Tamileelam is the Only Feasible Solution Left for Tamils

by Vettivel

The peace talks failed because agreements were not implemented, and then the peace process failed because the international community that supported the peace process doesn’t seems to care about Tamils' rights or even Tamils lives.

The hawk Sinhala government that is under no pressure from the international community, conveniently ignored all the agreements, and went a rampage and killed more than 300 Tamils in the last three months. None of the peace actors raise concerns about these atrocities with the Sri Lankan state terrorists. Even the SLMM that initially released a statement to blame the Sinhala government for the extrajudicial killings, retreated from their statements for some “unknown” reasons. All these “green” signals from the international players boosted the Sinhala hawk leadership to wage a low intensity war against Tamils.

When Tamils were killed by the Sinhala state terrorists, almost all the human right organizations and the international community who voluntarily cried for Tamil children's safety went completely silent. After several emails and letters from Tamils, it took a week for the so-called human right organizations to condemn the Alaipiddi massacre. The same kind of behavior was noticed in other Tamil massacres as well. When five Tamil students were killed by the Sinhala army in Trinco, the same ignorance was observed.

Most foreign governments when they talk about Sri Lanka, they think they are dealing with a government that represents all the communities. However, the reality is different. In fact, the Sri Lankan government doesn’t represent Tamils, and it never represented Tamils in the past either. Since Ceylon got independence from the British, Tamils have been not part of the government; they always stand outside the Sinhala government body because of the Sinhala racist agenda. Almost all the constitutional changes have passed in parliament over Tamil protests.

The conflict in Sri Lanka is obviously between the Sinhala hawk leadership and Tamils. Sinhalese understand this fact very well; that is why they fiercely oppose Tamil leadership, whether such leadership is military or political. In the early 1980s, the Sinhala government placed heavy restrictions on the TULF that didn’t have any military wings and threatened to ban it. Whenever a Tamil leadership emerged and asked for Tamil rights, the Sinhala leadership always opted for a military solution. There were numerous non-violent protests that were violently oppressed using Sinhala thugs and military.

The reality is that throughout the 50 years of history, Tamils didn’t get any rights via peace talks. This is why Tamils used “force” to get their rights. This peace process also confirmed this learned lesson again.

Whether it is peace or war, the Sinhala government's intention has been always weaken the Tamil leadership and protect the Sinhala domination in Sri Lanka. Systematic Sinhala colonization, terrorizing Tamils, and chasing away Tamils from their habitations are all part of the Sinhala state terrorist strategy. The 99% Sinhala military and police force has been used to execute the Sinhala government terror plan. For Tamils, without doubt, the Sinhala military isan evil force. When these Sinhala evils roam the Tamil areas, Tamils are tortured, killed, raped, and disappeared.

All these atrocities committed by the Sinhala forces have gone unpunished. None of the international players raise any concern about this genocide. Instead, they continue to provide loans to the Sinhala state to buy weapons, and provide logistics to destroy the Tamil homeland. Even after the Sinhala government bombed and killed more than 15 Tamil civilians and chased away 40,000 Tamils, the international community praised the Sinhala president for his restraint. There is no surprise about this treatment because, after more than 60, 000 Tamil civilians killed by the Sinhala government, the international community did the same thing.

This current peace process started not because of the sympathy mooted by the international community, but because the disaster faced by the Sinhala military when it was hit hard by the Tamil tigers. It was the Tamil military domination that created this peace process. Tamils are fully aware of this truth, however, they opted to give a chance for peace instead of to continue fighting.

What Tamils mistakenly believed is that they could trust the international community, and believed that the international community will bring peace to Tamil homeland. This is why Tamils stopped promoting separation after the peace process started. The international players supported the peace process because their intention was only to save their investments. They don’t really care much about the plight of ordinary Tamil civilians in the northeast. What they want is a “stable” government that can do whatever is good for them. The Sinhala government is always willing to do anything for anyone if they help defeat the Tamils. The former Sinhala president JR clearly said that he would join with any devil if he can defeat the Tamils. The Sinhala government, including so-called patriots, is ready to sell their so-called sovereignty if someone helps them to fight against the Tamils. The only thing Sinhala leadership never want to do is to share power with the Tamils.

The international community has left the Tamils to choose their own destiny. Tamils' fate now entirely depends on the military capability of Tamil forces. The current proven fact is that Tamils will never get any acceptable solution through negotiation with the Sinhala leadership.

There is no international pressure on the Sinhala leadership, therefore the Sinhala government has no obligation to share power with the Tamils or to accept a federal solution. This ultimately has left athe Tamils with only one solution – that is Tamileelam – a separate state for Tamils. The price Tamils may have to pay for this could be high, but when there is no other alternatives, people are forced to choose the only path that is available to them.

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