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2010-09-18 Sri Lanka

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Posted by Steve White 2010-09-18 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 Thanks for defeating the Tamil Tigers after 30 years of incompetent army commanders, now fuck off. We can't have you using your popularity to replace the people in power, oh no.

Posted by gromky 2010-09-18 00:44|| 2010-09-18 00:44|| Front Page Top

#2 Coup in 8,7,6....

Pols who do this stuff just prep the political battlefield for such consequences in the future. Thousands of years of the history of human behavior should be guide in what not to do.

Posted by Procopius2k 2010-09-18 08:59|| 2010-09-18 08:59|| Front Page Top

#3 Rajapakse seems to have a solid power base, and the people identify him as the architect of success in the civil war. So I think he's secure for a while, and putting Fonseka on ice just makes it easier for him. That's also the history of human behavior -- jug your opponents when you can get away with it.

Posted by Steve White 2010-09-18 12:59|| 2010-09-18 12:59|| Front Page Top

#4 ..that's what Pompey and the Senate had in mind for Caesar. And as they say..the rest is history. :)

Posted by Procopius2k 2010-09-18 13:37|| 2010-09-18 13:37|| Front Page Top

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