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'Making war against terror a success'- Island Editorial
"Democracies, the world over have had to respond to threats from both within and without in a similar manner or concede victory to evil forces and perish in the process. Sri Lanka has, after years of oscillation between the two alternatives, finally opted for the former. Tiny as Sri Lanka may be in size, it has taken on the 'most ruthless terrorist organisation' in the world" says the Island in its Editorial published, today, Sep 2.
"The only way to judge the success of a war is to see if it makes life better for civilians after its conclusion. Land may be liberated from the clutches of a terrorist outfit through military means, terrorists killed and the writ of the government re-established in some parts of the country where it had ceased to run, but, if civilians do not feel their lot has improved at the end of the day, the war has failed", the editorial further stated underscoring the need to address the fundamental needs of the affected communities.
Following are excerpts of the editorial published in the Island daily, Tuesday, 1 Sep.
War is hell as General Sherman famously said after the American Civil War. All wars in this world have been fought at the expense of the unarmed civilians on the side of both the victor and the vanquished. War crimes usually become the crimes committed by the vanquished and not the victor, who becomes the judge, the jury and the executioner.
Military operations are like surgical operations: However desirous we may be of avoiding them, there come times when we have to face them whether we like them or not. The world was without an alternative to war in dealing with Hitler. Unless that psycho had been stopped in his tracks, albeit with some delay, he would certainly have made Jews of all the races in this world, save the one he favoured. Had the democratic world adopted the same appeasement policy as some nations that chose to lick his blood-stained Nazi boots in return for non-invasion and allowed him to do as he pleased, today's world would have become one massive concentration camp equipped with state-of-the-art gas chambers.
Democracies, the world over have had to respond to threats from both within and without in a similar manner or concede victory to evil forces and perish in the process. Sri Lanka has, after years of oscillation between the two alternatives, finally opted for the former. Tiny as Sri Lanka may be in size, it has taken on the 'most ruthless terrorist organisation' in the world. Ironically, although Sri Lanka is doing exactly as the champions of global democracy are doing elsewhere in dealing with terror, and its victory against the LTTE is sure to send a chilling message to other terrorist outfits threatening global peace, the self-appointed custodians of global democracy are all out to throw a monkey wrench in the works on the pretext of a humanitarian intervention to let the cornered Tigers off the hook. They, ably assisted by the pro-LTTE INGO/NGO lobby, are preparing the grounds for invoking the so-called R2P (Responsibility/Right to Protect).
The Tigers are on their last legs, having plunged the country into war in 2006. And the biggest challenge before the government is not capturing Kilinochchi or Prabhakaran but denying those members of the international community conspiring to help him by stopping the war an opportunity to achieve their goal. They are eagerly waiting for a humanitarian catastrophe in the Wanni to intervene and the LTTE is doing its damnedest to increase collateral damage and create conditions for that.
The only way to judge the success of a war is to see if it makes life better for civilians after its conclusion. Land may be liberated from the clutches of a terrorist outfit through military means, terrorists killed and the writ of the government re-established in some parts of the country where it had ceased to run, but, if civilians do not feel their lot has improved at the end of the day, the war has failed.
There are many backers of the on-going military offensives against the LTTE. But, sadly, among them, there is hardly anyone willing to make a contribution towards ameliorating the plight of the war-displaced, on whose wellbeing the success of war hinges. Various activities being done at a massive cost to boost the morale of the armed forces, who are already doing extremely well, should also be used to mobilise the public to help the war-torn populace. That is not a task that should be left entirely to a government. There must be popular participation in providing relief to the war displaced. Relief must flow into the Wanni from the four corners of the country!
Meanwhile, it is reported that the army has at long last released a small portion of land in the high security zone in Jaffna to the people for paddy cultivation. That is the way forward. Land liberated from the terrorists must be returned to the rightful owners without undue delay to bring it under the plough so that civilians will rest assured that they will gain from the defeat of terrorism. The Rice Bowl of Mannar and other fertile land which the army cleared of the LTTE must be handed back to the people as early as possible. That will be a blessing not only for the indefatigable industrious farmers in that part of the country but also for the whole country. For, the cultivation of those lands will give a boost to the national food supply.
The LTTE has got what it asked for and its terror machine is giving way under military pressure. But, the success of war-let it be repeated-consists in the ending of the civilians' suffering and winning their hearts and minds. Those who want the LTTE crushed militarily to clear the path to peace cannot absolve themselves of the responsibility for helping the war displaced. Will they rise to the occasion?
Courtesy : The Island
Ex Eastern National Leyland National NEV 683M operating for Solent Blue Line as their 428 in Southampton on 29th May, 1990.
Will you Draw The Line with Us?- Photos by Damien
Conway.
Citizens from Seattle, Bellingham and beyond came together for a
coordinated national day of action to Draw The Line against fossil
fuel foolishness. Inspired by the beautiful Salish Sea
that unites our bio-region, activists are organizing to protect what
they love, building the future they envision, and stop dead in the
tracks the climate cooking corporate criminals threatening our
children's future. Native allies successfully resisting tar sands oil
extraction and transport through their ancestral lands and Youth
fighting for generational justice provided participants with the moral
compass and courage to take our activism to the next level with deepened
commitment and conviction. Honored were the 14 Montana's
who escalated resistance action by engaging in non-violent civil
disobedience sitting on the coal train's railroad right-of-way, an
escalation of the fight since last year's week-long coal export action.
