dagblog - Comments for "Tamil Tigers: Let Your People Go" http://dagblog.com/social-justice/tamil-tigers-let-your-people-go-612 Comments for "Tamil Tigers: Let Your People Go" en The Sri Lankan government has http://dagblog.com/comment/4949#comment-4949 <a id="comment-4949"></a> <p><em>In reply to <a href="http://dagblog.com/comment/4941#comment-4941">Well, I can understand the</a></em></p> <div class="field field-name-comment-body field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>The Sri Lankan government has committed plenty of human rights violations, and I'm certainly concerned about what a post-LTTE Sri Lanka will look like, with or without a protracted insurgency. But it's the Tigers who are holding thousands of hostages right now.</p></div></div></div> Wed, 22 Apr 2009 03:47:25 +0000 Michael Wolraich comment 4949 at http://dagblog.com Well, I can understand the http://dagblog.com/comment/4941#comment-4941 <a id="comment-4941"></a> <p><em>In reply to <a href="http://dagblog.com/social-justice/tamil-tigers-let-your-people-go-612">Tamil Tigers: Let Your People Go</a></em></p> <div class="field field-name-comment-body field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Well, I can understand the sympathy, but consider that the LTTE has made allegations that the government killed a thousand citizens and there are still some unanswered questions about how the government handled the war and why it began in the first place. So it's entirely possible that even when the last stronghold falls, the government may still be facing prospects of prolonged guerilla insurgency.</p> <p>My source is the video at <a href="http://www.newsy.com/videos/countdown_in_sri_lanka/">http://www.newsy.com/videos/countdown_in_sri_lanka/</a>.</p></div></div></div> Tue, 21 Apr 2009 23:00:33 +0000 Daniel comment 4941 at http://dagblog.com