tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5899907675904775235.post365712424802926355..comments2024-03-11T12:43:36.294+05:30Comments on DefenceWire: The difference between now and then...Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5899907675904775235.post-77793096511691933972008-03-27T15:02:00.000+05:302008-03-27T15:02:00.000+05:30noltte=peace,Great post bro..keep the great posts ...noltte=peace,<BR/>Great post bro..keep the great posts coming!!Srilankanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14669706047196092243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5899907675904775235.post-15420518140380794412008-03-27T15:01:00.000+05:302008-03-27T15:01:00.000+05:30Navindran,Rommel was involved in the plot indirect...Navindran,<BR/>Rommel was involved in the plot indirectly.You can be invloved in plots in various ways.why dont you subscribe to the history channel?Srilankanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14669706047196092243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5899907675904775235.post-58249007547849830372008-03-27T10:11:00.000+05:302008-03-27T10:11:00.000+05:30noltte=peacegreat post mate...100% with ya :)noltte=peace<BR/>great post mate...100% with ya :)Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08186351038561364738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5899907675904775235.post-45504196509136981002008-03-27T05:27:00.000+05:302008-03-27T05:27:00.000+05:30casc, romel was never involved in the plot. He was...casc, romel was never involved in the plot. He was a patriot, he never killed civilians or surrended enemy combatants. However hilter was paranoid and fnished him off.<BR/><BR/>The conscripted armies of the US won in world war 2.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16877388889244119062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5899907675904775235.post-5673889244338459542008-03-26T23:56:00.000+05:302008-03-26T23:56:00.000+05:30I agree with the posters here. We need to have a g...I agree with the posters here. We need to have a genuine political package at hand when we plan to destroy the final LTTE stronghold in the north. The LTTE will never disappear, it will exist in one form or another. So we need a political package to drive the war weary Tamil civilians into the fold of the government.GoldenEaglehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10097391147469779596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5899907675904775235.post-60668970190020420062008-03-26T23:49:00.000+05:302008-03-26T23:49:00.000+05:30Navindran,You mentioned that despite the Germans h...Navindran,<BR/><BR/>You mentioned that despite the Germans having good generals like Rommel they lost the war. Perhaps you don't know what happened to Rommel. He was involved in a plot to asssinate Hitler, which involved many German senior officers. He was given a choice of committing suicide or being executed. Having good lower tier leaders is of no value if the leader at the top is an autocrat, just like Hitler. Also, having forcibly conscripted people is of no use when dealing with highly motivated troops like the Sri Lanka Army. In Vietnam, the US Army was a conscripted army (the U.S. had a lottery system where all males between a certain age group were picked at random). Romel last act of building up the atlantic wall was a failure becase many of the troops were second or third rate troops from Eastern Euope and else where (photo attached). The LTTE is no different. The LTTE has forcibly conscripted women and children who have no interest in dying for its failed cause. <BR/><BR/>http://www.answers.com/topic/freies-indien-legion-france-jpg-1CASChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01362520666064815560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5899907675904775235.post-65331464598555068802008-03-26T23:00:00.000+05:302008-03-26T23:00:00.000+05:30DW,Great article.Question:When comparing then and ...DW,<BR/><BR/>Great article.<BR/><BR/>Question:<BR/><BR/>When comparing then and now, the army now has a night fighting capability. In the past the LTTE used to exploit this weakness of the army to launch attacks in the night. How significant do you think this capability has been towards shifting the tide ?CASChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01362520666064815560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5899907675904775235.post-63682086504838786992008-03-26T20:50:00.000+05:302008-03-26T20:50:00.000+05:30Defencewire, very good analysis of current situati...Defencewire, very good analysis of current situation and a good comparison to previous military operations. However, I don't see Army's strategy/target of killing atleast 10 LTTE cadres a day going to work in the long run. LTTE is going to if not already have adapted to this strategy by hiding and pulling back to it's secondary lines when SLA offensive formations move in and at times counter our troops with indirect fire, traps and sniper fire. They have already adapted to this strategy and saving their cadre strength to fight for rainy days. How do you see army strategy of 10 per day going to work in the long run?<BR/><BR/>Also Army's gains in the next two years will be short lived if our political elite don't launch the right "political" offensive against the LTTE. Army can surely destroy LTTE. However, they will always survive if GOSL don't launch the political offensive against LTTE. If you know what I mean.sldfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14961271270452321080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5899907675904775235.post-88000821456713470382008-03-26T20:07:00.000+05:302008-03-26T20:07:00.000+05:30The target here were the jap envoyThe target here were the jap envoySrilankanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14669706047196092243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5899907675904775235.post-2736999006435690232008-03-26T18:53:00.000+05:302008-03-26T18:53:00.000+05:30Two Sri Lanka police killed escorting JapaneseLINK...