SRI LANKAN WAR CRIMINALS HIDING IN WEST

The life sentence handed down yesterday in Canada on Desire Munyaneza for the war crimes he committed in Rwanda would, I am sure send a clear messages to many.

After his killing spree, he went to Canada and sought political asylum and it was granted without any back ground checks.

This is not a new phenomenon in Canada or in the west.

Anyone who manages to reach their boarders and claims that he or she is being prosecuted in his or her country, because of their ethnicity or any other reason, those countries are happy to oblige.

There are thousands and more who have either actively participated or have helped in various other ways in mass killings, genocides and other war crimes are still hiding behind in Canada and the West, milking their systems on the guise of seeking asylum.

The mass rallies held, hungers strikes and havocs caused in those countries during the latter part of the three decade old war in Sri Lanka, where a democratically elected government was fighting a bunch of terrorist is a very good example that those who have blood in their hands and in their consciences are still roaming freely in those countries.

The sentencing of Desire Munyaneza, I am hopeful would set a precedent and that the authorities in Canada and in the West would open their eye now and start dealing with those bogus asylum seekers the same way soon.

Kithsiri Sasanka De Silva,

Sultanate of Oman.

SRI LANKAN WAR CRIMINALS HIDING IN WEST

The life sentence handed down yesterday in Canada on Desire Munyaneza for the war crimes he committed in Rwanda would, I am sure send a clear messages to many.

After his killing spree, he went to Canada and sought political asylum and it was granted without any back ground checks.

This is not a new phenomenon in Canada or in the west.

Anyone who manages to reach their boarders and claims that he or she is being prosecuted in his or her country, because of their ethnicity or any other reason, those countries are happy to oblige.

There are thousands and more who have either actively participated or have helped in various other ways in mass killings, genocides and other war crimes are still hiding behind in Canada and the West, milking their systems on the guise of seeking asylum.

The mass rallies held, hungers strikes and havocs caused in those countries during the latter part of the three decade old war in Sri Lanka, where a democratically elected government was fighting a bunch of terrorist is a very good example that those who have blood in their hands and in their consciences are still roaming freely in those countries.

The sentencing of Desire Munyaneza, I am hopeful would set a precedent and that the authorities in Canada and in the West would open their eye now and start dealing with those bogus asylum seekers the same way soon.

Kithsiri Sasanka De Silva,

Sultanate of Oman.

The grass is not so greener on the other side.

Boat loads of people are stranded in some parts of the world trying to reach countries which are economically prosperous.

If the figures reported in some of the press are correct, the people now stranded in Indonesia have promised to pay or have already paid the smugglers in excess of two million American Dollars for the passenger of 250 people.

This translates in to over a million Sri Lankan Rupees for each head, which is a very large sum of money for someone like me who is presently employed in the Gulf even.

Looking at the pictures it is evident that the average family cluster on that boat is about four per family.

I was wishing if I can raise that kind of money (Rupees 4 million), not to pay some slave trader but to start up something of my own back in Sri Lanka.

Some may try to take political advantage on the predicament of those people still stranded on those boats.

These people neither political nor economic asylum seekers but a bunch fools who always believe that the grass on the other side is much greener only.

I have travelled enough in those countries where some think the grass is much greener and have met, spoken and visited many of those who have thought so earlier and ended up there.

Many of them are living in appalling conditions in attics, go-downs etc and doing some works that they would not even think of doing in their own mother land, even if they do not have one square meal a day.

We have a Sinhala saying which goes “Even if you make a living by slaughtering cats, the money you get in return for that work will not mew when being spent”.

But when they return to their motherland for a short holiday or looking for a prospective life partner to take back along with them, they do not tell the whole truth.

Instead, they flaunt a little to impress the others.

A couple of designer ware, a rented out car and a few extravagance parties to impress their other family members, neighbours and friends send a wrong message.

“The grass is much greener on the other side”.

Many who are living in their native lands are unable to see through the false facade and willing to gamble on their health, wealth and most importantly the peace of mind looking for greener grass.

It is not even worth the try.

If you can raise that kind of money, (I am talking about four million Sri Lankan Rupees) as your start up capital, then you do not need go anywhere but start something of your own in your own country.

The stories are galore in medias of many (mostly from the south and the north) have come to cities from their tiny hamlets with only cloths on their backs and have made money and a name for them.

If that is not a dream then what about someone with a disposable four million Sri Lankan Rupees as a start up capital?

Unless we learn to ask the right questions and willing to change to looking glass, the stories of such boat people will be repeated.

The parable is “the grass is not so greener on the other side”.

Kithsiri Sasanka De Silva,

Sultanate of Oman.

The grass is not so greener on the other side.

Boat loads of people are stranded in some parts of the world trying to reach countries which are economically prosperous.

If the figures reported in some of the press are correct, the people now stranded in Indonesia have promised to pay or have already paid the smugglers in excess of two million American Dollars for the passenger of 250 people.

This translates in to over a million Sri Lankan Rupees for each head, which is a very large sum of money for someone like me who is presently employed in the Gulf even.

Looking at the pictures it is evident that the average family cluster on that boat is about four per family.

