tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545486259853481740.post5709856944829402037..comments2023-08-09T05:43:38.350-07:00Comments on Competing Hypotheses: Sri Lanka within inches of victoryL.Douglas Garretthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14850812403220127553noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545486259853481740.post-36076716222139558992009-05-17T18:38:00.000-07:002009-05-17T18:38:00.000-07:00The don't have the leaders yet, but it looks like ...The don't have the leaders yet, but it looks like the civilians are free:<br /><br /><A HREF="http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=ax5H4DZ426Dw&refer=home" REL="nofollow">Bloomberg</A>Willhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17302138253612433688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545486259853481740.post-47544099586093876502009-05-16T10:08:00.000-07:002009-05-16T10:08:00.000-07:00@Susan & Will
Yes, it is a tragedy for the pe...@Susan & Will<br /><br />Yes, it is a tragedy for the people caught up in the fighting. It always is... all that can be done is to try to save as many as can be saved, and aid them.<br /><br />re: expected intermingling -- If my understanding is correct, the efforts to identify and segregate those fighters who attempt to co-mingle is pretty strict. This isn't a new thing, after all. I'd be more concerned about what of the LTTE leadership and terror-specialists made it to "Myanmar" (Burma) or Tamil Nadu (southern India) before the net closed completely. Defeating what of those there are, and preventing LTTE support cells like those in the UK, India, and Canada (to mention a few) from transforming into a PLO-like foreign terrorist movement will also take some serious work. Fortunately most of those networks (*not the general Tamil expatriate community!*) are so entrenched in criminal activities that the law-enforcement agencies of the host countries are already in pursuit of them.<br /><br />***<br />@All<br /><br />Now the hard part starts, as they say: <A HREF="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=94749142" REL="nofollow">The Sri Lankan government has announced military victory</A>. As soon as the mopping-up is down to a tolerable level, let's pour in the relief aid.L.Douglas Garretthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14850812403220127553noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545486259853481740.post-80505077015914183552009-05-15T13:48:00.000-07:002009-05-15T13:48:00.000-07:00I was pretty sure you'd bring this up when I read ...I was pretty sure you'd bring this up when I read about it.<br /><br />The civilian deaths are awful, but with the rebels deliberately firing at those who escape it can't end well.<br /><br />There's no public opinion win to be had, so the army may as well go for the military victory.<br /><br />How many rebels do we expect to escape the net by mingling with the civilians?Willhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17302138253612433688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545486259853481740.post-15692398905922997302009-05-15T09:56:00.000-07:002009-05-15T09:56:00.000-07:00I just read this one briefly-- OMG!
these poor pe...I just read this one briefly-- OMG!<br /><br />these poor people--Purrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10614068010381463285noreply@blogger.com