<B>Two Sri Lanka police killed escorting Japanese</B><BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://srilankainfocus.blogspot.com/2008/03/two-sri-lanka-police-killed-escorting.html" REL="nofollow">LINK</A><BR/><BR/><B>Sri Lanka violence kills 22: Government</B><BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://srilankainfocus.blogspot.com/2008/03/sri-lanka-violence-kills-22-government.html" REL="nofollow">LINK</A>LKDOODhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18426997279106115254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5899907675904775235.post-68589771296608489322008-03-26T18:34:00.000+05:302008-03-26T18:34:00.000+05:30Wow !very good article DW 100/100 :)Wow !<BR/><BR/>very good article DW <BR/><BR/>100/100 <BR/><BR/>:)LKDOODhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18426997279106115254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5899907675904775235.post-79260107734128679952008-03-26T17:22:00.000+05:302008-03-26T17:22:00.000+05:30Very nice articleVery nice articleonecountryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04005700239191795369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5899907675904775235.post-1533932626012145862008-03-26T15:28:00.000+05:302008-03-26T15:28:00.000+05:30Good work Defencewire!I agree with Navindran, Army...Good work Defencewire!<BR/><BR/>I agree with Navindran, Army should change their motto (but not the objective). <BR/><BR/>As Navindran has mentioned, we need some political initiatives (I like to call it as a initiatives, because I do not see there is any genuine problem that Tamils face in Sri Lanka owing to their ethnicity) too. Those initiatives should solidify every ethnic group to have equal rights in every common aspect in the society. <BR/><BR/>No Ethnicity based initiatives. We are a multi-ethnic society. There should not be initiatives that favor one or the other. <BR/><BR/>We need to be Sri Lankans and push our nation forward together as a single nation. <BR/><BR/>Division in whatever the angle is a killer of a country. Unity matters. <BR/><BR/>Maga Maniac Prabha and his blind followers are still in the ancient tribal stages. We have to reject that mindset. <BR/><BR/>The government should facilitate not hundreds, but thousands of initiatives to uplift the livelihoods of people. Economic development brings in prosperity. It makes people forget about divisions. <BR/><BR/>Limitations of resources and fear push people to fight or to be tribal. That's what we should be aiming to resolve. <BR/><BR/>The real problem in Sri Lanka is lack of rural development. <BR/><BR/>We are still being benefited by what Premadasa did when he was in power (Premadasa - lost his mind when he became President, but was great as a Prime-minister). <BR/><BR/>Premadasa initiated the 1000 Garment Factories. Decentralised many government institutions to divisional secretariat level. Earlier, people had to come to Colombo for everything. Now they can get many things done at the Divisional Secretariat level. <BR/><BR/>Premadasa's Gam Udava built hundreds of thousands of houses for the poor. The Electricity to Villages initiatives brought light to many families who were in the dark. <BR/><BR/>The "Cluster School System" brought many benefits for poor students who did not have adequate facilities in their schools. <BR/><BR/>I consider above type of initiatives as "real" solutions that Sri Lanka needs. <BR/><BR/>If you would take an inventory of what LTTE did, they are the total opposite. All those what LTTE did for the last 25 years were aimed at taking the country to the dark ages. They started with burning of government factories situated in North and the East. Started from Paranthan Chemical factory, and expanded to Kankasanthurei Cement factory and so on. They destroyed the very institutions provided much needed jobs to the Tamil communities. They did not allow Premadasa era Garment Factories to be built in LTTE controlled areas depriving people more opportunities of life. It is like a maggot in excrete not allowing the other maggots to go out their cesspit while making it bigger and deeper. <BR/><BR/>No Corruption and waste, Law and Order, Adequate and facilitative infrastructure, and prominent focus on Education and Higher Education will bring prosperity to Sri Lanka. <BR/><BR/>We have to start Premadasa type broad initiatives that have 'across the country impact'. <BR/><BR/>Take a moment of your time. Think about such initiatives and promote them. Then Sri Lanka would be a better place. <BR/><BR/>In the mean time, we will keep our trust on our security forces to eliminate the maggot who tries to keep others also in excrete.NOLTTE=Peacehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04767248674450054730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5899907675904775235.post-78772139388131683062008-03-26T15:21:00.000+05:302008-03-26T15:21:00.000+05:30DW-THANK YOU mate.Keep up the good work.DW-<BR/><BR/>THANK YOU mate.<BR/>Keep up the good work.pereinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02440639836678576676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5899907675904775235.post-26770174098669463932008-03-26T14:53:00.000+05:302008-03-26T14:53:00.000+05:30GOSH!!its looks Vidattalathuv is long way awayGOSH!!