Ranil: A study in mediocrity
Ranil Wickremesinghe is to Sri Lanka what count
Tallyrand was to France. Both men labour under a sense of
frustration, having failed to reach the top of what is called, 'the
greasy pole of power'. They both share one trait in common: a
passion to exploit their position to denigrate and damn their
homeland when on foreign soil.
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LTTE desperate as troops advance on Wanni strongholds
The desperate attempt by the Tiger outfit by
displaying their firepower last Saturday firing artillery on to the
Pamapaimadu artillery gun position of the Sri Lankan Army has
brought bad consequences to the Tiger outfit. In face of the
desperate attempts of the LTTE to put a stop to the advancing troops
to the Wanni strongholds of the LTTE, the Tiger leader Velupillai
Prabhakaran, gave clear orders to his senior military leaders to
launch this massive assault on troops now operating ahead of
Security Forces Forward Defence Line (FDL) in West of Omanthai.
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Nit-picking not in national interest
Constraints in State service
Whether we in this country will ever reach
maturity is left to be seen. We've got our wires crossed on maturity
and age and feel maturity to necessarily follow with age - Both
'Yes' and 'No' is the answer.
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