect for Fonseka with this statement. Fonseka became the dirtiest traitor this nation has seen. He knowingly pandered to the LTTE attempts of levelling war crimes allegations against Sri Lankan war heroes. Within hours of his interview, the popular LTTE mouthpiece carried a news item quoting Fonseka that Sri Lankan war heroes must be punished for killing surrendered LTTE leaders.
Without stopping at this, Fonseka disputed this news item without correcting it. Such dastardly conduct! At least he should not contradict himself.
Where do you get army commanders applying for the US Diversity Visa Lottery while holding the high office? This shows Sarath Fonseka’s complete lack of faith in Sri Lanka. There is no harm applying for the lottery after retiring. An army commander is supposed to be loyal to one country – the country he has avowed to defend. How can an army commander defend national interests of both Sri Lanka and the USA at the same time?
Gotabhaya Rajapaksha applied for US visa after he resigned from the army following two decades of dedicated service. He made up his mind to serve Sri Lanka once again whole heartedly, not to be in the US and Sri Lanka at the same time.
In SF’s dictionary, there is no word called “WE”, So his world of vision has been centered towards himself!
He speaks as he fought against LTTE alone, with no support from other military forces, Defense Secretary, Government or the president (in fact now he says that MR and his government not only gave no help, but also disturbed him!!!).
During the war and even soon after the war SF used to mention that MR extended his service just 16days before his retirement, and infact still there are enough youtube videos as evidences for that. But now SF says that there has been nothing like that and he had three more years to retire even at that time (see this weekend newspapers).
Even the most corrupted politicians do not behave like this, and what’s more we could expect from a person with these qualities?
This man is trying to portray as he is the moral guardian in Sri Lanka. Recently we heard that the parcel of land he was getting from Sri Lankan government is a gift. The President earlier agreed to offer the 3 service chiefs plots of land to build a house to the extent of 10 perches at Kirimandala Mawatha allocated for a public project. SF is the greedy one who asked for 15 then 25. A perch is estimated to be 3.5 million rupees. That is over 900 million rupees of property he is getting from the government as a gift. Then he did not vacate Army Commanders residence or the quarters at HQ when he took over the office of CDS. He did not even want the guard at Army HQ changed to coincide with the new commander’s regiment. The government has treated him with due respect and regard for assisting in the terrorism war. But he seems to have had his agenda from the beginning to have raised the issues he did on his resignation letter. In his public address he is trying to say that he always do what he says. But he also said that he has no political ambitions and never enter politics saying that he only know to fight. What does he say about that? He is only a power hungry Army man, who will destroy the fabric of democracy in Sri Lanka, and if that happens UNP and JVP should be held accountable.
My sincere wish is that this hero cum traitor should die from a car accident or lightning or heart attack for giving false statement to Sunday leader newspaper regarding our most distinguished defence secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa ordered the killing the most ruthless terrorists in the world during the last stage of the war after waving white flags to surrender.
Does any one in my peaceful homeland can believe such rubbish talk from a hero who became a General after the war.Thanks for the President for giving him that position and make this dirty traitor a hero. He got this hero label by doing heroics things during the dirty war as a soldier.
Our President was so grateful for his valuable service and offered him this post but this dirty harry didnt appreciate what he did to him and now standing against the President of our country to get power and wealth to his hands by hook or crook. When someone in his position utters words like that who will take the benefit?
These are dangerous words and will bring bad name to our country and to its peoples. Did he think of the Armed Forces where he fought for the last thirty five years when he utter those words in front of cameras and the electronic media of their own. Did he not think that our Government will be in question by the so called International community when they hear such rubbish from a citizen of my country who was called a hero sometimes back.
He is doing more damage to us than the LTTE done during past thirty years. He is a dirtiest traitor I have ever seen or heard in my whole life. His statements were shocked and saddened to me. I cannot believe a Sinhala person will betray like this to his own country and to his peoples at this hour of peace. Sinhalese like him betrayed in the past siding with white masters etc but this betrayal is the worst and I condemn this dirtiest guy in a very strongest way as I am too is a pure Sinhalese blood.
This is the time we should forget the past and think of the future without reminding the past and talk about your own heroism. If you want the vote of the people you should talk about the issues of the day not rubbish and lies like this and bring shame to our country. You dirty harry stop immediately all this nonsense before you bring disaster to the country and to our leaders.
If you don’t know any politics just go home and sleep with your wife and enjoy your retirement. Don’t make us angry. Allow our nation to celebrate our famous victory and bring peace and happiness to our peoples. This is the time for progress not for killing and dividing each other. Our leaders trying to make a just society by uniting the people of all faiths,colours,and religion don’t spoil it you dirty traitor.
Tell something useful rather than promising utter rubbish like raising salary by ten thousand,opening liquor bars to people to drink as much as they like,abolishing presidential rule, dividing the nation in to pieces etc. You retired army man don’t think that you are General Musharaf of Pakistan. He is really a hero and a brave man and loved his country, not like you go against the country and leaders for not giving you enough after the war.
What you need more you retired traitor? You got a house, land,car,body guards,money etc what else you need and the highest position in the Armed Forces What else you need.We know you need the President’s chair to sit and dream of your fairyland? AH! Are you out of your mind? Do you think our beloved citizens will make you the king? What is your qualifications? Being friends to the all time traitors like Ranil,Mangalaya,Hakeem,Mano and the red clowns?
Mr.Retired man don’t utter rubbish because you are a garbage now in the eyes of our citizens so best thing to do is to shut your dirty mouth and retire for good otherwise mother nature will send you to hell. Tell your dirty friends enough is enough because no one believe your stories and you guys don’t have new stories to tell the voters so don’t dirty our paradise isle of SRI LANKA any more retirement is the best medicine for you and to your stooges.
Your days are numbered after that you have to check the world map to find a place to live except you go to your white masters in America and live a luxury life with your crooked family. Our wish and prayers to our beloved President Mahinda Rajapaksa always to bring our homeland to the world stage to live in dignity and proud not for a traitor like you NEVER,NEVER,NEVER?
Guess Mangala was right, this guy is not suitable to lead even the salvation army!
When people like Jagath Jayasuriya, Shavendra, Prasanna Silva, Jagath Dias, Kamal Gunarathne retire, we will call them true patriots !
General SF, what a lousy loser you are!
Why are you accusing the Defense Secretary?
You are a shameless, power-hungry, brainless idiot of a man. You would have been good as an army commander, but I will not trust you to run the country. You are as big-mouthed and loose-tongued as Ranil Wickramasinghe. No matter what you proclaim about your great military strategies, you would have achieved nothing without President Rajapakse brother’s giving the political leadership.
I don’t like the corruption done by you during your time as a army commander to support your son in law in arms dealings. I will not cast my vote for you. I will give it to President Mahinda Rajapakse. You have lost whatever respect I had for you. No matter what happens to you personally, you should not be betraying the members of the team that stood together to defeat the most ruthless group of terrorists in the world. They got what they dished out to the innocent civilians during the 3 decades of brutal terrorist activities.
Shame on you General, shame on you.
When You decided to sleep with dogs ! You know what will happen Next?
I hope that you have a ‘landslide’ loss at the elections and keep your dog close enoigh to protect you.
Idiot – if you do not know what to talk keep your mouth shut!
Jehan Perera, of the National Peace Council, who opposed the war led by Sarath Fonseka, now admits that the general has changed his stance on the ethnic issue, meaning that he is ready to go beyond the 13th Amendment. Is this what Fonseka meant when he said: “Over my dead body!”? Did he lead his soldiers to go beyond Alimankada (Elephant Pass) for him to go beyond the 13th Amendment? When he wears the UNP badge he accepts, by implication, the UNP policy of going beyond the 13th Amendment. As they say, when you talk like a duck, walk like a duck and wear the feathers of a duck you are duck. There are no two words about it.
The people who trusted him would like to know whether the hero who claims to have won the war sacrificed his loyal soldiers to give more than what the Tamil leaders signed for with the Indian leaders? Towards the end of the war he proclaimed that his table was covered with hundred maps when he began the war and in the final stages he reduced it to one map. This was good news. The people believed that there will be only one map after he completed the war. Is he now asking us to go back to the hundred maps that he had on his table when the final offensive began at Mavil Aru? He has to tell the people how many maps he has on his table now? Is he showing to Soma-hansa the same map that he is showing to Wickremesinghe? And what kind of map will he show the voters?
When he followed the road map of Mahinda Rajapakse he went swiftly to Alimankada and beyond. After he switched sides and joined Wickremesinghe he seems to be stuck in Pamankada. Is this ultimate goal of Fonseka? Those who considered him to be their hero feel let down by his politics which runs contrary to his own conscience. How can he bat for Mahinda Rajapakse first and then go to bat for Wickremesinghe in the same innings?
