Corrected based on what ? Your little bubble ? Wrong mate. As I said you are basing your posts on very simplistic/superficial thoughts.
The term enemy - through the lens of a Lankan tamil - applied to only the Sinhalas. To most of them LTTE was a necessary evil. Period.
Because of personal revenge for the killing of their "king". It is as simple as that. It did not matter that tens of thousands of innocent civilians would be eliminated too in a brutal,systematic and planned manner.
The LTTE did what was expected of it. It was the prime fighting force against the Sinhalese and it was not made a party to the talks. That Rajiv and Jeyawardene randomly decided to disarm LTTE without its participation in talks does not make it incumbent on LTTE to do so. So there was no 'backstabbing' on their part. The sole 'backstabber' was the Lankan Govt and the 'joker' in the pack - Rajiv's govt with IPKF being the sufferer.
That the stupid GoI has still not learnt its lesson and keeps trusting the Lankans is an epic blunder whose price we will pay -- if not now, then in the future.
Not sure how it strengthens your argument. it actually does mine. That the Lankans can never be trusted. What happened to that 'devolution' clause ? Thrown to the gutter..Not once..but twice..Once by Jeyawardene and next by Rajapakse..and still here we are....kowtowing before the Lankans in the vain hope they will some how show us mercy and accept our hand of friendship.
Better than most people here. I have interacted with the refugees, the victims -- in their camps, in coimbatore,
Thank you for a detailed explanation.
BTW, I don't agree with some of your comments, and I have highlighted them, because I categorically disagree with those.
LTTE was fighting for the rights of the Tamils, and Rajiv-Jayawardene Accord addressed that. If LTTE was the 'sole' fighting force against the Sinhalese, why were they so happy to recieve arms form the Sinhalese and why did they use them against the IPKF? No backstabbing on LTTE's part? You are kidding me, aren't you?
And Rajiv Gandhi government was a 'joker' in the pack? The real joker is anyone who thinks so, because Rajiv Gandhi prevented a US army base in Sri Lanka, and was again backstabbed by the same LTTE, and he paid with his life. Yes, in a way he was 'stupid,' as you said, because, had he known the LTTE would come back to bite the very hand that armed them, he would not have armed them in the first place.
Did you read
lemontree's post that I referenced?
Those who are dead, are dead. Forget about the dead, and think about those that are living. Do you want more people to die, or do you want peace? I don't know whether you agree with Amit or not, but I would like to ask him, and if you agree with him, you as well, whether it would have been better had the conflict continued? Give me a clear cut answer, because, all this started with Amit's post below:
From the POV of Humanitarianism demise of LTTE spelt a disaster for the Tamil Population. Why are people crying genocide any ideas?