Vadamarachchi – Was President JR a traitor? - IV
By Izeth Hussain-June 12, 2015, 9:07 pm
I am adding this fourth and concluding part of this article because I want mainly to clarify one point, and establish it firmly, as otherwise my article – though it contains material of public importance – might seem to amount to a nullity. From the feedback I have been getting it appears that the public mind is fixated on the idea that President JR really had no alternative to caving in to the Indian demand that military operations be stopped after Vadamarachchi, as otherwise India would have invaded this country with very horrible consequences. He therefore did what any responsible leader would have done in his position. Behind that fixation is the realpolitik notion of international relations, according to which what counts ultimately in international relations is power and nothing else. It is a naïve, and indeed ill-informed, notion that fails to take count of the complex realities behind international relations in the modern era.