If he scored 100 runs for Mahinda Rajapakse how can he now score 101 for Wickremesinghe? This means that he is batting to defeat his own achievements. He is not playing a 20-20 match where you can switch sides without any qualms because you are playing for money. He is playing in a test match which represents the nation. When he goes to bat for an anti-national team at any stage of the test – and the other half of the test has just begun — is it possible for the nation to cheer him all the way.
Mrs B, gave Sepala Attygalle the Weasel the NEVER BEFORE UNPRECEDENTED EXTENSION. THAT IS FACT. So there is precedence even though SF’s appt even went further. Mrs B gave Sepala Attygalle the extension because he went behind Anuruddha Ratwatte, carried tales, acted like a bag boy for Anura Bandaranaike even carrying his bag from a aeroplane, ingratiated himself and put fears in Mrs B’s head about General Denis Perera because Denis was CATHOLIC. Mrs B did not listen to the good people in her family who advised against this unfair extension but Anura B and Anuruddha won the debate and deprived Denis. Denis was only appointed AFTER the UNP won in 1977. Sepala the weasel then carried tales for JR Too and betrayed Mrs B. He is the ONLY bastard who avoided saying the official goodbye to Mrs B as tradition has it. All 3 service commanders and the police chief bid the outgoing PM goodbye. Sepala Attygalle was the Sarath Fonseka of his time. Only one who outsmarted this weasel was Chandrika. She got him to give evidence against Ranil and then got rid of the bastard who was made Air Lanka Chairman by JR after he retired as Army commander. Denis Perera will attest to this chain of events. He was an honorable man but because of Mrs B’s fears of the catholic action coup in 1962 and her biases she prevented his rightful appt. of course no one was able to defeat Tigers until Sarath because we had drunkards, yes men, Sai Baba men, born again nutcase Christians and a host of incompetent yes men as commanders during the Eelam wars. We had jokers who along with Anuruddha launched wars with Auspicious times; jokers who wanted to force the Bible on troops; jokers who stopped serving beef etc because they became Sai Baba fans.
1 General Fonseka did his best to get an extension even during the Previous President’s rule. He was relentless but that Lady did not trust him thinking that General Fonseka was sponsored by the JHU and was a UNPer. So she did not acede to his requests.
2. General Fonseka was personal friends with Gotabaya Rajapakse. On that card and his hawkish credentials and proven ability to be a Tiger hater and his single minded brilliance he was indeed given a POLITICAL extension.
3.It is simply due to Mahinda and Gotabaya that SF did not retire in 2005 December. He is forgetting facts just like he is forgetting “corruption” of his family members.
4. General Fonseka has no honor or character to continue this way if he keeps going. It is simply a personal grudge and anger and NOT politics policy or principle that is guiding him.
5. Effeminate Ranil and his favorites like Akila, Sagala will realize Ranil can NEVER beat Mahinda. So now they are using a Patsy in General Fonseka a true war hero.
6. Ranil will gain a lot and win by sympathy vote ONLY if Sarath is harmed or killed before elections.
7. This is a personal ego trip and has nothing do with facts. Facts show he was rewarded amply. Facts show corruption. Facts so victimization of those he did not like in the Army etc. Facts show a one man show of giant ego hungry to be a military dictator.
8. SB was right to come back to the SLFP. He left because CBK mistreated him. Now he is back where he belongs.
9. JVP are class envious losers who destroyed Sri Lanka twice(1971 and 88-89). They cannot even get 10 pct of the vote. They are like Velupillai. Same low caste resentment of the majority. Velupillai would not have got many votes either. So JVP want to portray itself as the King makers.
The war against the LTTE, that had international backing was won due to team effort. The President, defence sec., Commanders of various forces, ordinary members of the forces including the police, the public, Politicians of various parties all worked as a team. Special recognition has to be given to Defence sec Gotabaya Rajapaksa for his organisation skills. Specifically, the Army, the Navy, the Air Force, the Police, the Civil Defence Department, the Intelligence Service and the Foreign Ministry made a critical contribution to the battle against LTTE.
Patriots living in overseas made a contribution in winning the war. Without the support and leadership of the Mahinda, it is unlikely that the war could have been won. The President coordinated those against LTTE provided support and the appropriate tools to the forces, provided leadership, and stood firm against Western and other imperialist forces.
The President Mahinda acted the way a President should and non of the previous leaders, including Ranil provided leadership to the nation. It is selfish for an individual, such as Sarath Pawnseka to claim the lions share of the credit for winning the war.
The President Mahinda within a short span of 3 years, not only won the war, but have initiated other developments as well, such as the development of the airport, the harbour in the south, Solar power project, new roads, improvement in agriculture and so on. He also has shown how to resist foreign powers tactfully but firmly. He has built bridges with all the ethnic communities.
If Sarath Pawnseka wants to serve the country, he could join hands with Mahinda and support the war against corruption, abuse of power and so on.
It is best that the Retired General Sarath Pawnseka does not devalue himself by becoming a politician. In the army, to get a job done either you follow orders or issue orders. In the civilian life, it does not work that way..
Although it is good to have a strong opposition, to keep the Government on track, it is unwise to join a group of fools, racists, opportunists and traitors. Ranil nearly gave away the country to the LTTE and did not have the guts to fight the terrorists or even stand up to imperialists.
All previous leaders allowed the terrorists to grow in strength and it was only Mahinda who had the vision, courage and the skill to take on the terrorists and imperialists. This important fact has to be taken into account in any presidential contest.
It has to be mentioned that, it is Mahinda who nurtured Sarath Pawnseka and gave him the opportunity to become the Commander of the army. Many believe that is ungrateful of him to bite the hand that fed him.
It is clear from the various media articles that appear that Sarath Pawnseka has lost the respect of those that respected him previously and now some even treat him as a joker. What a sad fall for a hero. Many feel that the political skills demonstrated by Sarath Pawnseka is not impressive and many have questioned if there is even one General who has run a country properly. The skills needed by a General is different to that required of a leader of a country, with complex problems.
The Sri Lankan nation has to work as a team to improve the quality of life for all, irrespective of the ethnicity.
The failures and the nature of Sarath Pawnseka’s supporters need to be exposed to the country. JVP some say stand for Janatha Vinasha Peramuna It has lost its direction.
Modern Sri Lanka belongs to all its citizens and all should have rights and duties. Racist threats must not be underestimated or ignored. It is sad that our energies are not directed towards solving problems, but used in throwing mud at each other.
Sarath Pawnseka also appear to be associated with those that supported LTTE and those that attempted to humiliate him. This is out of character and there is a need to monitor him.
Those who are conversant with the operation of the U.S. system do know that the Department of Homeland Security(DHS) has no knowledge of an individual named Gotabhaya Rajapaksa and that the DHS do not monitor political developments in foreign nations and how those regimes operate. If that is so how did the DHS come up with the Rajapaksa name to inform Sarath Fonseka that he is being invited to an interview to inquire about Sri Lanka’s defense secretary (the DHS officer erroneously said defense minister) and his alleged involvements in the so called war atrocities? The only source for that information was Robert Blake’s office in the State Department.
One could visualize the invisible hand and forces behind Sarath Fonseka which may have a possible interpretation that the United States prefers a regime change in Sri Lanka with the installation of a regime ‘friendly’ toward the West and the U.S.
Within days of his departure from the U.S. Fonseka branded Sri Lanka president Mahinda Rajapaksa a ‘tin pot dictator’ and is prepared to take him on at the forthcoming presidential election in January. The term ‘Tin Pot Dictator’ is a popular phrase among American diplomats and politicians to describe Latin American heads of state at various times.
Recently Minister Maithripala Sirisena made a comment that west is using Sarath Fonseka to bring regime change in Sri Lanka. Could there be any truth behind this claim? In April 2002, Venezuelan Federation of Chambers of Commerce president Pedro Carmona led a coup to bring down the Venezuelan head of state, President Hugo Chavez.
Immediately after the coup, members of the military and of the new government said that the decision to force Chavez from power had been made six months earlier by a group of dissident officers in the Venezuelan navy and air force. As the coup was being hatched, the United States met with all the key players, either in Venezuela or in Washington: Pedro Carmona, Vice Admiral Carlos Molina, Air Force Col. Pedro Soto, and several other officers who in February had publicly demanded Chavez’s removal.
A US diplomat revealed that Molina and Soto had each received $100,000 from a Miami bank account for denouncing Chavez.
