I agree with you I.S., if these aid organisations really wanted to aid to get to the people - they would have worked cohesively with the government even if they hate them as much as they say they do. The problem is, it is so black and white when it comes to groups like the TRO etc and actually in the UK it is alot easier to convince people/celebs/action groups here that there are 'people' being damned by their own. Which is absolutely not the case because I myself am against what is happening to the innocents in the north - it is such a tough issue, the first trait of war.
The main issue here is that TRO, White Pigeon, Tamil Health Org and so on will all say that the aid won't get to the right people if it goes through the govt, this barrage of talk will be accompanied by words and phrases such as 'ethnic cleansing', 'hatred' and 'genocide'. The fact is, there are people helping other people, devoid of colour, race and ethnicity and this is what these groups don't talk about - because then its not so easy to raise a shout as loud as they have.
The PR, the launch party and the ship sailing with such fanfare is a mockery of whats happening to the innocent Sri Lankans up north. We can only hope and possibly campaign for the ship not to meet any Naval catastrophe because that will only be detrimental to all concerned.
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