coolguy_lanka said:
Well..could be right.. because ltte are very clever with thier strategies. that i spoke to a tamil guy who was a ltte member years ago, who said.. ltte normally have a very good record of saving thier resources of men & weapons...and they have a highly influential and accurate intelligence cadres,who asses the risks of attacking a target at the same time asses the risks of being attacked,so if they think facing a grand number of forces at front with the nonstop multibarrel guns and air raids at the battlefront, they tend to go on a defensive mode.let the army in, then send assault teams in between and attack the moved in soldiers.. also thier idea is to cause massive losses for the security forces with a minimum looses for themselves, also the fighters not told where they are being taken to fight etc due to security reasons...& none of them know where abouts of prabaharan's bases/ammunition dumps etc..
the eastern srilanka seen as not a very safe areas to do coventional war, and because of the karuna problems also they went on to a defence mode,
karuna helped the govt at that time to capture the east area, and the mainstream tigers lost a bit of control of cadres due to number of them gone with karuna therefore it was proved to be a tactical withdrawal. but the guerilla units still remain and they are going to be really testing times ahead for the forces.
coming back to the article written by the guy.. thats his job..
like any other news reporters they will have to write what is seen as right, i dont blame them...
we should not condemn them because the article wasnt in our interest though..
Well.. LTTE better be resourceful because of the amount of resources that they have... And we are NOT talking about the LTTE's strategies here, although LTTE has got their own strategies and Army has got their own...
I accept that LTTE has had success completing their mission, given the nature of their attacking methods, because these LTTE cadres are NOT expected to return to their base and why such a valiant effort? Because SL Air Force has been a menace for them.... that also proves SL got their tactics correct as well....
Lets focus on the article... my allegiance lies with my country that's another issue.. So like you said you maybe a neutral person.. so read his article again and tell me if its NOT bias towards LTTE, and how do you feel about his comments based on "He says / She says stories"? Do you believe that's professional journalism?
Then what's the difference between a normal person submitting a story and a journalist submitting a story? Even I can say "Oh I heard a Tamil fellow say, Prabakaran is dead!!"
The article wasn't in my full interest that's true!! But he's NOT talking FACTS either so that's what I'm trying to point out!!!
So in summary... my questions for you would be
1. Do you believe it is in the CORE values of Journalists to be bias when reporting?
2. With regard to this article, regardless of you are a ANTI LTTE or PRO LTTE.. can you trust his method of "hear say"?
That's all.....