It will be very hard now to stop this war turning into a Sinhalese vs Tamils(TN + Kerala + Eelam + Eelam Diaspora + everywhere Tamils lives) war now - the more Tamils all over the worls see their brothers and sisters live under trees due to the Sinhalese war machine.

The issue now is - The North Indians have the Pakistanis- now the South will have the Sinhalese.

It will be interesting to see where ceratain Eelam Tamils ( Karuna, Pilayan etc) who has helped the Sinhalese in the war against the their brothers now stand.

Everybody will soon or later have to take side? But where do traitors stand?

For the Sinhalese, I donot get it - the South (of India) is the fastest growing economy in the world - and they decided to become the sworn enemy of the people now driving the economy of the South of India. Wars does not have to be fought just on the battlefield - economic warfare is just as painful and inhumane. Most people in TN and kerala are proud of the LTTE as a fighting force - so this unit will be there to stay as long as South India wants it to bleed the Sinhalese slowly, just to keep the wound from healing, and to remind them of the debt of Black July.

Guest who will be the last man standing in 500 years?

From an independent observer. - snpost

The survey was by Ananda Vikedan - or in English is Happy Joker. How credible is their survey - anton

Very honestly the Tamilnadu people have given their opinion.

It looks like if LTTE led by somebody else will be supported very well by the Tamilnadu people. Only Vaico could tie the bell on the cat's neck.

By - Selva

Hysterical...Who cares what Tamil Nadu think????

At the end of the day, all these polls mean nothing as it is not up to them about the affairs of Sri Lanka. Tamil Nadu while are Tamils ... are not Sri Lankans... End of Discussion. - Devinda Fernando

The survey had showed democracy, or the wish of the Tamil people been laid in the open. Knowing Tamil politicians Tamil Eelam will be a point in central New Delhi theme either via DMK or MDMK after general election.

As of now DMK will call the shot due to survival life line of Congress. Gotto wait and see because all are not decided at war front. Looks like Tigers will be back in businesss by early next year. Till then we will poor and innocent Sinhalese soldiers dying for their monthly wages. - k kalaiy

[devinda wrote:Hysterical...Who cares what Tamil Nadu thinks?] u may not like what Tamil nadu thinks, but u should care.

In fact i suspect u did care, when u thought they were totally against tamil eelam and the ltte, until now. - eesan

The Tamils of Tamil Nadu state have studied the history of genocide of Tamils in Sri Lanka with a Tamil mindset.

Post colonial history of our island has unambiguously recorded that Colombo had been the symbol of deception, dishonesty, trickery and unwillingness to implement agreements and legislation to grant rights to Tamils.

Appropriate attitude and actions are vital for successful completion of any peace talks anywhere in the world. Because of three main political reasons it would be impossible for any sensible person to believe that an appropriate climate now exists in Sri Lanka (SL) for successful peace talks leading to peace.

Firstly, the majority of Sinhala politicos and the populace are not yet educated enough to respect the legitimate right of Tamils to rule themselves in the North East (NE).

Secondly, Most of the Sinhalese have arrogantly fallen in a collective swoon for war in the NE. Trapped in the war, they have defiantly turned their back on the UN and the International Community, instead of partnering with them to obtain valuable expertise, to successfully hold peace talks to completion and implementation.

Thirdly, rather than regard the TNA and the LTTE as threat to the island, the present GOSL should have recognised that working with them would solve the Tamil problem.

Such realisation was absent before trumpeting for war in the NE and abrogating the CFA with flimsy excuses.

All these happened because true political leadership, visualising the future good of all the citizens ceased to exist in 1956. To this day, there is no leader capable of solving any island wide political problem affecting the rights and freedoms of all the citizens. All peace talks failed since 1956 for this reason.

On the other side of the continuum, for the majority of Tamils and the UN, peace talks is a less appealing proposal than justice for human rights violations and war crimes.

Under Mahinda Rajapakse's watch, his soldiers were beating, bombing, raping, torturing, arresting, disappearing, displacing and murdering Tamils in the NE.

The nature of rights violations and the techniques employed by the soldiers in the NE make Radovan Karadzic of Bosnia look like a good guy.

For Tamils in the NE, the human rights violations represent dead loved ones and nightmares that will always haunt them. The incidents are leaving irreparable scar in their minds, preventing them from seeing ahead anything other than Tamil Eelam.

Though the underlying philosophy of democracy is justice, state interference in favour of the crimes of soldiers has made judicial process non existent for war crimes in the NE.

