Two wrongs dont make a right.
The situation is the same. It was never a question of whose wrong or whose right. The question is of what happens next.
Except that in this case there are lakhs of refugees who are staying in Tamil Nadu and so we have a genuine case in pleading for them. You gotto be a Tamil to understand that.
I don't need to be a Tamil to understand a problem that exists all over the world. Sam Manekshaw and Indira Gandhi were not Bengalis to understand the Bangladesh problem.
The Sri Lankan problem started only after LTTE took up arms, not before. The Israelis would have done nothing had they not been invaded by multiple countries many times.
As Phenom said you dont have an iota of the Sri-Lankan civil war and its genesis. It was not the Tigers who worsened the condition of the Tamils. It was 30 years of systematic cultural,ethnic,religious ad linguistic discrimination the Sinhalas perpetrated on the Tamils that did that. And do you know why LTTE was supported by RAW ? Because the SL were cosying upto the Americans and Pakistanis and were in the process of building a Naval base overlooking India. Things, as reported in Aaj Tak and Star News, are not always true.
Cultural, ethnic, religious and linguistic discrimination is more rampant in India than in Sri Lanka. The Marathis kicking out Hindi people. Upper caste against Dalits and tribals. The Naxal issue. The reservation in jobs and education. They all exist in India. The Sinhalese discrimination was actually nothing if you compare the Godhra riots or the Bombay riots. If you were a UP worker and moved to Maharashtra, you will face more discrimination than if you were a Tamil in Colombo. The Blacks were worse off than the whites in the South Africa during the same time period. Ever heard of apartheid. The Tamil Sri Lankan issue was a tiny little thing compared to apartheid.
The Tamils could have handled it by their own, they never needed your help. Your help, or the right word should be "our" help made it worse for them.
We supported the separatists because they were friendly to India and the Sri Lankans were cosying upto US and Pakistan. Do you know that ? It was a necessity at that time. Now we could have just played neutral. Instead New Delhi armed and supported (still supports) a genocidal regime that does not believe in equal treatment of its own citizens. Why should I be apologetic about it ?
National interests change with time. Now the US is cozying with us and distancing themselves from Pak. US has the best base in the region, the Lankas wouldn't have accepted foreign presence anyway. You are painting the Sinhalese as an enemy when they aren't. Like I said they were never the enemies.
The disenfranchisement of Tamils could have been handled diplomatically.
To get the Tamils their rights you support a genocide on them. Whoa , what logic ?
You got it wrong. Killings happened after LTTE took up arms, not before. Before that it was a major social problem with a non violent cure similar to apartheid.
We will not forget, we will not forgive. Simple as that. Unless the war criminals are brought to justice in the International Court of Justice just like they are doing with the Serbian war criminals.
Then you, sitting safe in India, will keep saying the same thing while the SL Tamils will continue to be marginalized. If you know what is good for them and not good for your own ego, it would be to make peace with the Sinhalese.
As long as YOU will not forgive and forget, then it is not YOU who suffers. The fishermen will continue suffering and the SL Tamils will be worse off.
The war criminals will not be brought to justice simply because the LTTE was a terrorist organization which was dismantled by force and not negotiation. No court will support a recognized terrorist organization. The victors make the rules. Make peace with the victors and the SL Tamils will finally have peace. Like I said the Sinhalese have the upperhand.
The 30 years of rampant discrimination was what led to the struggle for an independent homeland. You 've got your timeline wrong mate.
South Africa is one of the richest countries in the world even after more than half the population went through worse discrimination than the Tamils ever have.
Frankly aren't you ashamed of saying like this ? You made them enemy so we wont help you ? Aren't we (people of TN) part of this same nation ? Or are we from a different country ? Isn't the nation supposed to stand with us irrespective of us being right or wrong when confronted with a foreigner who indiscriminatly kills our own citizens ?
The Rajasthanis and Gujaratis are fine being part of India. The Punjabis have given up on Khalistan. The Kashmiris want peace and they are getting it. The North East terrorists have already sued for peace. The Naxals will follow suit someday once development reaches their lands.
If the Tamils cannot forgive and forget then there is little other parts can do about it, especially considering the Indian Tamils are not discriminated in anyway. Don't forget that as long as you hate the Sinhalese, it will be your brothers across the sea who will suffer.
