Winning the Peace ; for Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse, Winning the War Against the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam Had Seemed the Most Difficult Part. He Should Shun Triumphalism and Come Out Soon with a Grand Gesture for the Tamils.
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For Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse, winning the war against the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) had seemed the most difficult part. After all, when he took over as president in 2005, the Tigers occupied one-third of the island's territory, running a parallel civil administration in the areas they controlled.
The majority Sinhala community was hopelessly divided over the issue and the Sri Lankan armed forces were a demoralised lot. Rajapakse won a narrow victory by riding a rickety Sinhala chauvinistic chariot and promising to defeat the Tigers.See the full content of this document
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Winning the Peace ; for Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse, Winning the War Against the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam Had Seemed the Most Difficult Part. He Should Shun Triumphalism and Come Out Soon with a Grand Gesture for the Tamils.
For the first year or so he issued ultimatums to the LTTE and went through the motions of finding a political soluti...
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