A book by former US diplomat is of the view that India should concentrate on the division of Sri Lanka
(By Walter Jayawardhana reporting from Los Angeles)
A book written by former US diplomat advocates that India should concentrate on the division of Sri Lanka.
The book also says India once failed to project itself as a regional power when it did not send its troops to Sri Lanka to capture Prabhakaran or kill him when the Liberation Tamil of Eelam (LTTE) assasinated Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi by a woman suicide bomber.
The book written by William H.Avery, who once worked in the US Embassy in Colombo and the American Consulate in Chennai said in the book “China’s Nightmare,America’s Dream: India as the Next Global Power” that “India Must now concentrate on the Finlandization of Sri Lanka.
The book says India should now concentrate on dividing up Sri Lanka, “India must now concentrate on the Finlandization of Sri Lanka..In the short term this will mean preventing any further non-Indian involvement in Sri Lanka’s affairs.”
Avery described how China invested millions to turn the sleepy fishing hamlet of Hambantota in Sri Lanka into a booming new port, just off India’s southeast coast, furthering an ambitious trading strategy in South Asia that is reshaping the region.
The author says the Rajiv Gandhi killing was an attack on India as a regional power. He said a forcible taking of Prabhakaran to India to face trial would have sent a clear message to the region and the world that India would protect its political leaders from attack defend its political system from intimidation and defend its primacy in South Asia against any challengers.
In the book Avery says India became content being a passive regional power and “India’s window of opportunity to influence Sri Lanka will never be as wide open as it was in 1991 after Rajiv’s killing.” India’s craven inaction in Sri Lanka after the assassination cost it valuable years in its quest to become a global power, the book added.
The book also want India to eject China from Sri Lanka and make Sri Lanka a kind of vassal state of India.
In the book the former US diplomat said India should respond to the challenge of China.
The book advises India to spend even more on defense and using economic coercion to influence its neighbor, Sri Lanka. Avery accused India for standing by and watching as China moved recently to build a port at Hambantota in Sri Lanka which is just off India’s Soth East coast.
“In the short term this( finlandization) will mean preventing any further non-Indian involvement in Sri Lanka’s affairs.” He has said to be written in his book.
His book has been published by Amaryllis, an Indian company. (EOM)
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I think this leads to different aspects of countries own rules. I hope we would not tolerate this kind of statements comes from whoever. India is abig country and they have the origin of tamils mainly in TN state. Why inida or they dont ask for seperate land their? If india can’t keep thier people in india kill them. They gives sufferings to many countries. If you go to Malaysia, 70% of prisioners are Inidan Tamils, In US in UK or any other there will be lot of issues with tamil speaking people. Why you still required to be station in SL? If need a devision take your own country and give them, but not in SL and will never happens. I hope US can keep thier fingers with them without pointing or fingerring to others as it might leads to end of the world.
We are one nation, if anyone required different land find from elsewhere.
US needs to tie with INIDA because CHINA is enemy for bothe of them. And you both enemy for us. Inida created LTTE and US/UN fed them till 30 years. So we don’t need US or Inida as we don’t deal with idiots.
US will learn a lesson from Lanka soonb if they keep on fingerring. There’s a saying when dog barks, mountain never falls.
Good responds from niyamasinhalaya US $ INDIA can go to red planet with Tamil if they are looking for separate home land.
Cunning evil US is now trying to “dress up” and push india to block china…!
This is the time whole nation to be stand as one. If we divided with different political voices we can’t win. Hope all are together irrespective to political views. Time is ticking, Govt has to take a steps together with all parties and all highlevel people in country to face for this. Else it will create another Vikarama bahu, or another idiot to drag back the country backwards. We don’t want this lets talk with China, russia as well to get expert ideas.
…and how much Dollars paid by tamil terrors to this American Abet…?!
Tamil terrors started the evil course by suicide then to human rights and now it has come to books…! Hilarious terror course…!
Terrorism>human rights> book….
You can right 1000 books giving $ to westerns & licking their backs…! Then just DREAM while sleeping…!
…and how much Dollars paid by tamil terrors to this American Abet…?!
Tamil terrors started the evil course by suicide then to human rights and now it has come to books…! Hilarious terror course…!
Terrorism>human rights> book….
You can right 1000 books giving $ to westerns & licking their backs…! Then just DREAM while sleeping…!
A former diplomat must be a one from the Bush (Jr) era. Therefore no doubt he must be as dumb as his master.
There’re books even written in srilanka by “MADS” mentioning that the Buddha was born in here & not in india.!
But who cares of those Bull-Books..? Only those bull headed “Mads” shit & piss themselves…!
Hope this will not implemented by any means. people are fighting for material things and they die and go no where.First find a way to separate the soul and body when die, find a place for the soul….body will remain in the earth decaying……
You don’t need to separate the soul at death or find places to go after death.
Mind leaves body itself at the death & there’re many places in the hell for misbelievers which their minds go automatically.!
If your god had any mercy then he’ll not let you to suffer under his creation.! You’re suffering here because of your gods creation.! Terrors killing people here because of your gods creation.!
You’ve to take care your soul because of your gods creation.! So what does your god do..? Is he a mad god..?
If your god didn’t create man then there’ll not be any problem.! So if you’re a creation of a god then that god is a the creator of all problems..!
WHAT’S this NONSENSE GODS MYTH…???????
The US is on a journey to diminish the influence of China. They have made some breakthrough in Burma. They have limited success with India in the recent US resolution. Now they are using their influence with India to push India forward as a regional super-power.
The SL tamils may benefit from this policy. To build its relationship with the US, the Delhi administration must be at peace with Tamil Nadu. This could be achieved by openly supporting the SL Tamils to the extent of creating a separate state for Tamils in the Island.
SL’s foreign policy is in the doldrums. With Sajin Vass G being the kingpin of foreign policy, we have already experienced a devastating loss at the recent UNHRC. If the US follows up its action on SL in the UN Security Council, this could lead to a Sudan-style referendum and intervention to create Ealam.
VP chose Mahinda R to be the President in 2005. If SL fails to deal with the international community in a mature manner, Mahinda R may preside over the division of the country shortly.