As heartless as this may sound, we have to consider those that who are lost as casualties of this conflict. However, we also have to make every effort to minimize those casualties. If we do all that is within our power to minimize the innocent lives being lost, then we have done our part.
We came this far and to pause now is a big mistake. It will result in more lives lost in the future. This conflict need to come to an end and fast. So faster we get rid of these LTTE parasites the sooner we can begin to rebuild and recover the country that it once was.
These pathetic assholes [sorry for my French] have put our country in a holt in both economically and socially. We have lot of very smart and gifted individuals whose progress is held back because of this conflict and the country along with that.
IMO. We need to kill every one of these LTTE bastards slowly in a span of several days for destroying our country. Torture the bastards and drag the bodies behind tanks until there is nothing to drag any more.
Secondly, we need to have a heavy military presence in the North and North-East for several years to come to make sure these numb nuts don't regroup.