Comments on: War Nerd: The Tamil Tigers Shoulda Listened to Yo’ Mao-Mao http://exiledonline.com/war-nerd-the-ltte-shoulda-listened-to-yo%e2%80%99-mao-mao/ All the news not fit to print: Gary Brecher the War Nerd, Mark Ames, Yasha Levine, Eileen Jones and the rest of Team eXiled Sun, 21 Mar 2010 21:29:47 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: tamilnet http://exiledonline.com/war-nerd-the-ltte-shoulda-listened-to-yo%e2%80%99-mao-mao/comment-page-1/#comment-7113 tamilnet Fri, 29 May 2009 16:50:10 +0000 http://exiledonline.com/?p=8679#comment-7113 http://tamilnet.tv/ http://tamilnet.tv/

]]> By: war-and- peace http://exiledonline.com/war-nerd-the-ltte-shoulda-listened-to-yo%e2%80%99-mao-mao/comment-page-1/#comment-7062 war-and- peace Thu, 28 May 2009 13:04:53 +0000 http://exiledonline.com/?p=8679#comment-7062 Great article! thanks mate. One addition. It's doubtful whether LTTE was really a guerrilla outfit if you consider that they really drew their strength from abroad. Tamil Diaspora throughout the world and some western powers helped them grew. LTTE really didn't swim on the water which was people, rather it got itself armed by foreign money and created a pool of blood out of people it was supposed to liberate and swam on it! This can be another reason for their very sudden demise, something quite unheard for real guerrilla movements. I think well to do expat Tamils' lust for having a separate state was not in line with the ground realities, aspirations of local tamils and history. So it got broke down as soon as the Sri Lankan leadership got his act right. (Like Indians did long ago when Tamils tried to carve a separate state there) Great article! thanks mate.

One addition. It’s doubtful whether LTTE was really a guerrilla outfit if you consider that they really drew their strength from abroad. Tamil Diaspora throughout the world and some western powers helped them grew. LTTE really didn’t swim on the water which was people, rather it got itself armed by foreign money and created a pool of blood out of people it was supposed to liberate and swam on it!

This can be another reason for their very sudden demise, something quite unheard for real guerrilla movements. I think well to do expat Tamils’ lust for having a separate state was not in line with the ground realities, aspirations of local tamils and history. So it got broke down as soon as the Sri Lankan leadership got his act right. (Like Indians did long ago when Tamils tried to carve a separate state there)

]]> By: Ben http://exiledonline.com/war-nerd-the-ltte-shoulda-listened-to-yo%e2%80%99-mao-mao/comment-page-1/#comment-6975 Ben Mon, 25 May 2009 15:42:54 +0000 http://exiledonline.com/?p=8679#comment-6975 The Tamil population of Sri Lanka is only around 12%.But from the colonial times they have been given the feeling by the colonial masters that they deserve 50%of political power. This is how the colonial powers lay the seeds of 'divide and rule'Once a division is established the colonial regimes can still have a finger in the pie.This explains how British and the French foreign offices were trying hard to exploit the sri Lankan situation.This time they failed.But they will keep trying.It is hard to forget the 'glory of the empire'.Even though the empires do not exist. On the other hand the exiled Tamils who really have exiled themselves into European cities for bettering their personal livelihood wants the so called 'struggle" to continue. Where there is no war, there are no refugees. There is no war now in Sri Lanka and there is no reason for the Tamils to continue as refugees in Europe or elsewhere. So let them be sent back to their original homes.It will be no surprise to any one if the Tamils try to claim homelands in the countries which gave them asylum. Norway that under the guise of peace brokering have been arming terrorists in Sri Lanka, may soon witness the boomeranging of their secret misdeeds The Tamil population of Sri Lanka is only around 12%.But from the colonial times they have been given the feeling by the colonial masters that they deserve 50%of political power. This is how the colonial powers lay the seeds of ‘divide and rule’Once a division is established the colonial regimes can still have a finger in the pie.This explains how British and the French foreign offices were trying hard to exploit the sri Lankan situation.This time they failed.But they will keep trying.It is hard to forget the ‘glory of the empire’.Even though the empires do not exist.
On the other hand the exiled Tamils who really have exiled themselves into European cities for bettering their personal livelihood wants the so called ’struggle” to continue. Where there is no war, there are no refugees. There is no war now in Sri Lanka and there is no reason for the Tamils to continue as refugees in Europe or elsewhere.
So let them be sent back to their original homes.It will be no surprise to any one if the Tamils try to claim homelands in the countries which gave them asylum.
Norway that under the guise of peace brokering have been arming terrorists in Sri Lanka, may soon witness the boomeranging of their secret misdeeds

