THE DISTRACTION SEEMS TO BE DELIBERATELY CAUSED TO TAKE OUR MINDS AWAY FROM THE REAL NEWSWORTHY ISSUES AT HAND
Why is it that we are always fed with confusing and trashy information? The latest dose of misinformation came when the Air Force maintained that the carrier based aircraft of the US Seventh Fleet strayed into Sri Lankan air space, with the US Embassy in Colombo making repeated denials about it. To add to this the Minister of Civil Aviation made a statement in Parliament today saying that there was no such intrusion without giving reason for the initial about face.
Questions arise as to whether the Air Force were even aware of the true air space of Sri Lanka! It is possible that their interpretation differed to that of the Ministry of Aviation and that the US Embassy appears to have shown them what the International Law was on this particular aspect. As is typical no one explains the discrepancy as one or other would look bad and fingers pointed to a persons incompetence!
Those who are incompetent should be identified and shamed so people will not make mistakes like this in the future or shout their mouth's off without knowing the facts. Why we are made to look like damn fools in the international arena time and time again is beyond me. We just cannot keep fooling people outside our shoes despite the great job of misinformation where we are fooling the local citizenry due to their ignorance of facts and the inability on their part to think through what they hear or see.
I am sure we have yet to hear the end of the story and the real truth which through the gossip route will make for dinner conversation in hotels and drawing rooms!!
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