Sri Lanka war crimes probe

This refers to the report, “US seeks probe into S. Lanka war crimes” (Jan.13). The US should first be willing to be probed for war crimes in Iraq, and other nations. When the US invaded Iraq, the US government claimed that Iraq had nuclear weapons, and it was a threat to the world peace. After the war ended, and the Iraq ruler Saddam Hussein was executed by a Kangaroo court, the US government admitted that Iraq did not have nuclear weapons.   Before the US invasion, there was no civil war in Iraq, but now that country is facing civil war problems. After the decimation of the LTTE, Sri Lanka is peaceful. The US itself has declared the LTTE as a terrorist organisation. The US is a global cop, and it talking of a probe for war crimes in Sri Lanka is a pressure tactic, to tell Sri Lanka not to lean towards China. China is reported to be helping Sri Lanka, by supplying its defence requirements, and is also keen to set up a naval base in Sri Lanka.
Deendayal M. Lulla
Mumbai, India