Sri Lanka is India's problem

C. Yogendran November 29, 2006 The sun, round and orange, hangs high in the Jaffna sky like a lopped-off head, weeping rays of blood, while terror stricken civilians huddle in fear of the next wave of bombs. Pushed to the brink with killings and starvation, the people of north and east Sri Lanka are once more in dire straits. Israeli designed Kfir jets roar into Jaffna peninsula and the east coast to deposit bunker busters and other demonic payloads. The casualties mount. The United States aggressively trains the Sri Lankan Special Forces. Pakistani generals and military personnel train and advise their counterparts in Colombo. China provides economic support. When are the Russians coming, I wonder? Yet India, refusing to be shaken from its stupor, remains on the sidelines and fiddles. Or, so it seems. The well worn expression '�using a sledgehammer to break an egg', comes to mind. With such enthusiastic support, it is no wonder the Sri Lankan government conducts a relentless campaign of terror against the Tamil civilians. Read more....