Peace and reconciliation are possible only through the filter of justice. As internal justice is impossible in the NE, we should request the UN to send Human Rights Monitors to report incidents of "no justice", if we desire human dignity and peace to all in our island. - Sam Thambipillai

Mr. Thambipillai

Firstly, the majority of Sinhala politicos and the populace don’t believe in the concept of a mono-ethnic state encompassing more than a third of the country ruled by a murdering cult god claiming to represent 10% of the population. The majority, unlike the thugs who perpetrate ethnic violence, want to live with their neighbors of may races like they do in Kandy and Colombo. They are not ready to hand over a large part of the country to a small sect of Tamils while the majority of Tamils live with them in the rest of the country

Secondly, Most of the Sinhalese have meekly realized that the only option is to eliminate the LTTE and open a window for a negotiated settlement. After a series of attempts at negotiations, the Sinhala and their democratically elected representatives have realized that the LTTE a. does not represent the people they claim to, and b. don’t give a hoot about anything else but war. There can never be peace as long as the LTTE exists in its current form with its current leader.

Thirdly, the Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission recorded 3006 violations of the ceasefire by the LTTE compared to the 174 violations by the government. So who abrogated what ceasefire?

People of Tamilnadu are important stakeholders of Sri Lankan conflict. That's because they are the immediate neighbours of Sri lanka who face consequences of unrest in the neighbourhood. (Last year I went to Chennai and experienced that hotel workers out there looks suspiciously at Sri Lankans.)The other reason is their Tamil Nationalist sentiments.

(I mean the natural feeling towards the peope of your race)

It is unfortunate that real leaders of Tamilnadu (not the people like Vaiko who are in LTTE payroll) nor the Govt. of Sri Lanka are directly talking to each other without North Indian mediadion. This communication gap has a negative impact towards the resolution of SL conflict.

As far as above survey is concerned, I am surpriced that only 54% supported LTTE. I thought there is overwhelming support for LTTE in TN. Nobody can say that the TN public support towards LTTE has increased based on this survey without a referance to historical figures.

BUT When I see comments like that of 'snpost' I feel glad that Rajapakse govt. is mercilessy fighting LTTE & I also feel glad that TN is under N.Indian supervision. I am also glad that people like 'snpost' have apparently fled Sri Lanka, such that after LTTE, we will have to live with Tamils who know the futility of violent methods to achieve political goals.

*** when u thought they were totally against tamil eelam and the ltte, until now. - eesan ***

And what are the Tamil Naduians going to do about it?

I specifically care about India, and what they think, and if they were for Eelam I would disagree and would be part of the Majority who would oppose their political agenda... but the reality is that Tamil Nadu like all the Politicians there are one big Joke... they don't really care beyond the opinion poll level about the Tamils of the North or the LTTE...they support them as they do a Sports team. They are at the end of the day not committed to supporting Eelam.

All these Tamil Nadu politicians use The LTTE issue as a way to rally their voter bases, but they can't do anything more than make noise for the LTTE... At the end of the day India's foreign Policy will never allow Eelam,...Especially after Rajiv Gandhi's assasination. This is the Truth, the Whole Truth, and nothing but the Truth...

So help me (Sun) GOD.

chaminda wrote: "Thirdly, the Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission recorded 3006 violations of the ceasefire by the LTTE compared to the 174 violations by the government. So who abrogated what ceasefire?"

"One" of those "174" violations by the GOSL side was: not implementing the agreement to allow back the more than 90,000 people to return to their homes and livelihood in the HSZs.

Most of the houses in the HSZs, btw, have been flattened by the army. So, it would hardly have sufficed to merely allow back these displaced people to the lands where their homes once stood, but it would have at-least been a start.

This one violation is equivalent to 90,000 violations.... PER DAY. The GOSL wants you to count that as one violation.

So, "What ceasefire?" indeed!

Devinda Fernando wrote: "And what are the Tamil Naduians going to do about it?"

You may be right, possibly nothing. But I want to point out this was precisely the attitude of the GOSL and the chauvinists among the Sinhalese when they inflicted riots and other methods of intimidation in response to peaceful representations by the Tamils. They thought: " What can the Tamils do about it?".

Another mistake would be to consider India to be a big constant in the formula in your head. At the end of the day the only "territorial integrity" that India cares about, is its own.

Chaminda wrote "Thirdly, the Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission recorded 3006 violations of the ceasefire by the LTTE compared to the 174 violations by the government. So who abrogated what ceasefire?"

3006 complaints not violations. It was never proven so it cannot be regarded as violations. Get the facts right.

I cannot believe it

Hi Folks in all this discussion you are forgetting one person who is watching the fun and going to bank laughing to deposit the money he has got. You guessed it right. That's Ananda Vikaden. All this survey is humbug. LTTE is a closed chapter.

Your survey is very real data and reflaction of the tmail people.
Thank you,
Solution of the war when the freedom of Tamil Eelam and take over the Eelam Government by LTTE