Later it was found that the U.S. funneled almost a million dollars to the organizations that fomented the anti-Chavez coup, through the auspices of the National Endowment for Democracy. Instead of recognizing the coup, the White House term of choice was “a change of government”. Such incidents are common in Latin American, Africa, Middle East and Asia.
If a head of state of a country is considered to be acting against the interests of the U.S or simply be ‘independent’, most probably plans are made with that country’s opposition, anti-government factions, and its military personnel to bring a change of government.
This prompts us to ask the question, was Sarath Fonseka’s recent trip to U.S had other ulterior motives than visiting his daughters and renewing his U.S green card. During the visit the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) requested Fonseka to volunteer and answer questions on the ‘war crimes’ allegedly committed by Defense Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa.
Why didn’t he inform the Sri Lankan embassy or the defense secretary before agreeing to meet with the officials at the U.S Department of Homeland Security? What made Sarath Fonseka to volunteer for the interview? Was there anything else discussed other than the alleged human rights violations committed by the government of Sri Lanka? Are these DHS interviews just a cover for what was really being discussed behind closed doors? Were there plans to conduct a coup after the defeat of the LTTE? Is running for presidency against incumbent president Mahinda Rajapakse, with the help of anti-national groups the second stage of a master the plan to bring down the government? Also, the secret meeting which took place soon after his return from the U.S with the US Ambassador Patricia Butenis adds further suspicion.
Is there a conspiracy? Maybe, maybe not. However, it’s always better to be aware and be prepared.
General (retd.) Sarath Fonseka is conforming to the shameful tradition of past Sri Lankan kings and adigars who have been ‘eveready’ to sell out to foreigners. This tradition, starting with Buvanekabahu of Kotte was kept alive by many other kings and adigars that followed him. Ranil Wickremesinghe whom many consider to be the reincarnation of Don Juan Dharmapala has been the personification of this shameful practice in recent times. Now that the baton has been passed on to Sarath Fonseka, he deserves to be referred to as Adigar ‘Pawnseka’.
Sadly for him, things do not seem to be going well at all for Adigar Pawnseka. His identity as ‘Robert Blake’s common candidate’ seems to be coming to light along every step of the election campaign.
He has also been ‘dropping bricks’; even his puppet master Blake will agree that Pawnseka proved his ‘jackass’ credentials by calling President Rajapakse a ‘tin pot dictator’. It is obvious that he did not know the meaning, context of origin, or the inappropriateness of this expression to what he wanted to say but used it impulsively, showing that he is not fit to be president even in a ‘tin pot’.
The expression ‘tin pot dictator’ was a pejorative term coined in the days of the colonial British plundering of the world (under the euphemism ‘Empire’). The label was designed to denigrate strong patriotic and incorruptible leaders of countries they wanted to invade. The ‘tin pot’ reference was to the then new invention of the cheap metal container.
Compared to such relatively insignificant ‘brick-dropping’, Fonseka’s hush-hush trip to India was a monumental cock-up; the trip was announced as another ‘private’ trip, much like the last one to the US. But speculation was rife in both India and Sri Lanka about the purpose of the trip.
Srilankan's spurt of garbage shows he is one from the GR's henchmen.
DW Aunty hasn't stopped laying eggs yet?
ali,
SF destroyed what he achieved. and he distanced from what he acieved by becoming the worse traitor SL has seen.
he should NEVER have said the things he said to sunday leader.
GR could have achieved the same victory without SF.
the war was fought by commanders on the ground under DIRECT instructions from GR. i'm not saying this, SF said this!!!
at the MOST crucial times of the war, when we started it and ended it, SF was not even there!!! he joined the mavil aru offensive after it was planned. he went to china on may 11 and returned on the 18th. SL won the battle during this time.
GR was there at all these times.
if SF had not sacked general parakrama pannipitiya and general prasanna silva, not blundered in muhamalai ten times, we would have won the war a few months b4 with much less casualty numbers.
also note that generals pannipitiya and silva had a remarkably low own casualties in war while achieving success.
fonseka was appointed as the army commander mainly bcos he used to agree with everything GR says.
SF did a great deal of work for which he was rewarded handsomely. he has no qualms or claims in politics.
dubai gayan,
MR has no secret dealings with douglas who is a cabinet member of the MR govt since inception!!!
MR has agreed with all political parties openly to share power within the existing unitary framework.
anyway i disagree with,
1. sharing power with tamils, muslims, sinhalas, etc.
power should NEVER be shared according to race. that is called racism.
2. i disagree with the 13 amednment and obviously with 13+. this was never discussed, just pushed down the throat of gullible SL politicians using gun boat diplomacy by india.
at an election you cannot elect an idealist. for that you hae to write your name on the ballot paper and tick against it. you have to chose among the buggers contesting. SF is out of question for patriots. he doesn't deserve to be the president or any other responsible officer of SL. he MAY be suitable to hold high office in the US as he has never made any anti-US statements.
Bloggers,
Since DW is no longer maintained and dysfunctional we created a new blog called Sri Lanka Defence Forum. It is a more dynamically cupdate blog. Just like DW, it is a free for all blog. Patriots, Monkeys, Donkeys, Kazuthais are all welcome to participate.
It is intereting to read what Joseph Michael Perera said at the Parliament:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7496367.stm
Opposition MP Joseph Michael Perera told parliament that the attacks were carried out by a “special team” controlled by Lt Gen Sarath Fonseka.
Mr Perera said the government should arrest the offenders and “immediately bring them to justice”.
Boys can ever body move to SriLanka Defence forum as Sam Suggested.
Thanks
wake up patriots wake up!
the blake miliband strategy has another side.
looks like whoever wins, blake and miliband are going to win!!
by getting ponseka to contest from the UNP, blake and miliband have left the tamil and some muslim voters in the north east choiceless.
they will vote for bahu and sivajilingam.
north east when taken seperately, will win bahu + sivajilangam, both tamil elamists.
so after the election, blake and miliband will say, look, ppl in the north east have approved tamil elam WITHOUT THE LTTE, so at least give them a federal solution.
while sri lankans are busy fighting between two nationalists, tamil elamists will score a goal.
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not only SL patriots, tamil elam patriots are also welcome.
apart from humans, monkies, asses, tigers, pigs, skunks, leopards, elephants, mules, demons, etc. are also welcome.
Sarath Fonseka thought he was hurling a deadly missile when he accused Maj-Gen. Shavendra Silva of carrying out the orders of the Defence Secretary, in his absence, to eliminate the top LTTE leaders in Nanthi Kadal as they were coming out with white flags. But his missile hung in the air for a while and instead of hitting his opponents it swung violently and boomeranged on him, knocking him down and exposing him as a man not fit to wear the Sri Lankan Army uniform, it is sad to say.
It is not only the first biggest gaffe in his election campaign it is a crime committed against his own Army which he can never live down. He has kicked the Army which lifted him to the highest rank of a general. Yesterdays’ hero is acting like today’s Nero gone mad. The international repercussions reverberating round the world are a testimony to the irreparable damage he has done to the most professional Army of elite cadres that had won global respect for defeating the “invincible” Tamil Tigers.
Right now Fonseka is as confused as Velupillai Prabhakaran when he was on the run, retreating as fast he could, into Nanthi Kadal. On Sunday he accused one of his brilliant field commanders, Maj-Gen. Shavendra Silva, without whom he could never have won the war, and on Monday he summons a press conference to retract and claim full responsibility for all what happened in the battlefield. This is a useless exercise which does not serve either him or the Army which he commanded because, whether he admits it or not, under the laws of “command responsibility” he has to bear the responsibility for all the acts of his men, irrespective of whether he was aware of it or not. So he has shot himself in the foot by opening his mouth.
Also consider his other contradiction. On Sunday he uses the anti-Sri Lankan media in the private sector to fire his volley targeting the government, particularly his friend, Gotabaya Rajapakse, who made him the Army Commander over his other rivals, and on Monday he files charges in the Supreme Court against the state media targeting him.
There is more. At Dharmasoka College, Ambalangoda he claimed responsibility for killing the Tamil Tiger leadership which advanced bearing white flags and in his Colombo flat he tells the Sunday Leader that he did not know what happened at Nanthi Kadal because he was in China. This again was contradicted by him earlier. In countering the charge that he was not in Sri Lanka during the last days of the battle, he had claimed proudly that he was in touch with his commanders wherever he was. Now, when he is caught with his white sarong down, he blames the government for exposing his nakedness.
Clearly the “Common Candidate” Sarath Fonseka in civvies is betraying the General who was in uniform. His split personality poses a serious problem to the public who sees the Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde in him as two ridiculous creatures clashing head-on with neither gaining any credibility. This is what happens when you lie with dogs at your feet: you get up with fleas in your brain.
