If somebody trusts me, then I will reciprocate.
If I am cheated or betrayed, I will react.
People cannot give up their cause, their rights, for fear of defeat.
When I was deciding to fight, the thought of winning or losing didn't bother me.
India claimed to have intervened in Sri Lanka to secure Tamil interests. In actual fact, India came to secure its own interests.
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.