The only way peace would have worked with the LTTE is with the establishment of Eelam. Since they knew the government would never submit to that, for the LTTE, every ceasefire was a technical time-out.

The four fundamental Buddhist values: Metta, Karuna, Mudita, Upekkha - We are reminded of these four values every time we pass the Kanatta round-about.

I am agnostic. But I appreciate Buddhist philosophy. Sri Lanka is apparently a country founded on Buddhist values.

I think this would be the ideal time to "show and tell", especially if you are a strong advocate and believer of Buddhist values.

By Wilson Gnanadass
source: http://www.nation.lk/2009/05/19/news6.html

The incessant fighting for nearly 30 long years came to an end at around 3.30 pm on Sunday, May 17, with the announcement by the LTTE’s Head of International Relations Selvarasa Pathmanathan that the Tigers have finally decided to silence their guns.

This announcement was a true sign of LTTE defeat on the one hand and victory for the government armed forces on the other.

As no war has been won without bloodshed, the Eelam war too came to an end with a huge human sacrifice.

As the final credit goes to President Mahinda Rajapaksa, who fearlessly and courageously undertook the mission to fight one of the world’s most powerful guerilla outfits, it should not be forgotten that there are others too, who have equally or otherwise contributed to the victory of this war.

Though, it has been portrayed at some point by various elements that this was a war between the South and the North, President Rajapaksa himself in one of his previous speeches and, of course, Ven Galaboda Gnanissara Thero in a recent speech, have made it clear that this was never a war against the Tamils.