tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22707697.post70206423914773233..comments2023-12-15T03:06:12.597+05:30Comments on Life in Taprobane: Nor Miliband or Megaband could stop the IMF LoanSerendib_Islehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05762178709566907782noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22707697.post-43936299999875536142009-05-14T11:26:00.000+05:302009-05-14T11:26:00.000+05:30@anon1: My point is MR has a trump-card that lever...@anon1: My point is MR has a trump-card that leverages the situation in his favour. Ranil wouldn’t have it, Chandrika didn’t. <br />@anon2: MR has no true friends. He is a very clever and cunning politician, who “deals” from time to time.<br />That’s what I think.Serendib_Islehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05762178709566907782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22707697.post-86455661370829668562009-05-14T10:14:00.000+05:302009-05-14T10:14:00.000+05:30in anycase, on:
"he is going to wake up to a wors...in anycase, on:<br /><br />"he is going to wake up to a worse nightmare – in seeing the world’s first democracy to appoint a female head of the country, partying with the communists and rebels."<br /><br />what is so new? Happening anyway. Who does the country count as "true" friends? Birds of a feather flock together.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22707697.post-68875538399307380782009-05-14T10:12:00.000+05:302009-05-14T10:12:00.000+05:30You need to read the news with more critical eye.
...You need to read the news with more critical eye.<br /><br />We are only going to the IMF because our friends, Iran, China, Libya and the rest have not doled out the cash. <br /><br />Would we be even talking to them if there was any real hope of getting money from somewhere else?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22707697.post-77354085034002343652009-05-14T09:08:00.000+05:302009-05-14T09:08:00.000+05:30Yup, I was always amazed with how MR got the thing...Yup, I was always amazed with how MR got the things he wanted done.<br /><br />Just look at the politics in SL. At the moment there is no opposition, no UNP, no JVP, no JHU, not even a SLFP. It's just Mahinda and his followers. He literally wiped out (and attracted) all the opposing forces in SL so he could do what he wants. We can debate whether its right or wrong, he just got it done.<br /><br />Here also, the man acted wisely. Long before this war started, just when he came into power he started strenghteing relationships with the countries like China, Pakistan and Russia. Just in case - he knew that someday it might come to this, and that he'd have to face the forces from the west, so he just made good friends with those countries before the war. And now, seems it's just what happened...Sachhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09737205005592917145noreply@blogger.com