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India should have sent its troops back to Sri Lanka to kill or capture Prabhakaran
by MulaiAzhagi Mon Apr 02, 2012 4:11 pm
India should have sent its troops back to Sri Lanka to kill or capture Prabhakaran and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam leadership after the assassination of Rajiv Gandhi, says a new book by a former US diplomat.
Rajiv Gandhi's killing was an attack on India's status as a regional power. Forcibly bringing Prabhakaran to India to face trial would have sent a clear message to the region, and the world, that India would defend its political leaders from attack, defend its political system from intimidation and defend its primacy in South Asia against any challengers, the author says.
A frightened India became content with being a passive regional power rather than active global power, says the book "China's Nightmare, America's Dream: India as the next global power" by William H. Avery, former American diplomat.
Avery was on posting in India and served in the US department of state during the administrations of President Bill Clinton and George W. Bush.
"India's window of opportunity to influence Sri Lanka will never be as wide open as it was in 1991 after Rajiv's killing", the author says adding that India's craven inaction in Sri Lanka after the assassination cost it valuable years in its quest to become a global power.
http://www.rediff.com/news/slide-show/slide-show-1-india-again-falling-into-colonial-trap-warns-book/20120402.htm
Rajiv Gandhi's killing was an attack on India's status as a regional power. Forcibly bringing Prabhakaran to India to face trial would have sent a clear message to the region, and the world, that India would defend its political leaders from attack, defend its political system from intimidation and defend its primacy in South Asia against any challengers, the author says.
A frightened India became content with being a passive regional power rather than active global power, says the book "China's Nightmare, America's Dream: India as the next global power" by William H. Avery, former American diplomat.
Avery was on posting in India and served in the US department of state during the administrations of President Bill Clinton and George W. Bush.
"India's window of opportunity to influence Sri Lanka will never be as wide open as it was in 1991 after Rajiv's killing", the author says adding that India's craven inaction in Sri Lanka after the assassination cost it valuable years in its quest to become a global power.
http://www.rediff.com/news/slide-show/slide-show-1-india-again-falling-into-colonial-trap-warns-book/20120402.htm
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