Posted on July 16th, 2021
KAMALIKA PIERIS
LTTE was able
to sustain the war for thirty years because the Tamil population supplied the
manpower and other support. If the Tamil civilians had refused to support the
LTTE and decided to support the Sri Lanka army instead, the Eelam wars would
have collapsed.
The Tamil civilians
had two choices, to be loyal to the central government which was looking after
their needs, such as salaries and food or to link with the LTTE which was engaging
in a separatist war. They chose the second alternative.
The Tamil civilians
in the north did nothing to help the Sri Lanka army bring the war to an end.