Klalli, I completely agree with you on this topic. I am greatly troubled by the record of quickness with which this class of "educated" Africans tends to advocate for violent solutions to African problems, in this case, the refusal of Gambian president to vacate power after what is considered a free and fair election. I want to be specifically clear on this matter. Yahya Jammeh has no rights to cling to power after the people have made their verdict know through the electoral process.
Now for the war mongers, please listen to the voice of reason provided by Klalli. Africa has seen more wars to last us all for the next 5000 years. The West is quick to shoot anything in African than in other parts of the world because we have been encouraging them to deploy their instruments of destruction in the continent at will. On no circumstances whatsoever should anyone shoot a gun in Africa, especially from outside. I said this on the buildup to the war on Gadhafi in 2011 and some of my colleagues and friends branded me a "Gadfly" (whatever that means no one has told me yet). We all know the rest of the story today. The French and the U.S., who killed Gadhafi, have retreated from Libya and Africa is the worst for it. Some of the consequences include the spread of terrorist groups across the West African region.
This anti-Yahya Jammeh war project will serve no good. The matter must be followed with wisdom. Jammeh will go when he is ready or rather when he least expects it. Leave him to fool around for now. The devil has entered him! But if I may ask, how are we sure that his successor will turn out a better manager of the Gambia state? Frequent change of leaders in the continent has served us all no good. Gambia, a country, the size of my palm, is too small a place to swing a cat, less deploy the West African Contingent. Ironically, the same West African Contingent that has not been able to defeat Boko Haram is now plotting to start a new war in the name of democracy. The actual war we have to fight in the region is that poverty, corruption, and human development, not democracy war. There will be no democracy with poverty and corruption running rampant.
Let my people think. War has never provided a solution to any problem in human history.
Raphael
Well, things don't have to get out of hand. There should be other options better than a military invasion resulting in unnecessary loss of lives.
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Sent: Tue, Jan 3, 2017 11:15 am
Subject: Re: USA Africa Dialogue Series - Yahya Jammeh of Gambia Must be forced out
--Sir,There is humaneness in what you say - but it should not merely be reduced to " the Gambians resolve their issues themselves" if and when things get out of hand, pressure must be brought to bear from outside. The Islamic Republic of the Gambia may no longer be a member of the (British) Commonwealth, but is still a member of international organisations such as ECOWAS, the African Union, the United Nations – and the Gambian currency is still worth something…What should happen if things do get out of hand? If e.g. – God forbid , Barrow is assassinated? An international arrest warrant for the killer/s?United we stand (Louis Mhlanga , feat Orchestra Baoabab
On Monday, 2 January 2017 22:06:16 UTC+1, kasim Alli wrote:When would we learn from disastrous regime change fiascos and the resulting human calamity of the experiments in Libya, Syria and Iraq among others. Now, we are advocating similar measures in Gambia, Zimbabwe and others. Why not include Egypt, Morocco among other dictatorships and "non-democracies" on this list where you recommend the other "rigged democracies" should teach lessons. And after that, we might also ask that the democratic nations of the U.N. should teach similar lessons in North Korea, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, maybe Russia and China among other "non-democracies" that need lessons.My point is that we should let the Gambians resolve their issues themselves without any big brother interventions. Let these big brothers resolve their own internal issues first.
Sent from my iPad--I listened to the new year message from Yahya Abdul-Aziz Jemus Junkung Jammeh, the outgoing President of the Gambia and I was deeply shocked to see political buffoonery at the worst level. After Idi Amin of Uganda, we thought the era of tyrants in Africa was over. He claimed that the planned attack by ECOWAS to force him out amounted to declaration of war against the Gambia. Now Yahya Jammeh is the Gambia and Gambia is Yahya Jammeh! He must be forced out by ECOWAS and all democracies in Africa should send forces to teach this demagogue a lesson by forcing him out.Maurice Amutabi
After Jammeh has been removed, Africa should focus on removing Robert Mugabe, Paul Biya, Eduardo dos Santos, Yoweri Museveni, Paul Kagame, Pierre Nkurunziza and other dictators from power. The continent still needs revolutionaries. Yahya Jammeh should borrow a leaf from John Mahama of Ghana, and understand that in democracy you hand over power once you have been defeated at the polls.
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