Internal conflicts that end not with mutual deadlock but with an overwhelming victory by one of the parties hardly ever produce diplomatic solutions. Long years of mediation and endless peace proposals in the Sri Lanka conflict failed to end the war and the devastation of entire Tamil communities.
如果一场内部冲突不是因为双方的僵局而结束，而是因为一方取得了压倒性的胜利，那么这场内部冲突很少需要外交解决方案。在斯里兰卡的内战中，持续多年的斡旋和和平提议没能结束战争，也没能结束对泰米尔族的摧毁。只有在政府军彻底打败“泰米尔猛虎”组织的叛乱分子时，“和平”才得以实现。