He is treating not only the loyal officers who brought him and the nation glory with contempt but he also expects the people to follow him each time he switches sides, accuses anybody whom he likes, twists and turns according to his political ambitions and exposes himself as an unprincipled opportunist. If he thinks that the people will forgive him for betraying his own forces he got another think coming! Unfortunately, he is today looking more like the lily that has begun to fester!
The worst is his attack on Maj-Gen. Shavendra Silva, one of the most committed, self-sacrificing, loyal field commanders who risked his life every step of the way, from the Rice Bowl in Mannar in the west to Nanthi Kadal in the eastern coast. And he carried out his commands to perfection.
If Fonseka was concerned about the killing of the Tiger leadership that came out from their hiding places with white flags did he hold an inquiry into it after the journalists told him about it? Did he ask for explanations from Maj-Gen. Shavendra Silva as to what happened? Did he make any inquiries from his Intelligence Units to verify the stories of the journalists?
It is very sad – I repeat, very, very. sad — to see Sarath reacting with such indecent vindictiveness against his comrades-in-arms. Yes, he has taken responsibility but the damage has been done. , Besides, that is irrelevant as pointed out earlier because the law has pinned him down, whether he likes it or not. He has insulted not only one of his best field commanders but the nation as well.
His retraction has come too late. Furthermore, he has still not apologized either to Maj-Gen. Shavendra Silva or to the Defence Secretary, Gotabaya Rajapakse. They are all a part of the same outfit. If he condemns one he condemns all including himself. In his haste to get even with Gotabaya Rajapakse he dragged in Maj-Gen. Silva. He wanted to impress that he was a good boy by pointing the finger at his own fellow-officers without realizing that, in doing so, he would be digging his own grave.
What he has failed to realize is that he has fallen into a trap of his own making. He is now in the predictable situation of all men who betray their friends and join the enemies. When you join you former enemies to fight against your former friends you are in a situation where you are forced to condemn those who backed you earlier to be with the enemies who are making use of you. In the process you lose the prestige, the integrity, decency and the power, however limited, you had earlier. You invariably have to become the tool of your enemies because they have no other use for you.
This is precisely what Ranil Wickremesinghe intends doing to Sarath Fonseka. He said so candidly in Jaffna: “The opposition intends to use Sarath Fonseka only as a tool to eliminate Mahinda Rajapakse from the presidential post; people should not be afraid of him because he was an army commander,” Ranil Wicremasinghe, (sic) the leader of the opposition said Saturday night in Jaffna at a press meet held in ‘Yaa’lpaadi’ guest house, sources in Jaffna said. (TamilNet, Sunday, 13 December 2009, 08:18 GMT)
Wickremesinghe, of course, was trying to market Fonseka, a hated figure among the Tamils, as a force without power to do anything without his consent. But that is yet to be seen if and when Fonseka wins the presidency. Apart from his weak attempt to allay the fears of the Tamils Wickremesinghe is also taking a side swipe at the General to put him in his place.
This portends a conflict of interest which is going to blow up in time to come. Gen. Fonseka may lie low now until gets his hands on the levers of power. Once he is ensconced in the seat of power Wickremesinghe will have to follow the same path as Prabhakaran into Nanthi Kadal. Already, Wickremesinghe must be feeling the heat of Gen. Fonseka floundering in the unfamiliar territory of politics without a road map. Wickremesinghe’s asset is turning out to be a liability for which he may have to pay a heavy price on January 26th, 2010.. .
By behaving like a loose cannon Fonseka has come out as the most untrustworthy and unscrupulous colleague and commander. So how can he ask the people to elect him as their next Commander-in-Chief when he could not maintain the honour and dignity of an Army Commander? Can any member of the Security Forces trust him? Can the nation trust him? If he can betray his colleagues with accusations based on gossip how long will he take to betray the nation?
For the moment, let us forget that aspect of living up to the ideals of an officer and a gentleman. It was his duty as a fellow-human being to show some degree of gratitude to his comrade-in-arms. What Sarath did is a disgrace to the entire Sri Lankan Army. He has by his own bitterness and folly gone beyond the limits and taken away the better part of the gloss which he gained from the successes of field commanders like Shavendra Silva.
Maj-Gen. Shavendra Silva is a quiet but tough soldier who has proved his worth by commanding the 58th Division which cleared the entire Western coast, captured A9 road and advanced eastward until he reached the eastern coast at break of dawn on April 21, 2008. He began his march from the Rice Bowl in Mannar on 27th September 2007 and never stopped until May 18th 2009 in Vellamulli Vaikkal in the eastern coast. One of the calculated tactics was not to give breathing space to the Tigers to recover or regroup. They were kept on the run all the time. The Tigers were hit from all sides simultaneously and they were running as fast as they could, not knowing how to stop the advancing forces.
The primary priority in the agenda of Maj-Gen Silva was to clear the western coast. To clear the western coast he had to capture and hold Mannar. This was the key point through which the Tigers infiltrated the south. His target was to go from Mannar to Ponneryn, 85 km north. That was also shortest point to India.
To consolidate his position in Mannar he had to capture the Rice Bowl —9 km x 9 km wide open space occupied by the Tamil Tigers. They were entrenched with maximum forces. It was a killer terrain and difficult to advance. Shavendra’s forces inched their way by night as day time light made them sitting ducks for the Tigers. It took nine months to capture the Rice Bowl – the first big breakthrough.
After the capture of the Rice Bowl he began his march toward Pooneryn which was the turning point in the Vanni operation. When the Tigers lost Pooneryn they lost total control of Jaffna and the entire western coast.. From there he came down south to capture A 9 and then cut across to the east. There he met the other forces advancing from the south. That was the crowning glory of all the advancing forces: they all met in Vellamulli Vaikal beach on May 16, 2009.
After May 19, when the death of Prabhakaran was confirmed, the Army had to reorient itself to the emerging tasks of peace time. A peace time soldier plays a different role. 44-year old Maj-Gen. Shavendra Silva, an old boy of St. Thomas’ Matale, was thankful to his Army Commander, his men who stood by him, and the nation he defended so bravely. The last thing he would have expected at the time was to be let down by his Army Commander. One of Prabhakaran’s bullets going through his heart, I’m sure, would not have shocked him as the blow dealt by his Army Commander. He could have taken that bullet with equanimity but not the ungrateful cut of his Army Commander.
The nation is once again facing a trying time not because of the enemies but due to the betrayals of the so-called friends of the nation. With friends like Gen. Fonseka, who is now working with Ranil Wickremesinghe, Mangala Samaraweera and Somawansa Amerasinghe, what difference does Prabhakaran’s death make to the future of Sri Lanka? The enemies within are always more vicious than the enemies that lurk in the periphery.
There is a very substantial chunk that MR will lose. These are the votes of the poor peasant Sinhalese Buddhists in rural areas whose basic rights have been denied by provincial councillors and government servants due to corruption. Details of how these basic rights have been denied have been given daily for years and years by MTV and Srisa. Even at this late stage if MR were to investigate what the MTV and Sirasa are saying daily in their “Action TV” program and take firm legal action against the offenders who are politicians both of the UPFA and the UNP and government servants demanding jail sentences it would help provided it is done genuinely. If such sentences could be had and if wide publicity is given to the undesirables in the UPFA and the government servants then MR could get the votes of these innocent people provided he restores their rights. The whole country is fed up with politicians who abuse their powers and government servants who do not do their duty because they know a politician who could protect him. Apathy has already set in and many may not vote.
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Google guys have quickly fixed the bug less than 10 days after reporting the bug, I thought they would never fix it since this is not very significant issue (a blog post rarely exceeds 4400 comments). Thanks Google, and sure they are not Evil compared to Microsoft.
Here is the path to certain Sri Lankan War Crime Tribunals both so far trod as well as to come.
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We start with too many unchecked egos looking to keep a grip on power post-war.
After coming to terms with the true scope of MR's precipitated and tacit corruption SF goes looking for bigger rewards and is not only denied but humiliated (at least in his view) with the response.
SF decides to play a game of chicken with MR and his coterie by running against MR.
Both sides start to increase their war of words to the point that SF drops a bombshell in an interview and ups the game of chicken by implicating both civilian politicians and senior Military commanders in war crimes.
(For the record... this scribe is not certain how, in the heat of battle with a ruthless enemy sworn not to be taken alive and proven to have utilised civilian suicide bombers to attack and kill, one can determine the real intentions of such an enemy "surrendering". If I were commanding men in this situation their safety would be far more important to me than the safety of the enemy leadership and their respective family members. It would be inexcusable if somebody allowed troops to die by yet another LTTE terrorist ruse. Unless the President was on the line saying "DO NOT shoot" I would take zero chances… but this will not be the meat of any War Crime trial though it makes for a splashy headline that gets world-wide attention.)
