It simply is a historic year - 2009.
For Sri Lanka, there has not been a better year. It is the year that we got over the civil war. I would not call it a win, as there are no winners in a war, in any war, given the costs. However, the war is no more. Which is a great achievement for all Sri Lankans. No matter who claims the ownership of the end of the war, if one looks at the ground reality, it is not one individual, rather the people in this country, who ended it for future generations.
It was fought for thirty years. People were fed up with it. The terror leader was growing older. And the generations who suffered from the war, from childhood, became young and strong. They fought with their blood for those whom were slaughtered by the terrorists. They had enough in their guts to fight through the drought, rain, flood and through fierce resistance, for they fought to bring justice to those who fell, their won fathers, mothers, brothers and sisters.
Needless to say that this war was started by few idiots, with very shallow political agendas. Though it is over now, I do not see any steps, whatsoever, taken to prevent such a catastrophe in the future. We remain wide open to be exploited and be fooled into such situations. And I see no politician taking this seriously, to fix the situation. However, it is time that we Sri Lankans can learn a lesson here. If we could get over such a cruel war, we can also defeat the root causes that keep us a poor country. No matter what, politicos and the government that are composed of those politicos are doing, the people can drive this country towards prosperity.
The war is over now. It is not time to argue who won it, how, and for what reasons. We are wasting valuable time on those. It is time to question, what next, where to, and how... and lets not wait for the government to take initiative, let the people begin...
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