Have we faltered in Sri Lanka?
‘The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing’. Edmund Burke
Pictures of Sri Lankans mourning the victims of the bomb blasts in the past few months have occupied local and international press agencies; the former to a greater degree. What were once political assassinations by the LTTE of strategic military targets has now culminated in the overt attack of the Sri Lankan public. More than ever before the public is instilled with insecurity and once safe Colombo suburbs are rattled with the sound of the LTTE suicide bombers.
In studies of international security, terrorist structures are viewed by most theorists as constantly evolving to adapt to counter-terrorism efforts. The LTTE has evolved, and its …
