Rajiva Wijesinha

“ In short, when for once a government is - as Time Magazine put it clearly, whilst also urging moderation in seeking a political solution and greater concern for human rights - succeeding in a struggle against terror, it is outrageous that the Globe should seek to subvert this. It is one thing to ask for justice for the Tamils - and also the Muslims, because the Globe should not forget that one of the areas the Tigers claimed as their own actually has more Muslims, and the Tigers have actually sent Muslims away from some areas in the only known instance of ethnic cleansing in Sri Lanka. ”

“ Surely the Globe should realise by now that India is grown up enough to look after its own safety, and if the Indian government has made it clear that Tiger terrorism must be destroyed, it is a bit much of the Globe to want to intervene on their behalf and give the Tigers the new lease of life that they were provided with nearly twenty years ago when Sri Lanka lost its head and thought, as the Globe seems to do now, that Tigers are really endearing pussy cats. ”

“ Only belatedly does it seem to grant that it is not really sure who did the shelling, when it declares that it does not matter whether the Government or the Tigers are most to blame for the suffering of the civilians 'trapped in the war zone' - i.e., it is the Tigers who will not let them get away, obviously because they want the suffering of these civilians to prompt the world to interfere, and this is what the Globe is obligingly engaged in.
The Globe, as though it has made a discovery no one else has, asserts that the only true solution must be political. ”