What Is Sri Lanka's Future?

Displaced Sri Lankans watched the British and French foreign ministers arrive for talks Wednesday at a camp in Chettikulam. Photo from Ilankai Tamil Sangam

Uncertainty Rather than Stability Follows Defeat of Sri Lanka’s Tamil Tigers -- Jamestown Foundation

The Sri Lankan government’s delay in resettling nearly 300,000 internally displaced ethnic Tamils and failure to address the Tamils’ core grievances have led to concerns that these issues might lead to a reversal in the strategic gains made since May’s military defeat and decapitation of the leadership of the Liberation Tigers of the Tamil Eelam (LTTE). Recent developments have confirmed these concerns, including fissures between conciliatory and belligerent factions within LTTE remnant groups, with the belligerents gaining the upper hand, and a pro-LTTE party performing strongly in local elections held recently in former insurgent-held territory.

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My Comment: The Jamestown Foundation report on Sri Lanka is a must read for those who are interested in that country. Their future is uncertain, filled with hate and bitterness on both sides.

After the American Civil War .... it took decades for peace and reconciliation to occur. I can say the same thing about Sri Lanka. It is going to take decades for peace and reconciliation to occur.