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| Sri Lanka |
| Suspected War Criminal Lands Job at United Nations |
| 2010-11-22 |
| Sri Lanka's former top military commander Shavendra Silva, a suspected war criminal who allegedly played a key role in the slaughter of 40,000 civilians in Sri Lanka, has landed a cushy job at the United Nations -- with full diplomatic immunity. |
| Posted by:armyguy |
| #4 the same crew that would denounce Truman for using nuclear weapons: sometimes the hard choice ultimately saves more lives on both sides (but especially on your side). We'd still have Norway trying to negotiate a power-sharing between the government and the Tamil terrorists while civilians are killed by the thousands each year |
| Posted by: Frank G 2010-11-22 15:41 |
| #3 General Silva got the job done at the cost of 40,000 lives vs. protracting it another 20 years and it costing another God knows how many. Now everyone can get on with their lives. Thank you, General Silva. I stand with you. Hopefully your talents will no longer be needed in that area of the world. |
| Posted by: gorb 2010-11-22 12:50 |
| #2 Bad things happen in civil wars. Look at the American Civil War; both sides did things that we wouldn't be proud of today. General Silva was ordered to crush the Tamil Tigers, and he, along with his military, did so. It was brutal, and we at Rantburg noted that at the time. We also didn't have much sympathy for the Tigers given their history of terrorism. The so-called 'human rights' activists can be counted on to wring their hand when trouble is afoot and to vilify people when it is absolutely safe to do so. General Silva may not be a nice man. The job at the time didn't call for one. |
| Posted by: Steve White 2010-11-22 12:38 |
| #1 Are these the same "human-rights experts" who claim all the calamities in Gaza are "civilians"? All the turks killed in the recent flozilla were non-violent peace protesters? Nothing about the years and years of terrorism and civilians killed by the Tigers. At least this guy actually did what was necessary to END a continuing and bloody war of attrition. I highly suspect these claims of 40000 civilians killed. But I'm mostly surprised if he really landed a job at the UN who are usually the "experts" who make these kind of claims. |
| Posted by: Goober Goobelopolous 2010-11-22 11:24 |