I salute Absjorn, Jamila and many more realistic concerned friends of Gambia
and Gambians, who steadfastly believes and supports the collective struggle,
even though, disorganized, being waged by Gambians, as our nation heads down
the path of anarchy and doom. Absjorn's challenge and suggestions to us
should be taken seriously, as this debate on Gambia's future suddenly
produced a lot of 'LONG TIME NO SEE' rhetorical/wannabe radicals amongst our
midst, some on revenge-drive mode, military knows best, hence the only way
out of this conundrum and others, politico-economic prostitutes. Our struggle
for a better Gambia reminds me of the African[s] in America's struggle in the
heyday of Jim crow, whereby children [students] carried the heavier burden of
the front-line struggle and understandably, sacrificed their lives, while
most adults, sat on the sideline even to the point of discouraging their
children from engaging in reasonable/commonsense activism. Africans don't get
it and never will, as long as we are foolish enough to believe in the
superiority and altruism of the western world [days of philantrophy are over,
now, it's what's in it for me?; military industrial complex [excessive
inventory of arms and armaments=uncharted markets of Africa and other LDC's
>demand>supply = destabilization i.e. Sierra Leone, Liberia, Rwanda/Burundi,
Ethiopia-somalia-Eriteria, Bosnia [ethnic/religious conflict=western world,
disposing of non Y2K compliant weapons]. I do believe that the military, as
reiterated by Ebou Colley and Jallow, but this should be limited and buffered
with massive political/civic education of the armed forces and police, a
grave obstacle and breach of law and order in the Gambia. Let's capitalize on
the challenge and keep the momentum going.
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