When will it end?

I just finished reading this news article:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/srilanka/5109549/Sri-Lankan-civilians-in-firing-line-as-military-annihilates-Tamil-Tigers.html

It was the 1980's. I was still in grad school. The Sri Lankan Tamils had already suffered many indignities and frequent violence for over 30 years. But when the Sinhalas went on a murderous rampage against the Sri Lankan Tamils in 1983, the Tamils of India were shocked and outraged. At that time I met a few Sri Lankan Tamils in Houston. I still remember them narrating some of the horrors they had witnessed and experienced. Now, another 26 years have gone by and we seem to have come back full circle to the same old point.

I am as much against terrorism as the next guy. I am fully aware of the violence LTTE perpetrated against even other rival Tamil leaders, not to mention the innocent Sinhalas caught in the middle of their operations against Sri Lankan army and political assassinations. Indians can never forget the gruesome murder of Rajiv Gandhi. Now, if the news reports are to be believed, the LTTE are shooting the very people they are supposed to be fighting for, when some of them attempt to flee the area they control.

But, why should all this matter? Now that the LTTE are cornered, what is the need for the Sri Lankan government to carry on with the military operations that can only result in the massacre of civilians? In what way the Tamil children pictured in the following link deserve these horrors?

http://andrewbuncombe.independentminds.livejournal.com/4661.html

At the end of this war what can the Sri Lankan Tamils expect? Before answering remember how the GOSL dealt with the opposition media in Colombo just a few months ago. Then, look at the following article to get an idea about what awaits our hapless brothers and sisters.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/apr/05/sri-lanka-forces-tamil-tigers

Whatever may be the sins of LTTE, and there are many for sure, the Sri Lankan Tamils deserve our support and solidarity. Everyone else seems to have abandoned them. The international community in general and India in particular are culpable for the current situation the SL Tamils are facing now. The Tamil Nadu politicians must hang their heads in shame for not demanding the center to act decisively. Electoral politics is supreme even for those who make fiery speeches. In this hour of grave need, all that the leaders of the two main Dravidian parties can do is blame each other. Shame on them and those who support them!