Besides horribly undoing his own position, SF has to face the inevitable accusation that he was involved with white van activities (a rogue operation of his own doing no doubt) by MR and his gang.
The next jump is the investigation into SF’s illegal activities and his subsequent arrest for what will be a seemingly longer and longer list of illegal and unpatriotic activities before and after his retirement.
When it comes to this stage we get to see if…
A: SF refuses to surrender to police, the subsequent potential of his forced arrest… and all of the dangers that come with that.
B: SF bolting the country for safer pastures (the US anybody?) from where to start his stepped-up releasing of war activities that serve to further implicate MR and GR in a sea of scandal. He may do this after making a sweetheart deal with the Americans and the World Court in the Hague so he can testify against the brothers and thus win a war of attrition in which both sides and, worst of all Sri Lanka, lose.
Neither of these jokers is fit to run the country and the people deserve much better.
To make matters worse this is a self-inflicted wound by two men whose greed, inflated egos and avarice will do more harm to Sri Lanka than any so-called puppet or third party could ever dream of.
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How is the life?
I couldn't come because I lost my internet connection (due to global financial crisis) :P (not because some suck-kili mfker threatened me or could find out who I am)
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You should have been married by now!!!
And i think you have been maintaining an average weight (since that weighted average incident happened)
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The JVP the other supporter of Sarath Fonseka is well known in Sri Lanka for the two insurrections to capture power in 1971 and in 1987-1989. In 1971 the JVP attacked all Police Stations in a “Cuba” type of attack to capture power. The Government of Sirimavo ably fought back. It was found that North Korea had played a very subversive role in that insurrection and its Embassy in Colombo was immediately closed down and the diplomats ordered out.
In the crucial days in April 1971, when the Government had lost control of the entire Matara District including Hakmana and Akuressa and holding only the towns of Matara, Dondra and Weligama on the coast, a very large ship appeared close to our shores, unloaded a number of boats and were loading some things into them. Sri Lanka never had that size of ship, not even today. This was radioed to Colombo and an Air Force Plane came and machine gunned all the boats for over fifteen minutes. The ship reloaded the boats and suddenly left. The Gemunu Watch commander Major Wettasinghe who had his light machine gun loaded targeting it, but he said that the ship was just beyond its reach. It was a tense situation where we expected a foreign force to land on our shores and we were saved by our Air Force.
The 1971 uprising was an attempt by a foreign power to take over the entire country. It was like the Communists of Afghanistan inviting the Russians into Afghanistan in 1979. The JVP of today appears to be acting for a foreign power exactly in the way they did in 1971.
A mystery plane, loaded with 35 tonnes of lethal weapons-including surface to air missile launchers, and twenty four 240 mm guns, so far never used, all documented as oil drilling equipment, had to be refueled at Don Mueng Airport at Thailand few days ago. The arms were valued at $ 18 million. It was said to be heading for Sri Lanka. It had come from North Korea accompanied by 4 persons from Kazakhstan and Belarus. It is important to note that North Koreans master minded the 1971 insurrection in Sri Lanka In entire South Asia, Sri Lanka is the most destabilized country today. Perhaps the plane was heading here. Zimbabwe where in 2004 a plane laden with weaponry and mercenaries led by Simon Mann, former Commander of G squadron 22 of the SAS(UK) had to land to refuel. The smart sleuths of President Mugabe found that the plane was heading for Equitorial Guinea, impounded the weapons and incarcerated the mercenaries. That was an attempt to stage a coup and take over an oil rich country, financed by Sir Mark Thatcher, son of former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. The SAS officer and others caught were later jailed in Guinea and pardoned in 2009. Mann says that tacit approval for the regime change came from the Pentagon, CIA and the big oil companies. The ‘buddhist’ sleuths of Thailand may fail to get the terrorists to speak.
The national minded members of the JVP have left under Wimal Weerawansa’s leadership. Thanks to them they have joined the Patriotic National Movement.
To add to this is the revealation made by Ranil Wickremasinghe to the effect that his Party Manifesto “Anagata Abiyogaya” he had put out last week was printed by an undisclosed foreign organization. In other words the UNP is acting as a hireling for a foreign power- the terms seem to be to support Sarath Fonseka as the President. There is room to think that the USA and the other Superpowers are now trying to covertly defeat President Rajapaksa at the Presidential Election by supporting Sarath Fonseka and the opposition – the UNP and the JVP. Robert Blake the Assistant Secretary who was recently in Sri Lanka has said that the US will not take sides in this Presidential Election.
However, it is important to note that the USA has a record of interfering in the internal affairs of foreign countries when their rulers do not adhere to the ways of thinking of the Superpowers. If the countries fail to adhere to the IMF rules by which the multinationals are allowed to plunder the resources, and have dealings with other countries like Iran and China, then that country has to be destabilized. The modus operandi is to offer advice and help at first and if necessary let lose the CIA goons. The instances range from Lumumba in the Congo to what is currently happening in Iraq and Afghanistan. Details are included of a few instances where the record shows that the USA has blood on its hands.
In the Congo, Patrice Lumumba was elected as the Prime Minister of Congo. At the inauguration instead of being thankful, he insulted his former colonial Master- he said that Belgium should apologise for the pillage and plunder done by them. In a matter of ten weeks, “Lumumba’s Government was deposed in a coup… he was subsequently imprisoned and murdered in circumstances suggesting complicity by the Governments of Belgium and the US
In Iran, “the 1953 Iranian Coup d’etat deposed the democratically elected government of Iranian Prime Minister Mossadeq. The USA CIA overthrew the Government of Mossadeq at the request of the British Government and enabled Mohamed Reza Pahlavi to become an authoritarian monarch who went on to rule Iran.. till 1979.”
What happened in Chile in the Sixties rings bells of what is happening in Sri Lanka today. In Chile, In 1962 the CIA received authority to carry on covert action projects in support of the Chilean Radical Party and the Christian Democratic Party. … to assist these Parties to attract larger followings… to influence political orientation to support US objectives in the Region ,,, to support efforts to split the Socialist party….The CIA was tasked to support continued unilateral placements of propaganda in the mass media to influence public opinion against leftist public opinion, against leftist parties and candidates… In 1970 Allende was elected President. President Nixon instructed the CIA to unseat Allende and authorized $ 10 million. President Nixon specifically directed that this action be carried out by the CIA without advising the Departments of State or Defence or the US Ambassador in Chile. CIA took a variety of actions-… making overtures to the military, initiating efforts to promote public opposition to Allende . A coup’d’etat was planned- it included the abduction of General Schneider, a strong supporter of Allende. His men guarded Allende day and night. In the process General Schneider was killed. Schneider was a strict constitutionalist and was therefore an obstacle to US efforts to promote a military intervention. Scheneider’s murder was classified as collateral damage. During Allende’s regime 1970-1973, $ 6.5 million was spent for covert activities against Allende. In September 1973 the Chilean military staged a coup against Allende, who is said to have shot himself or was assassinated.
It is sad to state that what is happening in Sri Lanka today is similar to the very process of foreign conspiracy that unseated President Allende, with perhaps many Superpowers having a hand in the pie.
It is upto the citizens of Sri Lanka be they followers of any political party to open their eyes to the nefarious conspiracies of the Superpowers- understand that our beloved political parties including the UNP that won our independence have been totally infiltrated and riddled by the Superpowers to do their bidding. We have to stand firm as a nation.
The Party System of politics has been bequeathed to us by the Britain to keep us divided and fighting. It is a system where one half of the people stand opposed to whatever good work that the elected majority engage in. Development work done by the Government, be it a bridge, a road, an anicut are only to be broken by the people of the opposing political party immediately afterwards. That has been our fate.
If we fail to go beyond party politics and guard our beloved motherland at this Critical moment in history, it will be the end of Sri Lanka as a sovereign nation.
It is perhaps a travesty of fate that the foremost Superpower, the USA does not realize the fact that President Rajapaksa has contributed to World Development by not only defeating terrorism but also by dismantling the LTTE drug trafficking and extortion network which was world wide. All the Developed Countries stand to benefit from this. It was a task that their CIA, MI5 and many other security organizations have miserably failed. No other country leader has accomplished such a task for the USA and other Superpowers.
The USA stands to gain more by helping the democratic forces in Sri Lanka than by attempting to subvert it. The USA has to realize for once that it will gain more in prestige and dignity by allowing a sovereign country to attend to its own affairs, without interference.