I was wishing if I can raise that kind of money (Rupees 4 million), not to pay some slave trader but to start up something of my own back in Sri Lanka.

Some may try to take political advantage on the predicament of those people still stranded on those boats.

These people neither political nor economic asylum seekers but a bunch fools who always believe that the grass on the other side is much greener only.

I have travelled enough in those countries where some think the grass is much greener and have met, spoken and visited many of those who have thought so earlier and ended up there.

Many of them are living in appalling conditions in attics, go-downs etc and doing some works that they would not even think of doing in their own mother land, even if they do not have one square meal a day.

We have a Sinhala saying which goes “Even if you make a living by slaughtering cats, the money you get in return for that work will not mew when being spent”.

But when they return to their motherland for a short holiday or looking for a prospective life partner to take back along with them, they do not tell the whole truth.

Instead, they flaunt a little to impress the others.

A couple of designer ware, a rented out car and a few extravagance parties to impress their other family members, neighbours and friends send a wrong message.

“The grass is much greener on the other side”.

Many who are living in their native lands are unable to see through the false facade and willing to gamble on their health, wealth and most importantly the peace of mind looking for greener grass.

It is not even worth the try.

If you can raise that kind of money, (I am talking about four million Sri Lankan Rupees) as your start up capital, then you do not need go anywhere but start something of your own in your own country.

The stories are galore in medias of many (mostly from the south and the north) have come to cities from their tiny hamlets with only cloths on their backs and have made money and a name for them.

If that is not a dream then what about someone with a disposable four million Sri Lankan Rupees as a start up capital?

Unless we learn to ask the right questions and willing to change to looking glass, the stories of such boat people will be repeated.

The parable is “the grass is not so greener on the other side”.

Kithsiri Sasanka De Silva,

Sultanate of Oman.

Terrorism and Rules of Engagement

Ever since man decided that the only way to achieve a solution to a dispute between two of them is to take up arms, the rules of engagement have changed.

They have evolved in a much slower pace that one would be able to keep abreast with it and be prepared for any eventuality.

However, the 9/11 incident has changed the whole scenario.

What are going on around in many parts of the world today are sufficient ample examples of the changes that have taken place in the rules of engagement.

The conventional wisdom and the old school rules of engagement become lead weights, especially when a country where democracy prevails tries to fight off a terrorist outfit, threatening the stability of the country as well as in the region.

The terrorists have only one objective and that is to terrorize and they would go to any extent to achieve their objective.

Unless the democratically elected governments change their tactics and approach to the issue of how to deal with the terrorits, the hope of having a Win is a total impossibility.

The best and the most recent example is the Sri Lankan Armed forces victory over the one time most dreaded and feared terrorist group.

Had they been listening to the hypocrites’ and old school pundits, as they have done for more than two decade, the terrorist menace would have gone for many more decades.

They were ready to change their rules of engagement and the success came within a few years.

The conventional wisdom and old school rules of engagement have to be abandoned, if to achieve success in a war especially between a democratically elected government and a foreign funded terrorist outfit.

The staunch old school guards and especially the hypocrites’ will try to place one obstacle after another to stop you from changing your stance but the sure recipe for success is to abandon the conventional wisdom and old rules of engagement.

Having a threat of isolation, sanctions and withdrawal of trading privileges’ etc are better than having to live in constant fear of a terrorist attack.

One has to be free first to be able to enjoy the other social and economic benefits.

Kithsiri Sasanka De Silva,

Sultanate of Oman.

Terrorism and Rules of Engagement

Ever since man decided that the only way to achieve a solution to a dispute between two of them is to take up arms, the rules of engagement have changed.

They have evolved in a much slower pace that one would be able to keep abreast with it and be prepared for any eventuality.

However, the 9/11 incident has changed the whole scenario.

What are going on around in many parts of the world today are sufficient ample examples of the changes that have taken place in the rules of engagement.

The conventional wisdom and the old school rules of engagement become lead weights, especially when a country where democracy prevails tries to fight off a terrorist outfit, threatening the stability of the country as well as in the region.

The terrorists have only one objective and that is to terrorize and they would go to any extent to achieve their objective.

Unless the democratically elected governments change their tactics and approach to the issue of how to deal with the terrorits, the hope of having a Win is a total impossibility.

The best and the most recent example is the Sri Lankan Armed forces victory over the one time most dreaded and feared terrorist group.

Had they been listening to the hypocrites’ and old school pundits, as they have done for more than two decade, the terrorist menace would have gone for many more decades.

They were ready to change their rules of engagement and the success came within a few years.

The conventional wisdom and old school rules of engagement have to be abandoned, if to achieve success in a war especially between a democratically elected government and a foreign funded terrorist outfit.

The staunch old school guards and especially the hypocrites’ will try to place one obstacle after another to stop you from changing your stance but the sure recipe for success is to abandon the conventional wisdom and old rules of engagement.

Having a threat of isolation, sanctions and withdrawal of trading privileges’ etc are better than having to live in constant fear of a terrorist attack.

One has to be free first to be able to enjoy the other social and economic benefits.

Kithsiri Sasanka De Silva,

Sultanate of Oman.