The Sri Lankan government has shown that it understands who the Tamil Tigers are,in rejecting the communist seperatist group's plea for a ceasefire.
After blocking UN aid to civilians trapped behind the comminust lines,suddenely the communists start requesting a "ceasefire", to "allow UN aid to get through".
As anyone familiar with communist insurgents knows, this is merely an attempt to regroup,and rearm,is exactly the same way as Islamic Jihadists do,whenever they get a "ceasefire".
As the murderous reds are on the verge of elimination,the government of Sri Lanka has made the best move.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090426...srilankaunrest

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I agree completely. The last thing we need is more North Korea's. Wipe them off the map. Are we helping Sri Lanka? We should be on that one.

They're not communists, good sir, they are an ethnic, nationalist succession movement. Please get your facts straight on this matter.

Economic systems are fairly irrelevant to them, so making it the main subject of the thread is absurd.

I got to ask you ferris, are you kidding me? I'm sorry for saying they're communists, for I think THESE guys give communist a bad name. Anyone who wants to read about how you DON'T make change, by all means run "tigers of tamil".

The Sri Lankan government aren't exactly benevolent rulers. I'm not gonna go ra ra, go tigers, but come on, they're an oppressed ethnic minority. They're actions have to be taken in context.

PS: watch out who you agree with. I'm trying to avoid ad hominen here, but Grok is a hawk, and not even the kind with healthy respect for the enemy. You should have seen what was up when he incorrectly labeled them as commies and reds.

---I'm with ya ferris, you've been good to me. I'll check his facts next time. No one likes to look like a dumb ass and I'm sure I did.

A friend of mine was in Sri Lanka for two years and became very familiar with the Sri Lankan government through her work. The Tamils have some very valid issues and the government deserves every shot fired in their direction.

---That's interesting, I'll take note for sure. It's just suicide bombers as Americans we'll never understand. I was dumb and made a judgment with out verifying what OP said. Ferris was just correcting me. My bad. I was picturing another Kim Ill trying to take over.

Well,here's the Tamil Tigers THEMSELVES espousing their Marxist roots, so maybe you'd better get in touch with them, to let them know that they aren't communists,as they clearly didn't get the memo.
The Tamil Tigers obviously know less about themselves than you do about them.
From the provided link:

"Ideologically bound to the revolutionary theory and practice of Marxism and Leninism, our movement firmly believes that its commitment to armed struggle is not an alternative to mass movement."

http://www.tamilnation.org/ltte/index.htm

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