Why would MULTIMILLIONAIRE men (Tiger Woods, O.J. Simpson, Kobe Bryant just to name a few!) marry uneducated WHITE women rather than educated BLACK women?
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* Can a former army chief who could not even cooperate with his fellow navy commander be expected to bridge the gap between two different ideologies such as of the UNP and JVP?
* Can a person who could not be satisfied even with powers of the Defence Secretary be expected to shed the immense powers of the Executive Presidency if he could ever grab that power?
* Can a person who was not ready to share the credit of the victory with the others who made great contributions be expected to share the political power with the rest?
* Can a person who chose to team up with the corrupt at the outset of his political career be expected to eliminate corruption in the country later?
* If by any chance, he was involved with attacking and murdering journalists who wrote against him, can he be expected to establish democracy in the country?
* Above all, can a man who is ready to betray the very same people who once helped him so dearly for own advantage, be expected establish good governance in the country?
Patriots,
Latest opinion polls suggest that Gen. Fonseka is leading 52% to 44% of Maha Raja.
Please contineu with your support.
With more than 32, 000 members we are the largest Sri Lankan support group on Facebook.
http://www.facebook.com/sarathfonseka
A group supporting Maha Raja only has 42 members. Hahahahahaa./.........
Patriots,
Latest opinion polls suggest that Gen. Fonseka is leading 52% to 44% of Maha Raja.
Please contineu with your support. We will get every Singhala government terrorist like Savendra Silva to Hague for killing Thalivar. Hahahahahaa./.........
Sarath Fonseka misused the official satellite phones to make personal overseas calls to the US in particular and used Army Welfare Fund to settle the bills,
Telephone scam is related to the period when the General was posted to Jaffna and Vanni as a Major General and amounted to between Rs. 2 million and Rs. 2.7 million. Mangal Samaraweera as the posts and telecommunication minister of the day ‘gifted’ an Inmarsat Satellite phone to the General to remain in touch with Colombo from Jaffna.
General Fonseka did not surrender the Satphone when he was transferred out of Jaffna on the orders of the then Prime Minister Ranil Wickremasinghe to Vanni and that he had taken the phone to his new place of posting. This deprived his successor Maj Gen A. Wijendra of the Satphone facility, as overall forces commander in Jaffna.
Geneeral Fonseka was accused of misusing satellite phone - the highest number of calls he made through this phone was to the United States of America, the duration of one call being a whopping 110 minutes and 48 seconds that cost Rs.33, 793.84.
The breakdown of the bills for Sarath Fonseka for the period from July to December 2000 saying it has in its possession the ‘invoices’ addressed to the Commander of the Army, Army Head Quarters.
Jul 2000 – 81, 538.17
Aug 2000 – 901, 020.94
Sept 2000 811,886.76
Oct 2000 – 605, 826.99
Nov 2000 – 287, 442
Dec 2000 – 131, 630.27
The then army chief, General SHS Kottogoda cautioned Fonseka against audit objections to the misuse of Satphone.
‘Having gone through the detail (of the) bills which are attached, I find that no local calls have been taken but all are overseas calls’, the chief wrote to Fonseka, who was a Major General then.
Army chief, General SHS Kottogoda refused to settle the bill to avoid audit objections later. ‘… a sit has risen where Army is unable to settle these bills as these calls cannot be certified as official calls. Further this may lead to other audit queries as well’, he sternly told the Fonseka.
The tone and tenor of the letter clearly indicated that the army would not settle the bill and Fonseka himself must foot the bill. It is possible that amount could have been deducted from the Major General’s salary but for a turnaround in his fortunes – towards the end of 2005, just 20-days before his retirement, Fonseka was appointed Army Chief on the recommendation of the the Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa.
According to many serving and retired army officers, if these calls in question were indeed personal calls, then Sarath Fonseka has a moral obligation to settle the relevant bill with his own money.
Sarath Fonseka made use of the Welfare Fund of the Army to settle these telephone bills.
Brigadier Sarath Karunaratne, while commenting that the officer accused of misusing the phone facility was Major General Fonseka, said he was not sure as to what action would be meted out by the ministry of defense against him.
He admitted he was aware of the issue, but said that it was yet to be discussed by the defense hierarchy.
“You see, this has never happened in the past. This is an abnormal case don’t know what to do,” he pointed out.
Details of the bills when he was using the same in Jaffna, sources say, may also be running into several more millions rupees.
More and more voices are being heard these days that a strong backing from the political leadership to the army could have seen the end of LTTE menace quite a while ago. Some analysts even contend that the leadership had used the armed forces to achieve its political ends. Interestingly, this view is shared by a former army commander Gen SHS Kottogoda, the predecessor to Gen Sarath Fonseka.
General Kottogoda told ‘When I was the Army Commander the political leadership was not ready to fight to finish the Tamil Tiger terrorists. The political leadership was dilly dallying and wavering. It was only interested in making use of the armed forces to gain extra political mileage’, he recalled.
Asked whether he too could have led the army to victory with political backing, the former army chief replied in the affirmative.
‘In the event, if I too received a steady unwavering political commitment and support, I could have finished the Tigers in double quick time’, he stated. And added: ‘Why I alone, any mediocre army commander like Sarath Fonseka could have easily defeated the Tigers’.
Diaspora,
Thank you for the Christmas gift. 90m was little too longer than we hoped for. More ships are welcome.
Arjuna Ranathunge`s support for SF is hilarious. Though he was a Cricket Captain for Sri Lanka he always has been a disappointing politician from the beginning. He does not have capacity to play a team effort. Though we were lucky to have won world cup, it was primarily because of Aravinda though Arujuna is trying to take the full credit for the win. This is like SF who is trying to grab all the credit for the terrorist elimination.
Ok buddies, it is very difficult to support SF any longer. I give up. He has gone too far and at first I thought all is good just a small misunderstanding. Misunderstanding after misunderstanding. This is never ending. SF is now a 100% traitor.
Enjoy my kavi. Let SF be cursed from one household to another.
දුටුගැමුණුට දෙස්දෙටුවෙකු වෙයිද සමා
පරංගි නමට ගැතිවි ඔහු සිටිනු සදා
උපමා වෙතොත් කාහට හෝ පණුසේකා
කිසිවෙකු නොවේ ලොවරෙන්සෝ අල්මේදා
දෙස බස රැස රැක ගත්තෝ පාවා දෙන්නයි
රට විකුනා ජය ගත්තෝ රැක ගෙන ඉන්නයි
රට හැරදා පිටි රටකට පුරවැසි වෙන්නයි
දෙස් දුටුවන් ලක් පොලොවෙන් දුරු දුරු වෙන්නයි
ගැලවිමේ හමුදාවට නුසුදුස්සා
තොප්පිගලේ ජය රණගොස විචිකිච්ඡා
රණ ජය නිගා කොට පාමංකඩ වස්සා
මොනවට එකතු වුනි හවුලට මේ පිස්සා
නැතුවට කමක් නැත හැගුමක් සහෝදර
ලැගුවට පවක් නැත හොර මුල දෙසන්තර
නැටුවට කැතට මවුබිමටම නිගාකර
පණුසක ඔබට වෙයි සාපය දොරින් දොර
Hi,
wondering where all the patriots went. Ananda,Moshe,Sam,SK and KB have created a new blog as below.
https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?postID=1597690659992144731&blogID=5899907675904775235&isPopup=false&page=23
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The new active blog by patriots is
http://srilankadefenceforum.blogspot.com/
Ali cool down buddy!
Ali!
Your comments tell us who you are!
Ali !
Thanks for your comments!
God bless you!
Have a great 2010!
[Ali!
Your comments tell us who you are!]
He is a "mukkal" aka "soni".
On this, the fifth anniversary of the Asian Tsunami, I invite one and all to take a moment to mourn the many victims lost to that disaster and to those whose lives are still affected by what happened that day both in Sri Lanka and across the Asian Pacific and Indian Ocean basin.
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anuruddha rat-watte is going to join SF.
AR has few good things about him and MANY bad things.
another pallethalawinna?????????
ali zahir moulana - a great patriot who risked his own life and the lives of his children for the country.
he was not paid to die for SL. but he assumed this grave risk for the well being of SL.
Now your site is a dead site. No updates... nothing.
fonseka's rape of DHANAWATHI
check this out. the one thing SL didn't have so far is a rapist as the president. now we have a golden opportunity to do that!!!
if apsara fonseka and aparna fonseka were raped how devastated would he be????
ponseka's victim had ended up a lunatic just like him. curse him and his daughters.