From the plains, to the ports, we the people are united. We are engaged
in a struggle of paradigms, on one side is Goldman Sachs, Warren Buffet
and fossil fuel companies like Arch Coal, Peabody Energy, and Trans
Canada who profit through disregard for life and all things sacred
through uncaring extraction, exploitation, and domination. On the other
side is We The People people non-violently, steadfastly,
defending in a beautiful expression of what we love a world worthy of
passing on to future generations. Bill McKibben and Seattle Mayor Mike
McGinn who also spoke reminded us that when the People Lead, the Leaders
Will Follow. Draw The Line by joining those who share
your values and becoming active members of the numerous groups who made
this event possible: 350Seattle, Rising Tide Seattle,
Backbone Campaign, and Plant For The Planet
Seattle. Allies also present and whose contributions made the
event possible: Sierra Club,
Friends of the Earth, Washington Fair Trade Coalition,
Hereditary Chief Phil Lane Jr., member of the Yankton Sioux &
Chickasaw Nations, and the Four Worlds International Institute Chairman;
Sundance Chief Rueben George of the Tsleil-Waututh First Nation in B.C.
I went to an IceHogs game on Sunday afternoon. The Hogs were playing the Charlotte Checkers for the first time (the Checkers 1st year in the league ). The game didn't end with a win for the Hogs, they lost 4-2 to a very good team. I was able to catch this goal as it snuck over the line.
20150726_5609_7D2-41 Hakataramea Boundary Line
Waimate District to the left, Waitaki District to the right.
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Cet ouvrage édifié entre 1932 et 1938 concentrait la plus forte puissance d'artillerie de la ligne Maginot. Accroché au flanc d'un pic à 780 m en surplomb de la Baie de Menton, il est toujours équipé de son armement d'artillerie sous casemate. De nombreuses installations demeurent en état de fonctionnement
Railroad:
Canadian National
Locomotive:
CN 5289
Train:
yard power
Location:
Battle Creek, MI
Date:
04/28/2018
Comment:
While CN 5289 finishes building an autorack train, outbound power sits at the ready, consisting of GECX 7344 and CSX 8335.
As Christians, our battle line is drawn clearly.
2 Corinthians 10:3-6
3 For though we live in the world, we do not wage war as the world does. 4 The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds. 5 We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ. 6 And we will be ready to punish every act of disobedience, once your obedience is complete.
Another photo of these first Canada Goose goslings that I have seen this year. Taken at Carburn Park. So cute, and they always seem to have individual personalities even at just a few days old.
Yay for comparison! This one clearly shows the arched, unzigzagged lines on the head valve that distinguish it from Tonicella lokii.
Quite a bit of snow left this morning.....found over a dozen Northern Two-lined salamanders. This little one was quick to slip away on the snow.
送電線_15114
Soudensen
Power line in Noda city, Chiba, Japan.
谷戸を利用したと思しき公園を、送電線が貫いています。
邪魔といえば邪魔ですが、送電線があることによって、公園が再開発されることもなく、当分の間は安泰なのかも知れません。
Line Up of (Non) Steamers with 60532 'Blue Peter',4489 'Dominion of Canada' and 60008 'Dwhight D. Eisenhower'.
8-2-14
Escalator up, staircase down. Only passengers using platforms to/from Central London get escalators up and down.
Dollzone Chen, Angelheim Zion, Feeple Lishe, Soom Sard, Minifee Lishe, Soom Bygg
Doll-love God-joy, Little Fee Rachel, Dollcatch Stella, Soom Glati
Doll meetup, Melbourne 31 Jan 2010
Line up of cargo: FedEx, Shanghai Airlines, Cathay Pacific, Air Hong Kong, Aero Logic, Finnair, UPS, Southern Air.
Clapham Common Underground Station (Northern Line), 1 May 2023.
The station was opened by the City and South London Railway (C&SLR) in June 1900 as the terminus of an extension southwards of the C&SLR’s Moorgate Street – Stockwell line. The original station was designed by the C&SLR’s Architect T P Figgis but in preparation of the C&SLR being extended southwards to Morden (opened in 1926), the surface level station was rebuilt in 1923-24 to plans by the Consultant Architect of the Underground Electric Railways of London (the holding company for the C&SLR), Charles Holden, though in much the same form as the original.
Somewhat surprisingly, the very narrow island platform serving both northbound and southbound services remained, the only other Underground station retaining such a station is the next one north of Clapham Common, Clapham North. It is a Grade II listed building.
Pictured from the stairs is the very narrow island platform; note how close the yellow warning lines are to the edge of the platform. It can't be much fun for waiting passengers in the rush hour when a Northern Line train screeches inches from their nose. I don't envy the train driver either!
It's Mardi Gras time, so let's all do the Second Line.
Punch Studios greeting card; reproduction of a vintage Victorian graphic.
Striped dolphins burst swim through lines of oily orange mousse that extended for miles. The dolphins could not recognize the mousse, and dove through and emerged from beneath the sticky mess, sometimes showing signs of the mousse clinging to their slick skin.
An architectural rendering of the planned High Line park, including the famous Revs/Cost roller piece on the left. (Does this mean it won't be buffed?)
Article here: cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/06/25/new-high-line-desig...
'5006' OK04 STX 2006 VOLVO B12M stanleycoaches
Ex LSK 483, SF06 WCL
MV07 HBL 2007 Mercedes-Benz 813D Elite Wilsons Coaches
Ex STEELS of ADDINGHAM
R90 LOT 2006 Mercedes-Benz Vario 0815D Ladies Only Travel
Ex YX56 AFN