{"id":4009,"date":"2012-01-30T01:30:02","date_gmt":"2012-01-30T01:30:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/colombotelegraph.com\/?p=4009"},"modified":"2012-01-30T01:30:02","modified_gmt":"2012-01-30T01:30:02","slug":"prabhakaran-the-ltte-and-fascism-the-evidence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/prabhakaran-the-ltte-and-fascism-the-evidence\/","title":{"rendered":"Prabhakaran, The LTTE And Fascism: The Evidence"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Dayan Jayatilleka<\/a><\/strong> –<\/p>\n

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Dr. Dayan Jayatilleka<\/p><\/div>\n

Was the LTTE fascist?\u00a0 Certainly not according to Comrade Surendra Ajith Rupesinghe, who considers it a \u201cpolitical organization that represented the national-democratic aspirations of a nation\u201d. If the Tigers were representative of a national\u2013democratic<\/em> aspiration of any nation, it sure doesn\u2019t speak much for that nation.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately for the good comrade, the fascist character of the Tigers is no longer a matter of speculation or theoretical argumentation. There is first hand evidence of the explicitly fascist nature of the organization, which turns out to have been not merely fascist in a generic sense, but explicitly Hitlerian and Nazi, from its genesis and in its very DNA.<\/p>\n

I refer to the testimonies of two founder members of the LTTE, the Tigers first treasurer Ganeshan Iyer and a respected militant, Raghavan. Let us commence with Ganeshan Iyer:<\/p>\n

\u201c…Prabhaharan\u2019s personality was adapted by the military regulations and the victories of Hitler; therefore he opted to implement the military discipline into the training of LTTE. He claims that the military of Hitler secures victory due to its formation and determination.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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All who were trained for the first time ordered to salute as in the discipline of Hitler\u2019s military. Since Prabaharan respected the formation and determination of Hitler\u2019s military, he had liked that to be duplicated in the Tamil Eelam army and I did not reject it.<\/p><\/div>\n

All who were trained for the first time ordered to salute as in the discipline of Hitler\u2019s military. Since Prabaharan respected the formation and determination of Hitler\u2019s military, he had liked that to be duplicated in the Tamil Eelam army and I did not reject it.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

During this period only, the waves of opposition against Prabhakaran surfaced. Some members of LTTE argued that the salute of Hitler was unnecessary and Prabharan counter argued them. He claims that if a proper army formation is wanted, relevant algorithm should also be there. He argues that the beginning for a proper military formation is the system of Hitler. Especially Kumanan, who was later killed by the LTTE was against this. When he also participated in the planning discussions on the military training camp, this debate occurred. At the end of it, Hitler\u2019s system was accepted and practiced based on the presentation of Prabhakaran.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

…The leading members such as, Kittu, Sellakkili, Santhan, John, Chithappa, Kumarappa, Maathaiya were invited to the training camp. Prabhakaran provided training. Prabhakaran was saluted according to Hitler\u2019s way as scheduled.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

…. Prabhakaran: since Thuraiyappa\u2019s assassination he was like a hero to all of us, and he joined the struggle from the age of 17. Prabhakaran\u2018s opinion was to struggle without any continuous waiving and surrender and he did not think beyond pure military tactics. He reads on Subash Chandrabose and Vaanchinathan and had more sympathy over them. He had great respect on Hitler. This strange mixture did not have any political background. The reason was that all three of them reached victory through military tactics.\u201d \u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

(\u2018<\/em>My entries on Eelam struggle\u2019, part 14, Ganeshan Iyer, <\/strong><\/span>http:\/\/inioru.com\/?p=12399<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Now for the corroborative testimony of Raghavan, who joined the Tamil New Tigers in 1974, the LTTE at its founding in 1976 and quit the outfit in 1984:<\/p>\n

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Raghavan - "Prabhakaran was also of the same mindset but he was also, strangely, inspired by Hitler"<\/p><\/div>\n

\u201c\u2026Thangathurai was pro-US and pro-Israel. Prabhakaran was also of the same mindset but he was also, strangely, inspired by Hitler. He had with him a copy of \u2018Mein Kampf\u2019. He also was inspired by Bhagat Singh and Subash Chandra Bose. It was a strange combination. On the one hand, I think he had ideas about Jewishness, the state and the formation of Israel. On the other hand, the idea of eliminating the \u201cother\u201d came from Hitler. There was a connection in his mind\u2026.\u201d <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

(\u2018RAGHAVAN, LTTE\u2019s co-founder with Prabha, tells all\u2019, interview by Ahilan Kadirgamar, Nitharsanam.net) <\/em><\/p>\n

Surendra Ajith Rupesinghe demonises a \u2018war of annihilation\u2019. A war of annihilation is a bad thing depending on who and what one wishes to annihilate. If one intentionally aims to annihilate a nation or a people or innocent non-combatant civilians, it is a ghastly crime against humanity.<\/p>\n

On the other hand it was no less a Marxist-Leninist, communist and revolutionary than general Vo Nguyen Giap who in his military writings, repeatedly stressed that the object of military strategy must be \u2018the annihilation of the living forces of the enemy\u2019, that is of the enemy as a military force.<\/p>\n

Well before Mahinda Rajapaksa was even a cabinet Minister I had advocated, in an interview given to DP Sivaram in the North-East Herald, and in my first book published in Delhi, that the aim of the Sri Lankan state should not be to use military means to drive the LTTE to the negotiating table, but precisely to \u2018annihilate the living forces of the enemy\u2019; to win the war by smashing the LTTE as a military machine.<\/p>\n

I simultaneously advocated as clean a war as feasible and a parallel track of the devolution of power by implementing the 13th<\/sup> amendment. I stand by those positions and that line, which I am glad to have seen coming to fruition in its military aspect.<\/p>\n

If an enemy is fascist, it is all the more valid that \u00a0the war against it should be one aimed at \u2018the annihilation of the living forces of the enemy\u2019, with the enemy defined, not as the unarmed, non-combatant civilian population, but as the fascist armed forces. For instance the war of annihilation of the forces of fascism waged by the Allies hardly resulted in the annihilation of the German nation!<\/p>\n

Related\u00a0articles;<\/p>\n

Theoretical Sophistry, Political Sycophancy And Craven Careerist Apologetics Of Dr. Dayan Jayatilleka\u00a0Continued<\/a>\u00a0;<\/strong>\u00a0By\u00a0Surendra Ajit Rupasinghe<\/p>\n

FASCISM, SOVEREIGNTY AND THE TRUTH ABOUT THE TAMIL\u00a0STRUGGLE<\/a>\u00a0;<\/strong> By Dayan Jayatilleka<\/p>\n

The Theoretical Sophistries And Political Sycophancy of H.E. Ambassador Dr. Dayan\u00a0Jayatilleka<\/a>\u00a0;<\/strong>\u00a0By\u00a0Surendra Ajit Rupasinghe<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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