Joe,
I am glad you are seeing the same and beyond. Quite honestly, I am very made up on my mind. We are hanging onto a smaller democratic principle, that is to only stop at enlightenment, organizing, and rallying. These efforts will complement a bigger democratic principle. The bigger democratic principle is to counter aggression with aggression. There is no democracy without its ingredients. Oh well, if it is killing/tortures, how many people are murdered, arrested, and even disappeared without trace under Jammeh's misrule? So for such a criminal, which religious doctrine, cultural ethic or even human belief is there to say that people cannot defend themselves. I think some of the problems that some of our folks have is too much book reading on democracy and eventually losing sight of a key component of democracy, that is lacking the action spirit to die for a democratic cause. We must not confine ourselves to only some of these books. It is very dangerous. Every effort done on the walls of democracy was done according to the knowledge available at the material time. I am telling all to get the dust layering on their eyes and brains. That seal of dust is all one needs to remove to see light. It is very democratic to defend yourself. It is very democratic to uproot a criminal ruler like Yaya Jammeh in whichever method can be adopted.
A professor recently told me that if the Ghandi people had weapons, what is there to suggest that they won't have defended themselves against oppressors. Mandela clearly showed the way.
Herein, I sincerely submit that given the predicament we are in, the only way is to arrest Jammeh. Election mechanish has proved not to work because Jammeh is IEC and IEC is Jammeh. The opposition couldn't unite. The diaspora organizations are trying coupled with the online media. That is all helpful, but the final battle is to confront the man, either arrest him or if he refuses arrest, to be gassed to fainting point.
Musa Dadis was sent only a lone bullet and his ass was put on check. That is the end of a long story.
Those educated or confused folks about democracy who choose to sit on the fence or being undecided on important matters like these, may as today start to give things another thought. We all saw how just a chunk of our gallant diaspora folks caged Jammeh in that hotel. Who will say that is not democratic?
The analogy is like the shepherd who sits down to see the wolf preying on his herd in the name of wild life conservation. The destructive wolf must be countered with defense. Again, our other chances are narrowing by the day. We have a clear choice of living with our wounds or doing a little ground work for the Gambian military to give Jammeh the exit of his entry to power.
Behind close doors, almost everyone agrees with Jammeh's removal, but when it comes to being open and straightforward about it, we think we can play with our language in the name of being termed democrats. Oh well, the shit of democracy hasn't worked and it will not work in a million years. The ingredients of democracy must be present.
Best for the rest of the summer Joe.
Kind regards always,
Yero.
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Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2013 20:32:09 -0500
Subject: Re: [>-<] [G_L] An Open Letter to Gambia's Military
Yero, your suggestion is the next logical conclusion to this madness. This man does not intend to move without severe action on his head. An armed wing MUST be constituted in anything we do from here on out or we be wasting our time. In such a struggle, you will need both a political wing and an armed wing. ANC, IRA, PLO, Mau Mau, and countless others too numerous to list are examples.
Joe
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Date: Sat, 28 Sep 2013 00:13:01 -0500
Subject: Re: [>-<] [G_L] An Open Letter to Gambia's Military
[YeroNot to dampen the spirit, we don't have a military anymore in the Gambia. We have a Jammeh militia. They are rag tags who are only capable of obeying Jammeh's orders. The few army officers are seriously marginalised. Sadly the job can done by a rogue element within the militia or invading combatants.] Suntou. Mbarindingho, Thanks. I entirely agree with your submission above. President George Washington and his gallant men were all guilty of treason under the British rule. They fought hard to bring about independence, human rights, justice, and lasting peace in their country. Personally, I am not going to sit on the fence on this matter as I am already made up in my mind. With the much people that Jammeh has killed and tortured inhumanly, wonder how long we can bear the nonsense? Even Mandela, one of the fathers of liberation in South Africa advocated for the use of arms against the oppressing ruling criminals that denied South Africans freedom. Those that believe they will die twice better think twice. You die only once! Enough with the nonsense!! Best regards,Yero.
Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2013 14:52:47 +0100
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Subject: Re: [G_L] An Open Letter to Gambia's Military
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Yero
Not to dampen the spirit, we don't have a military anymore in the Gambia. We have a Jammeh militia. They are rag tags who are only capable of obeying Jammeh's orders. The few army officers are seriously marginalised. Sadly the job can done by a rogue element within the militia or invading combatants.
Suntou
On Thu, Sep 26, 2013 at 1:56 PM, Y Jallow <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
An Open Letter to Gambia’s Military
Dear Gambia’s Military,
I write to you with a heavy heart this morning. You’ve all seen how our gallant compatriots headed by Pa Samba Jow (Coach), Ous Mbenga, Banka Manneh and the countless other compatriots confronted and caged Jammeh at the Ritz Carlton hotel in New York (US). Jammeh is holed up and his movements are restricted. Some of his accompanying delegation, namely the Chief enabler aka presidential braying donkey, Momodou Sabally, and his gold-digger wife, Zainab Suma Jammeh has been openly confronted by mass crowds of peaceful demonstrators while Jammeh stays hidden in his hotel room for fear of being harmed by group of Gambians and non Gambian activists. That clearly demystifies all the supernatural powers that he falsely alleges to posses. The coward of a criminal president has tasted a bit of the hell-fire environment of fear he built in the Gambia since July of 1994.
Gambia’s uniformed men swore to protect the Gambia. We believe you can make this happen by refusing to side with the oppressor and realizing the urgency of our situation. We are clearly at war with a brutal tyrant. Take enlightenment that Jammeh will treat you all like he treated the likes of Daba Marena, Lang Tombong Tamba, and the hosted of others who appeared loyal to him once. It is in your best interest, the interest of all Gambians and friends of the Gambia, and without doubt the interest of the Gambia that we unite at this point to have Jammeh arrested and tried for crimes against humanity.
The remaining part of the job should be very easy. Jammeh is declared wanted for crimes against humanity. In Ollof we say, “Yayee jammeh gheenut sei yayee Gambians-yeee” and as such, he must be arrested at the Gambian International Airport upon return. If he fails to comply, he should be gunned down to his knees. This would be a way of liberation for our people.
Naa demah demah demm!!
Sincerely,
Yero Jallow
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