1) Mangala Samaraweera and his Defence Watch that dedicated for the terrorists -
In a country where the democracy is duly implemented, the people will always have the right and the freedom to voice their different political opinion. The freedom of speech is a powerful tool that has been vastly utilized in the process of voicing these opinions and when the authorities responsible to monitor how the individuals use this freedom are inactive or powerless, a grave damage can be shrewdly done to the country by anybody.
This is what Mangala Samaraweera is committed to do to Sri Lanka today. Being a totally failed and a rejected politician, he is trying to put the whole country into an unstable situation by barking like a mad dog. He has failed to demonstrate a bit of decency so far since he was fired from the cabinet by the President and his mud-sliding campaign against the SL government has reached a node of peak recently.
He has all the rights to criticize the President or any other politician how ever he wants and that can be tolerated. But when he criticizes the armed forces that are fighting to free the country from a deadly terrorist outfit, no longer it can be easily tolerated....
When Ranil is using his diplomatic powers to go around the world to mudslide Sri Lanka, Mangala and other traitors are trying to do the same job locally.
Full story: http://www.lankaweb.com/news/items08/071208-3.html
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2) 'Business Today' Interview with Lieutenant General Sarath Fonseka -
It is widely acknowledged that the approach of engaging the LTTE took a decisive turn after Mahinda Rajapaksa became President. Could you outline the key differences in thinking and engagement that has led to the current success of the security forces?
Yes, there was a marked difference in assessment of the enemy, necessary preparations and also strategizing after President Rajapaksa came to power. He immediately appointed Gotabaya Rajapaksa as the Secretary, Ministry of Defence. I was appointed as Army Commander two weeks later. This is not to say that we had failed miserably in earlier efforts of course. We scored limited successes though, and suffered equally bad reversals. It is natural for the blame to be laid at the door of politicians. It is they that decide to go to war after all, and so the praise or blame as the case may be accrues to them. However, we, who do the fighting, were not blameless either.
Overall, we didn't handle the problem properly. This is why people thought that the LTTE was invincible and that Prabhakaran was a tactical genius. Both are false perceptions. Prabhakaran is just another terrorist. 'Hit and run' was his mode of operation. He had nothing to protect. Our mistake was that we gave him room to operate and allowed such perception to take root and indeed dominate the general political thinking. Our politicians lacked determination. They were half-hearted for the most part, prone to complacency or defeatism. There were too many briefs, too many experts and too many advisors. It was difficult for politicians to take firm decisions. On the other hand, when decisions were made, we committed blunders, all three services did.
In all this, the support and wisdom of the Secretary, Defence, Gotabhaya Rajapaksa was crucial. Together, we looked into the all important areas of arms and ammunition, weapons systems procurement, strategy and recruitment and training.
As for civilians, we have been exemplary in adhering to the policy of Zero Damage to Civilians.
The President has to be a patriot. We have to live with pride and honour and this need has to be recognized by whoever is in power.
Full interview (pdf): http://www.defence.lk/news/BusinessTodayInterview.pdf
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'Business Today' Interview with Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa (pdf): http://defence.lk/news/Mr_Gotabaya_Rajapaksa.pdf
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