With I hope everyone’s kind indulgence I shall repost a comment that sat unread at the bottom of the last LTTE thread. Also the Tamils did contribute the explosive vest, the explosive fake pregnancy prosthetic and the explosive brassiere to cutting edge fashion.

If the Indians reconcile with the Sinhalese at the expense of the Tamils it would be a strategic shift of consequence. The equivalent in the Middle East would be the Arabs dropping the Palestinians so that they and the Israelis could face Iran without entanglements or everybody screwing the Kurds. Of course that last is a perpetual given. If India does focus on the Islamic threat in partnership with China and Israel then this war becomes winnable. The problems with that scenario are 1) Indian politics, Delhi issued a statement of support for Hamas yesterday that needs explanation by someone who understands more than I do and 2) Obama who is almost guaranteed to snatch defeat for the West from the jaws of victory.