Sunday, May 24, 2009

Why did the West abandon the Tamils in Sri Lanka?

Western leaders seemed genuinely surprised at the rapid end to Sri Lanka's 25-year-old internal war and the collapse of the Tamil Tiger insurgency.

Not so taken back, however, that the Canadian, U.S. and European governments did not know, virtually in unison, what approach to take: do as little as they could semi-decently get away with.

It was just such diplomatic minimalism that compelled Tamil demonstrators in Toronto and elsewhere to take to the streets in rage and frustration. Still, for all the attention their flag-waving and traffic-blocking protests received, there was no way it was going to change the approach of the West. More...

See also:

  1. Sri Lanka authorities on revenge rampage in Tamil refugee camp...
  2. China's role in the Sri Lankan war...
  3. Distant voices, desperate lives; the Sri Lanka tragedy...
  4. Why don't we care about Sri Lanka?

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