When we sent our proposals to the LTTE they were rejected outright. When we sent a second set of amended proposals that too was rejected outright. Did we declare war? Why didn’t our leaders reject the ISGA proposals of the LTTE outright? Did they think that the LTTE would declare war? Perhaps they are right because the LTTE has grown in strength. We, on the other hand, have made ourselves vulnerable to attack. Our weakness is an invitation to attack. We have forgotten the saying "If you want peace, prepare for war". We have forgotten yet another wise saying, "God helps those who help themselves". To think that Prabhakaran will ever agree to a democratic set-up is a dream. He cannot afford to do so because he is a wanted man. He can never surface. Abraham Lioncoln once asked, "Can a nation exist which is half-slave and half-free?"
The question, we have to ask ourselves is, whether a nation can exist which is half-fascist and half-democratic. Prabhakaran understands only the language of the gun. The only people who have understood this is Karuna’s men. The others wait to be killed.
Bhikku C. Mahinda.
