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President Barack Obama

The White House

1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW

Washington, DC 20500 (Comments: 202-456-1111, Switchboard: 202-456-1414 FAX: 202-456-2461)

Dramatic Action is Required in Sri Lanka

Dear President,

On Wednesday (13th May, 2009) President made a statement from the Whitehouse about the humanitarian crisis looming over the north of Sri Lanka.

The LTTE has agreed to your requirements.

For the first time in their decades-long struggle against the Sri Lankan government, the rebels were offering to lay down their weapons in return for a guarantee of safety. Tamils now place their hope on your administration as LTTE says,"“READY TO DO ANYTHING”. Head of the LTTE’s International Diplomatic Relations Selvarasa Pathmanathan has said in a statement today the LTTE is ready to “silence its guns” in order to save the lives of civilians still caught up in the fighting.

The US now has to make amends by taking serious steps to tame the rogue GoSL to conform with international laws and conventions. The GoSL should be asked to resolve the humanitarian crisis and armed conflict fairly and equitably.

Yours truly,

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President Barack Obama

The White House

1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW

Washington, DC 20500 (Comments: 202-456-1111, Switchboard: 202-456-1414 FAX: 202-456-2461)

Dramatic Action is Required in Sri Lanka

Dear Mr. President,

We thank you for your forthright comment on the deteriorating humanitarian situation in Sri Lanka on the White House lawn on May 13. As pointed out rightly by the UN, a blood bath is taking place.

The Government of Sri Lanka (GoSL) has spurned all appeals by the international community to declare ceasefire and stop the genocide in Sri Lanka. The government forces continue to shell and bomb civilians in what the Sri Lankan government cynically calls the "safe zone." Hundreds (nobody knows yet just how many) were killed in the "Mother's Day Massacre," said the U.N., but medical sources in the "safe zone" say the number was in the thousands. A month ago the U.N. said that 6500 civilians had been killed by the government in the prior 90 days, with another 10,000 injured.

Obviously this is latest phase of the GoSL's sixty-one year campaign of ethnic cleansing of Thamils. Because of the failure of the international community to stop the war thousands of Thamil civilians have been killed and maimed by the Sinhala army.

During your presidential campaign-when moderator Tom Brokaw asked during the debate, for instance--you seemed to promise that the only compelling reason for the U.S. to intervene militarily in a foreign conflict (with no security threat to the U.S.) was genocide. Thamils everywhere in the world heard you and believed you.

When you appointed Samantha Power and Susan Rice-both of them familiar with the modern problem of genocide-to positions of visibility and influence, our sprits soared.

Now, we Thamils are dismayed and disappointed that your administration has done practically nothing except mouthing platitudes and empty rhetoric.

Thamils have written to us here at Thamils for Obama not only asking the above question but also suggesting three ways that the U.S. can take effective steps that are short of American military actions. These are:

1. Use American diplomatic influence to isolate Sri Lanka internationally, cutting Sri Lanka getting arms, trade, and financial support.

2. Persuade the U.N. or regional good actors to serve as peace keepers (or peace bringers), while the U.S. provides moral and logistical support.

3. Remove the "Terrorist" label the U.S. glued to the Thamil Tigers. This was a policy of the Clinton and Bush administrations which gave the GoSL legitimacy in launching military operations ostensibly against the LTTE, but in practice against the Thamils. It was a cover for the GoSL to declare war on Thamil people under the guise of fighting terrorism. We Thamils consider the LTTE a legitimate armed resistance movement that emerged in 1983 as a bulwark against Sinhala hegemony and majoritarian rule when ethnic cleansing program was already 35 years old.

Ms. Rice "swore to myself that if I ever faced [mass killings] again, I would come down on the side of dramatic action, going down in flames if that was required," as she was quoted in The Atlantic Monthly in 2001. We have to agree. Dramatic military action is required against Sri Lanka under the principle of R2P. It is the only way to end the mass genocide Thamil civilians in Sri Lanka. Thank You.

Sincerely,

Edited May 17, 200916 yr by akootha

குறைந்த‌து மேற்காணும் இர‌ண்டிலொன்றையாவ‌து ஒப்பாமாவுக்கு அனைத்தத் த‌மிழ‌ரும் அனுப்ப‌ வேண்டும். நேர‌மும் எழுத்தாற்ற‌லும் பெற்ற‌வ‌ர்க‌ள் மேலும் சில‌ குறிப்புக‌ளை இணைத்து அனுப்புங்க‌ள்.

அத்துட‌ன் எழுத்து வ‌ன்மை பெற்ற‌வ‌ர்க‌ள், ஒபாமாக்கு திற‌ந்த‌ ம‌ட‌ல் (Open Letter to President Obama) என்ற‌ ரீதியில் முத‌ன்மையான அமெரிக்க‌ நாளித‌ழ்க‌ளுக்கு எழுதி அனுப்பிப் பாருங்க‌ள். இதைவிட‌ ச‌ற்று த‌னித்த‌ன்மையுட‌ன், த‌மிழ் ம‌க்க‌ளுக்கு அர‌சிய‌ல் தீர்வின் தேவையையும் எடுத்துக் கூறுங்க‌ள். அத்துட‌ன் சிறீல‌ங்கா அர‌சை (repressive regime or racist regime & gross human rights violator) சூடான், சிம்பாபே போன்ற‌ அர‌சுக‌ளுட‌ன் ஒப்பிட்டுக் குறிப்பிடுங்க‌ள். முடியுமானால் ம‌கிந்த‌, கோத்த‌பாய‌, ச‌ர‌த் பொன்சேகா போன்றோரை போர்க் குற்ற‌வாளிக் கூண்டில் நிறுத்த‌ ஒபாமா ஒத்தாசை வ‌ழ‌ங்கி த‌மிழ் ம‌க்க‌ளுக்கு நீதி பெற்றுத் த‌ரவும் கூறுங்க‌ள். மேலும் சிறீல‌ங்காவில் ம‌க்க‌ளாட்சிய‌ல்ல‌, பெரும்பான்மையின‌த்தினால் கொடுங்கோலாட்சி () தான் நடை பெறுகிற‌தென்ப‌தையும் அழுத்திக் காட்டுங்க‌ள். இவ்விட‌த்தே சிறீல‌ங்காவில் க‌ருத்துச் சுதந்திர‌ம், ஊட‌க‌ச் சுத‌ந்திர‌ம் போன்ற‌ ம‌க்க‌ளாட்சியின் அம்ச‌ங்க‌ள் ஒடுக்க‌ப் ப‌ட்டுவிட்ட‌ன‌ என்றும் சுட்டுங்க‌ள்.