Ghana's refusal to carry out a UN request or mandate has far reaching international implications. People and countries must not arbitrarily decide to flout an international order simply because they want to be the nice guys on the block. Ghana must also not forget that the rebel incident is not unique to Sierra Leone and Liberia alone.  Like the military coups that plagued Africa in the 1960s, this phenomenon (rebel incursion) is bound to spread to other parts of Africa.  Therefore, reciprocity being such an important rule in international politics, we hope Ghananians would understand when Sierra Leone, or any other African country for that matter, dsecides not to comply with mandates like this, especially when Ghana is affected.

I rest my case.

Uncle Ben

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