Pact compels SL to support US: JVP

Fusion Tuesday, 03 April 2012 02:37 PM

We are a small country. We don't live in a vacuum. To add to that we are in a strategically important location in the Indian Ocean. Eventually we will have to choose sides. Siding with the US is not surprising.

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shanthsmadawela Tuesday, 03 April 2012 02:59 PM

Please don't go againt USA, be good with them and get the support and make a good country, we all are humans, not devils.....

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Bigfoot Tuesday, 03 April 2012 03:14 PM

what can Sri Lanka do.

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mSam Tuesday, 03 April 2012 10:41 PM

That is true. We must withdraw from this as well as other countries.

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Citizen2 Wednesday, 04 April 2012 05:01 AM

How long can US dictate the world ??

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HENCHMAN Wednesday, 04 April 2012 07:17 AM

Any one has a right to terminate any agreement..

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Kai Wednesday, 04 April 2012 06:03 PM

What are we getting in return ? What if US attacks Sri Lanka itself? Our Army has to support US army??

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faqi Thursday, 05 April 2012 01:35 AM

We have signed an international agreement and we cannot back out now without repercussions. If we agreed the US could use our facilities in case of a conflict, then we are bound by the terms of that agreement. In any case they have a well stocked base just south of S/L in the island of Diego Garcia The US Navy operates a large naval ship and submarine support base, military air base, communications and space tracking facilities, and an anchorage for pre-positioned military supplies for regional operations aboard Military Sealift Command ships. Therefore its very unlikely that they would use the limited facilities available in S/L

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