India claimed to have intervened in Sri Lanka to secure Tamil interests. In actual fact, India came to secure its own interests.

When I was deciding to fight, the thought of winning or losing didn't bother me.

India deliberately aggravated Sri Lanka's ethnic crisis. It destabilized Sri Lanka [by training and arming Tamil militants, including the Tigers] so that it could play a dominant role in bringing Sri Lanka within its sphere of influence.

However formidable a military power you may be, you cannot impose upon a people anything against their will.

Through the intensive aspiration of the human soul arises in man the desire for independence.

What you have to assess is whether you have the will to fight.

If the Sri Lankan government resorts to state oppression against the Tamils and Muslims, then we will fight.