<BR/>its looks Vidattalathuv is long way awayGuns&Roseshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05964188467841260524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5899907675904775235.post-8315688687715698192008-03-26T14:12:00.000+05:302008-03-26T14:12:00.000+05:30good article.!good article.!Calvinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00401368456836086332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5899907675904775235.post-90681280487752429272008-03-26T14:04:00.000+05:302008-03-26T14:04:00.000+05:30sniper kill rate has exceeded 200 and most ofthe p...sniper kill rate has exceeded 200 and most ofthe ponnamman land mine dudes have been hit bu the SLA snipers seriously hampering the LTTE mining processSanathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08459760637560476070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5899907675904775235.post-49285533217941872592008-03-26T13:37:00.000+05:302008-03-26T13:37:00.000+05:30Lanka news,It means each brigade Commanders are gi...<B>Lanka news,</B><BR/>It means each brigade Commanders are given a daily target.They must kill atleast 5 - 10 LTTE Caders. One of my buddies told me he was given a target of 5 Caders per day, But my Buddy Killed 10 - 15 Some days.<BR/>Got It? So imagine at the end of the month from 5 Brigades.<BR/><BR/>Thats why LTTE is trying their best to get the attention of the international community,Specialy India.Walimuni Abeysekerahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05572026371930799897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5899907675904775235.post-6967506198033038432008-03-26T12:23:00.000+05:302008-03-26T12:23:00.000+05:30anyway thanks for the great article.anyway thanks for the great article.lankanewshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00918966804546557868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5899907675904775235.post-2194271813710314442008-03-26T12:21:00.000+05:302008-03-26T12:21:00.000+05:30.... but have the objective of killing a minimum n....... but have the objective of killing a minimum number of Tigers a day....<BR/><BR/>????lankanewshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00918966804546557868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5899907675904775235.post-37417247351241412662008-03-26T11:02:00.000+05:302008-03-26T11:02:00.000+05:30Defencewire, good article. I tend to agree that th...Defencewire, good article. I tend to agree that the military is leading a good campaign. However they should change the motto (not the startergy) of "Don't die for your land, let them die for theirs" as it sounds like the LTTE are defending their homeland and SLA are conquering their country.<BR/><BR/>I do not see an importance in secondary leaders in the LTTE as ever so often they can wiped out. Without a soultion at hand a victory against the LTTE could still result in Tamil Eelam. Just like in Vietnam where the Americans won every battle but lost the war.<BR/><BR/>Mahindha should really formulate a solution which is accepted and push it through. Once established it will lower the support down.<BR/><BR/>The best general during world war 2was Rommel. Yet his side lost the war. If the combatants on both sides do not see the legitemacy of their fight, then they will lose their will to fight.<BR/><BR/>As the article shows, the LTTE is still in a better position in terms of land they hold. The army needs to go for a major push sooner or later as they "Don't die for your land, let them die for theirs" is being countered by the LTTE. Neither the economy or the people of Sri Lanka can bear it if the war continues to go on this way past this year. War Stories cannot feed the stomach.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16877388889244119062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5899907675904775235.post-52418140239031762132008-03-26T09:47:00.000+05:302008-03-26T09:47:00.000+05:30DW, Though i fully acknowldge that our airforce ne...DW, <BR/><BR/>Though i fully acknowldge that our airforce need to modernize specially when we have phase out our aging fleet of kfir's and some of the mig27's, I think the cost of going for fulcrums be not feasible for a small economy like us. <BR/>I personally think the money spent on fulcrums would be far more useful if it were to be invested in the Navy or the Army, giving them small air planes to manouver themselves in their times of need rather than relying on the airforce all the time. This would significantly lower the response time in times of emergency as airforce has to undergo a lot of procedures before they make a strike.<BR/>Especially since the primary objective of the airforce is to decapitate the tiger leadership, allthough we have seen some CAS recently. <BR/><BR/>I know buying the fulcrums would nevertheless boost our morale, and if it were to be put in to much use, would help us in lot of ways, but we also need to increase our intelligence gathering better service and morale support for out forces. <BR/><BR/>Also in another note - is it possible that the recent pulling out of STF has some influence due Islamic jihad in eastern province? <BR/>After all, one of our STF soldier was killed by those people. May be, in my opinion, some muslim politician might be behind the withdrawal of STF from Ampara. As a political gain. Since with the removal of STF, the muslim politicians can manipulate casting of vote.???<BR/><BR/>Both the government and the main opposition are in desperately seeking an alliance with the muslim politicians. so that may be one of the reasons ???mavKFIRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00779834959946614452noreply@blogger.com