Ebou Jallow,
I have been reading your postings for the past 5years
and I have never commented on any of them before.

You swung around various positions more than a
pendulum can ever hope to achieve. Without any
malicious intent, I strongly encourage you to consider
counseling in order to find some equilibrium and inner
harmony.

It appears to me that you are yearning for something
and are not sure who can fill that gap for you.
Sometimes you think Yaya Jammeh is your saviour, at
other times you think he is the devil incarnate.

Good counseling might help you figure out the root
cause of your disquiet. The approach(es) you are
taking now may cost you a lot of basic respect from
ALL quarters. Please consider counseling, just for
your own sake!

regards,
Modou.

--- Ebou Jallow <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Jabou,
>
> The state of Gambia is an internationally recognized
> democratic
> government, and it is now a critical ally of the US
> which I know for a
> fact.  Indeed, I am a US citizen and I work for the
> US Government
> without passion or prejudice. I am also fully aware
> of the State
> Department reports and much more about the Gambia.
>
> FYI: I had been prepared to make the ultimate
> sacrifice confronting
> Jammeh; travelling to Angola, South Africa, Europe
> and
> Colombia...mobilizing resources amongst
> friends/well-wishers in an
> effort to end Jammeh's regime.  This is no secret,
> and Jammeh himself
> knows.  Yet I have conclusively decided to reconcile
> with him and
> support his efforts to built a better Gambia.  I
> have personal reasons
> for my actions and I believe this is my
> preprogative....such also is my
> going back to Gambia.  FYI again, I will go to
> Gambia and help the APRC
> be a better party that is much more responsive to
> the needs of the
> Gambian people.  Baba Jobe, Yaya Jammeh and myself
> were the founding
> fathers of the the APRC.  Infact the party initials
> were my own
> suggestion...just pray and wish me well.
>
> The "opposition" will be taken seriously if and only
> if they respond to
> Jammeh's call for reconciliation.  Empty threats and
> imflammatory
> rhetorics is regressive and an anachronistic
> throwback to a bygone
> era.  They should approach Jammeh with sincerity and
> forget about his
> personality.  It is the political culture, stupid
> NOT Yaya Jammeh( as
> the US slang goes). It is reconcialiation that ended
> the Apartheid
> regime and not the Umkatha guerrilla movement.  It
> is reconcialition
> that reintegrated democratic party politics in Ghana
> and Senegal NOT
> the politics of vengeance.
>
> It was very interesting to hear Jammeh disclose
> during his recent trip
> in DC that he is the "servant of the Gambian people"
> and that he
> knows "God gave him the power he has and not
> elections".  He also
> asserted that "inorder to for God to forgive you,
> you must learn to
> forgive your fellow humankind".  Is this not
> humanely humble?  If
> Jammeh is a tyrant or a dictator today it is because
> Gambians including
> the "Opposition" need him to be such as to have
> something to oppose.
> Jammeh does not think he is a tyrant but the
> "servant of the people",
> and I completely agree with him.
>
>
> Ebou
>
>
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