It seems SF is still giving orders to military personal(who r on active duty). I get this fact frm reading news materiaal and frm a friend.
can any 1 explain hw he do this? is it like those commandos who b'came army absent since they went to protect janaka perera during NP elections..?
PriyaS, So you say it. Yeah mate, it was hard to call him a traitor, but he made it easy. This is what happens wehn a man w/o experience enter politics. He falls for anyone and does not know teh real weight of his statements.
They say "Dana welandan nodana govithan", I doubt even govithan is possible w/o knowledge.
I still wish that SF will redeem himself after 26th when he'll be dumped by all those ppl whom USE him all teh way. I still think he has a place in SL politics, but not where he is now.
Worst possibility is SF turning into one like Sunanda Deshapriya, working hand in hand with pussyctas. It is MR's paramount responsibility to provide a mean for SF to operate and work for the future of nation after he commits political suicide.
If any good thing that came out of Mr vs SF PE, that will be the potential division of TNA.
ප්රධාන අපේක්ෂකයන් දෙදෙනාටම 50% ක
ඡන්ද ප්රතිශතයක් ලබා ගැනීම වළකනවා
මගේ සහ සිවාජිලිංගම්ගේ අරමුණ එයයි
ආචාර්ය වික්රමබාහු කරුණාරත්න
ජනාධිපතිවරණයේදී අපි දෙන්නාගෙන්
කාට ඡන්දය දුන්නත් කමක් නැහැ
ජනාධිපති ධුර අපේක්ෂක එම්. කේ. සිවාජිලිංගම්
ජනවාරි 26 වැනිදා පැවැත්වෙන 2010 ජනාධිපතිවරණයේදී ප්රධාන දේශපාලන පක්ෂ දෙකේ අපේක්ෂකයන් දෙදෙනාට පළමු වටයේදී 50% ක ඡන්ද ප්රතිශතයක් ලබාගැනීමට ඉඩ නොදී දේශපාලන වශයෙන් පහතට ඇද දැමීම තමාගේ සහ සිවාජිලිංගම් මහතාගේ අරමුණ යෑයි වාමාංශික පෙරමුණේ ජනාධිපති ධුර අපේක්ෂක ආචාර්ය වික්රමබාහු කරුණාරත්න මහතා පැවැසීය.
වික්රමබාහු කරුණාරත්න මහතා මෙම අදහස් පළ කළේ නිදහස, ප්රජාතන්ත්රවාදය, ස්ව පාලනය පිළිබඳ වමේ පොදු ප්රතිපත්ති ප්රකාශනය එළිදැක්වීම සඳහා කොළඹ නිපොන් හෝටලයේ පැවැති උත්සවය අමතමිනි. මෙහිදී වමේ පොදු වැඩපිළිවෙළ පිළිබඳ මාධ්ය වෙත කරුණු දැක්වීම සිදුවිය. පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්රී ජනාධිපති ධුර අපේක්ෂක සිවාජිලිංගම් මහතා ඇතුළු පක්ෂ රැසක නියෝජිතයන් මේ අවස්ථාවට සහභාගි විය.
වැඩිදුරටත් කරුණු දැක්වූ වික්රමබාහු කරුණාරත්න මහතා මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතායි සරත් ෆොන්සේකා මහතායි අතර කිසි වෙනසක් නැහැ. මේ අපේක්ෂකයන් දෙන්නගේ කඳ එකයි. ඔළු දෙකයි. මේ දෙන්නා හරියට ඔළු දෙකේ සර්පයෙක් වගේ. මේ දෙන්නගේම ප්රතිපත්ති අපි පිළිගන්නේ නැහැ. අපේ පොදු සතුරා හැටියටයි අපි මේ අපේක්ෂකයන් දෙන්නාව සලකන්නේ. මේ රට දියුණු කරන්න මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහත්තයටයි සරත් ෆොන්සේකා මහත්තයටයි දෙන්නටම බැහැ.
අපි ඒකීය රාජ්ය පිළිගන්නේ නැහැ. වාමාංශික පෙරමුණ හැටියට අපි පිළිගන්නේ බලය විමධ්යගත කළ එක්සත් රටක් විතරයි. අද ඇමරිකාව, ඉන්දියාව, චීනය, එංගලන්තය අපේ රටේ අභ්යන්තර දේශපාලන ප්රශ්නවලට ඇඟිලි ගහනවා. එය වහාම නතර කළ යුතුයි. සරත් ෆොන්සේකයි මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂයි අද රටේ ප්රශ්න අමතක කරලා මහ විගඩමකුයි නටන්නේ. මේ අපේක්ෂකයන් දෙන්නාගෙන් වැඩිය හොඳ කවුද කියලා අපෙන් අහන්න එපා. මේ දෙන්නම කරන්නේ ජනතාවගේ නියෝජිතයන් ලෙස පෙනී සිටිමින් ජනතාවට කොකා පෙන්වීමයි. මේ දෙන්නව අපිට පරාජයට පත් කරන්න බැරි වුවත් පළමු වටයේදී 50% ඡන්ද ප්රතිශතයක් ලබා ගැනීමට නොදී දේශපාලන වශයෙන් අතපය කඩලා දැම්මොත් ඉදිරියේදී අපිට පාරට බැහැලා ජනතාවගේ අයිතිවාසිකම් දිනා ගැනීමට හැකි බවද වික්රමබාහු කරුණාරත්න මහතා පැවැසීය.
ජනාධිපති ධුර අපේක්ෂක එම්. කේ. සිවාජිලිංගම් මහතා ද මේ ජනාධිපතිවරණය සඳහා මම ඉදිරිපත් වුණේ ශ්රී ලාංකික දෙමළ ජනතාවගේ අයිතිවාසිකම් ආරක්ෂා කර ගැනීම සඳහායි. මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ ජනාධිපතිතුමාටවත් ජෙනරාල් සරත් ෆොන්සේකා මහතාටවත් මේ රටේ ප්රශ්නවලට විසඳුම් ලබාදීමට පුළුවන්කමක් නැහැ. දෙමළ සහ සිංහල ජනතාව රවටන එකයි. මේ දෙන්නම කරන්නේ. අපි ඒකීය රාජ්ය පිළිගන්නේ නැහැ.
දෙමළ ජනතාවට ස්ව පාලන අයිතිය අවශ්යයි. අද ඉන්දියාව, ඇමරිකාව ඇතුළු රටවල් ලංකාවේ අභ්යන්තර දේශපාලන ප්රශ්නවලට ඇඟිලි ගැසීමට පටන්ගෙන තිබෙනවා. පසුගිය දින කීපයේ මම හිටියේ ඉන්දියාවේ. එනිසා මම ඒ ගැන හොඳට දන්නවා ජනාධිපතිවරණයේදී අපි දෙන්නගෙන් කාට ඡන්දය දුන්නත් කමක් නැති බවද මන්ත්රීවරයා පැවැසීය.
ලීනස් ජයතිලක, සුරේJද්ර අජිත් රූපසිංහ, සජිත් ශ්රී ලක්මාල් ඇතුළු පක්ෂ නියෝජිතයන් රැසක් ද මේ අවස්ථාවට සහභාගි විය.
Friends I'm back.
People are tired of Fonsekas flip flops
First he said Gota ordered weapons after the war and he disagreed then he said he ordred weapons Gota disagreed.
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He said Gota ordered them to be shot, then said he was misquoted and then again said Gota ordered shooting.
He says he is against corruption, but promised the tax frauds of Golden key company they will be repayed with governmnet money, and declares that no fraud has been committed even when the court has decided a fraud has been committed.
Listen to his Sirasa interview, no plan to develop the country, no vision, no idea on economy, jut spewing hatred against Gota and the Rajapaksha brothers.
JVP says Fonseka will abolish executive presidency, Fonseka says he will not be William Goppallawa, Ranil says he will be executive prime minister, Fonseka says nothing.
He has lot his credibility, its all downhill from here.
The difference will be a million votes
Yes I said it first.
Bloggers,
Since DW is no longer maintained and dysfunctional we created a new blog called Sri Lanka Defence Forum. It is a more dynamically update blog. Just like DW, it is a free for all blog. Patriots, Monkeys, Donkeys, Kazuthais are all welcome to participate.
why toiletnet is SO SCARED OF THE TRUTH???
