[Speaking to 29-year-old ex-guerrilla]'I see it as....

“ [Speaking to 29-year-old ex-guerrilla]'I see it as a process. First, yes, you do negotiate. But if that does not work, then you have to use violence to get what you need. Even if you have to bomb a school.' There was a swagger to that statement, a perverted machismo: only a real man understands the necessity of bombing a school. ”

Samanth Subramanian

From : This Divided Island: Stories from the Sri Lankan War