Sri Lankan and British responsibility

[bellyscratch]

Im just wondering, as Sri Lanka was a British colony, how responsible is the British government in the troubles that the country has had since independenc?

[TheCultofAbeLincoln]

It's definitely an interesting question. If the answer is that Britain is responsible for the countries plight since independence, then the next question is do we fault the British for leaving?

Should a colonizing power wait until it believes a country can 'handle itself' without falling into civil war before leaving, or does it need to allow the colonized their freedom even if that entails lots of bloodshed?

Getting out of the imperialist business is a lose-lose situation some of the time it seems.

[teenagebricks]

Britain has no duty of care to Sri Lanka or any other foreign nations, (though this may be hard to believe what with the situation in Iraq and Afghanistan) this shouldn't be the case, but it is, unfortunately. What do Britain have to gain by intervening? Not much, as far as I am aware.

[Killfacer]

Britain has no duty of care to Sri Lanka or any other foreign nations, (though this may be hard to believe what with the situation in Iraq and Afghanistan) this shouldn't be the case, but it is, unfortunately. What do Britain have to gain by intervening? Not much, as far as I am aware.

Come on. If britain did something, we would all be the first to accuse them of imperialism.