]]> By: Hyro http://exiledonline.com/war-nerd-the-ltte-shoulda-listened-to-yo%e2%80%99-mao-mao/comment-page-1/#comment-6830 Hyro Fri, 22 May 2009 10:46:07 +0000 http://exiledonline.com/?p=8679#comment-6830 Namal >>> [quote]In Sri Lanka it was much easier. It has a higher population of Tamils (around 25%)and the fight was against a smaller ethnic group[/quote] what utter crap..Tamils are only a 7% Minority in Sri Lanka..while the Sinhalese are nearly 75%.. They would have fared better in India..LOL Namal >>> [quote]In Sri Lanka it was much easier. It has a higher population of Tamils (around 25%)and the fight was against a smaller ethnic group[/quote]

what utter crap..Tamils are only a 7% Minority in Sri Lanka..while the Sinhalese are nearly 75%.. They would have fared better in India..LOL

]]> By: Bollox http://exiledonline.com/war-nerd-the-ltte-shoulda-listened-to-yo%e2%80%99-mao-mao/comment-page-1/#comment-6771 Bollox Wed, 20 May 2009 10:38:57 +0000 http://exiledonline.com/?p=8679#comment-6771 <b>Russia welcomes news of LTTE defeat</b> Always good to see Russia has friends who occasionally manage to get out their quagmires... unlike the self-proclaimed Masters of the Universe © USA... Savour this with a chilled bottle of Lion Lager. http://tinyurl.com/o5jrzr Russia welcomes news of LTTE defeat

Always good to see Russia has friends who occasionally manage to get out their quagmires… unlike the self-proclaimed Masters of the Universe © USA…

Savour this with a chilled bottle of Lion Lager.

http://tinyurl.com/o5jrzr

]]> By: Karel http://exiledonline.com/war-nerd-the-ltte-shoulda-listened-to-yo%e2%80%99-mao-mao/comment-page-1/#comment-6758 Karel Tue, 19 May 2009 19:11:29 +0000 http://exiledonline.com/?p=8679#comment-6758 Remarkable parallels between this civil war and the one in Angola (Savimbi&Unita) Wrong options at the wrong times. Brecher should do a Unita story(ies) - He does best with enough time elapsed since the events. His current analysis is not spot-on. Remarkable parallels between this civil war and the one in Angola (Savimbi&Unita)

Wrong options at the wrong times.

Brecher should do a Unita story(ies) – He does best with enough time elapsed since the events. His current analysis is not spot-on.

]]> By: Mar C http://exiledonline.com/war-nerd-the-ltte-shoulda-listened-to-yo%e2%80%99-mao-mao/comment-page-1/#comment-6754 Mar C Tue, 19 May 2009 18:07:49 +0000 http://exiledonline.com/?p=8679#comment-6754 The TTs lost, great, time for insurgent warfare, Baghdad style. The TTs lost, great, time for insurgent warfare, Baghdad style.

]]> By: Tammy Dawson http://exiledonline.com/war-nerd-the-ltte-shoulda-listened-to-yo%e2%80%99-mao-mao/comment-page-1/#comment-6752 Tammy Dawson Tue, 19 May 2009 14:22:40 +0000 http://exiledonline.com/?p=8679#comment-6752 Run with it Gary! I'd come out of the woodwork to support the Che of Fresno. Mind you, there wouldn't be a Michael Moore or Rosie O Donnel admirer in the millions more that would join you, but beggars can't be choosers. Run with it Gary! I’d come out of the woodwork to support the Che of Fresno. Mind you, there wouldn’t be a Michael Moore or Rosie O Donnel admirer in the millions more that would join you, but beggars can’t be choosers.

]]> By: real Trumpwasparrotedtwicebyme.com http://exiledonline.com/war-nerd-the-ltte-shoulda-listened-to-yo%e2%80%99-mao-mao/comment-page-1/#comment-6751 real Trumpwasparrotedtwicebyme.com Tue, 19 May 2009 14:16:09 +0000 http://exiledonline.com/?p=8679#comment-6751 I agree with 40. The Commander might well still be alive. I agree with 40. The Commander might well still be alive.

]]> By: NOT DONE YET http://exiledonline.com/war-nerd-the-ltte-shoulda-listened-to-yo%e2%80%99-mao-mao/comment-page-1/#comment-6740 NOT DONE YET Tue, 19 May 2009 00:43:14 +0000 http://exiledonline.com/?p=8679#comment-6740 yo moron Trumpwasparrotedtwicebyme.com what are you blind thats not the man put some glasses on moron i'll bet this thing ins't even close to being done. yo moron Trumpwasparrotedtwicebyme.com what are you blind thats not the man put some glasses on moron i’ll bet this thing ins’t even close to being done.

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