"[TamilNet, Wednesday, 30 December 2009, 11:57 GMT]
Ever heard of ‘archaeology’ being first priority in a conquered territory? If not, then you don’t know Sri Lanka, writes an academic from Jaffna on Colombo’s heritage genocide. Colombo’s use of archaeology against Tamils is not new. But the dimensions to which Tamils are now exposed to are not only its acceleration but the tragedy of facing imposed ‘knowledge supremacy’ that only the Sinhalese can explore, excavate, manage and teach heritage. Sri Lankan state is not the only culprit. The West, especially the UK, US, Germany, France and Holland as well as India, Japan and Australia, the main countries that have been giving funds, training and scholarships to Sri Lanka and also the UN agencies have to be equally indicted for blindly following only State protocols and vested interests, without considering the long-term genocidal impact of their assistances in the island, he further writes."
bcos it PROVES there NEVER was any tamil homeland in SL!!
hooooooooooooooo.............
Once again thank you to all patriots for supportig the Fonseka 2010 Campaign.
Six months ago when we started this People's campaign it was just a dream.
We were accused of being all kinds of people.
Today we are entering a new year when we will see real CHANGE in the mother land.
It is all possible because of the support of all Sri Lankans
Asshole Fonseka 2010,
In the past you have appeared here as shown below insulting everything from our forces, Sinhalese, an Buddhism. If you truly represent Fonseka, then his recent betrayals are not a surprise. Just like any other traitor, the traitor Fonseka has a place in garbage bins of Sri Lankan history.
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fake Asithri
Nangige Bandiya
Thapal Bandiya
/Six months ago when we started this People's campaign it was just a dream./
and still a dream.. HIKz
/Today we are entering a new year when we will see real CHANGE in the mother land./
what a change..! thanks gonseka.. country know knows.. HIKz
Tamils should vote for these Sinhala war mongers. Both Fonseka and Rajapaksha are Tamil killers. If Tamil people vote for them what the world will think? They will think there is no problem. Tamil leaders hatred for Rajapaksha is understandable but they should not vote for Fonseka and burry themselves.
It was wrong for Tamils to boycott the 2005 election. LTTE did a foolish thing. Now again Sampanthan is trying to do a foolish thing by supporting Fonseka. At the election there are 3 groups. The winner, the loser and the others. Since Tamils are not going to get anything from the winner and the loser, they should show the world that they are in the other camp. That is when the world ill come to their rescue.
hello everyone. seems I am the 1st to leave a comment for 2010.
I miss you defencewire...
1.what is your analysis of the upcoming elections on a defence perspective?
2.what is the direction our defense and economy(surely it will grow now) should take in postwar Sri Lanka?
Guys,
I'm updated the blog - puligal.blogspot.com
Thanks!
@ Fonseka2010.
You motherfuckers are going to ruin Sri Lanka. I for once thought that "a hole" SF was a good man. But, I was mistaken. Looks like "a hole" SF, cannot distinguish between a a "hole" in the ground or his own "ass hole" (probably after ponna Ranil looked at it).
Hereafter my new blogger handle is NO-PonnaSeka-2010
Btw, Ponna sekka's campaign released two new slogans.
1. Fonny Bada is like Idi Amin Dada
2. Ranil Modaya ( or "Ponnaya" - depending on the audience) Lankawa kanna Suraya
i hv been studying his posts for a while now,and i have a strong suspicion that SF @ LNP is none other than DEF SEC GR...
any1 else think this?
To echo what Sam said, pease visit the new blog:
http://srilankadefenceforum.blogspot.com/
Since DW is no longer maintained and dysfunctional we created a new blog called Sri Lanka Defence Forum. It is a more dynamically update blog. Just like DW, it is a free for all blog. Patriots, Monkeys, Donkeys, Kazuthais are all welcome to participate.
http://srilankadefenceforum.blogspot.com/
War theoretician Carl Von Clausewitz said that “War is a mere continuation of politics by other means.” And this is indeed true for the Sri Lankan situation as well. In this respect, I don't see why General Fonseka should not intervene, if he sees major problems in the current political establishment, that is undermining the objectives achieved by the war effort.
I also wrote a small note on my blogspot.
http://roversterrain.blogspot.com/2010/01/can-general-discipline-sri-lanka.html
rover,
“War is a mere continuation of politics by other means.”
it is NOT,
"politics is a mere continuation of war by other means.”
politics can use the war channel among other channels but that does not mean the other way is true.
e.g. all cats died
leslie - the cat also died.
but that does not mean everyone by the name leslie died.
TF SF is not doing the right thing.
Moshe,
Hope you've been doing well. Hope something good for Sri Lanka will happen on the 26th.
Regarding the quote, it can go either way.
"a MERE continuation" - the word "mere" in-signifies the disparity between the words "politics" and "war".
Sun-Tsu's view was also this. If a solution can't be made through politics, he suggested war. And to maintain manage governance, politics had to be applied after the war effort. And if one takes a step back, as long as there are differences between populations, there will be politics and war.
URGENT! URGENT!! URGENT!!!
Dear Patriots,
I read in the Asia Tribune which says...
"There is a covert move by the Western Powers to force an annulment of the Presidential election scheduled for 26 January.
Already the Western countries with their local agent in Sri Lanka are moving ahead to force the Commissioner of Elections Dayananda Dissanayake to announce the annulment of the Presidential election"
The GOSL should keep the Army on alert and publish a couple of "HOT LINES" for any one to call in the event of a violent activity by anyone... The army can reach the place immediately by helicopters and catch the bastards...
Time is running out and this action is to be taken similar to the LieTTE Ealam war # 4...
CAN ANYONE OF OUR MEMBERS WHO HAS DIRECT COMMUNICATION WITH GOTA OR SOMEONE SEND THIS MESSAGE TO THEM PLEASE....
This is the need of the hour otherwise the obviously loosers UNP and JVP traitors will see that the Election will not go ahead..
Did you see this?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2zGtn4s3nc&feature=player_embedded
Mamai Benai new song.
Hiranthe said...
URGENT! URGENT!! URGENT!!!
Dear Patriots,
I read in the Asia Tribune which says...
"There is a covert move by the Western Powers to force an annulment of the Presidential election scheduled for 26 January.
Already the Western countries with their local agent in Sri Lanka are moving ahead to force the Commissioner of Elections Dayananda Dissanayake to announce the annulment of the Presidential election"...
...CAN ANYONE OF OUR MEMBERS WHO HAS DIRECT COMMUNICATION WITH GOTA OR SOMEONE SEND THIS MESSAGE TO THEM PLEASE....
******
Oh dear.
Another hysterical dupe who either doesn't know that The Asian Tribune, by dint of its editor K.T. Rajasingham, is a propaganda mouthpiece for the current GoSL or knows this and is so stupid as to think everyone else doesn't.
Does this poster really think that the GoSL and in particular MR and his brothers aren't up to speed on articles like this?
Duh.
Dreadful excuse for a post anyway you see it. Badly conceived and constructed dim-bulb propaganda at its finest.
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My fellow Compatriots and Patriots,
There are only two more days to go before the dawn of one of the most important days in our country's illustrious history. In fact this will be the most important day after that glorious day in last May when we utterly destroyed the entire terrorist leadership lock, stock, and barrel around the muddy lagoon in Naaththikandal.
As a matter of fact, that is one of the main reasons why you should re-elect President Rajapaksa in this election. In ancient Rome, Marcus Porcius Cato, a senator of the Roman Republic uttered the famous quotation 'Ceterum censeo, delenda est Carthago' after Rome had defeated its chief rival, Carthage, but had not destroyed it. It means 'In my opinion, Carthage must be destroyed'. Cato held that Rome could not be secure until Carthage was entirely destroyed-and eventually, it was.
What President Rajapaksa did was not merely defeat our chief rivals, but destroy them entirely. Had any other weak leader been at the helm during this time, setting aside the fact that we would have not been in the position do the necessary, he or she would have merely defeated the terrorist forces and spared the demon leadership of the monsters. In fact you have seen the position taken by Candidate Fonseka on this matter in accusing our gallant army commanders on the ground of 'war crimes' for entirely destroying the daemon leadership.
So my Compatriots and fellow Patriots, if you had been swayed in any way by this false prophet, Candidate Fonseka, please keep the quotation 'Ceterum censeo, delenda est Carthago' in your mind as you pull the lever for our glorious leader, President Rajapaksa.
Long live our glorious Sri Lankan Republic!
Cheers!
Konnapu Bandara said...
...
please keep the quotation 'Ceterum censeo, delenda est Carthago' in your mind as you pull the lever for our glorious leader, President Rajapaksa
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I have little doubt you are always thinking about MR when you... ah...
pull the lever.
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President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s Death Win??
MR wins and gonzeka loses unless TNA rigs the vote.
TNA gonzeka love will end up in riots whether he wins or loses.
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Hey guys and girls you HAVE to watch this Sri Lankan advertisement... it is brilliant!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZioEwt2F6zY
And congrats to Mahinda!! Ela!!
puligal.blogspot.com is updated
merci!
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