Mr. Sam Sarr,
I will first of all say I wish you could also come out and use your own name.
Sure your identity is known now, but I think it would be a decent thing to do.
On your recent posting, I am one of the few who think that your job, and this
goes to all soldiers including Chongan and jammeh, I think you all put a lot
at risk by becoming soldiers. I know that I can never do it. My hearts goes
to all those soldiers who are out there to serve their countries and defend
them.
However, I cannot understand why you think that most of the allegations some
of us are pointing to some of the leaders in exile is unfounded if some of us
are living testimonies of such. Of course the UDP is none but a Jawara party
and let me here even Ousainou Darboe tell me that is not true. Some of us
have bones to pick up with the former regime, and the UDP knows that. If the
UDP which when the met at their selection of leadership convinced some of the
crew to pick Ousainou Darboe because Jawara said so, what and how much do you
think Jawara had to play?
Mr. Sarr, unless the UDP becomes a party that can show that they are a party
of their own standing, and not choosing a leadership which the former
president was just suggesting for him/her to be a broad leader who knows and
have political base support in the provinces, they do not deserve the Gambian
vote. This is my own thought.
It is so unfortunate that my own father was among the engineers of such, but
I can understand their position at that time, for they wanted to see a
civilian government. I remember visiting my uncle on his sick bed about two
years ago in UK and he painted the picture to me more clearly than I can ever
see.
Mr. Sarr, the farafenni attackers to be stopped was the best thing I think
that could have happened to the Gambia. I hope no matter what, the Gambia
should be free of any kind of Liberia or Sierra Leone problems. I commend all
of you who contributed to that. However, you pledged allegiance to the Jammeh
government and that was why you did that. As one guy previously said here,
you pledged the same allegiance to President Jammeh when you were leaving for
Bissau. And now coming out here calling everyone with a different opinion
with you as the losers, dumb and any adjective you could pick, I think is
nothing more than a lip service. Brother, you had the chance to talk against
the regime, and you never did. And it is fine for you to come out later just
like Chongan, but do not think that just because some of us were never
soldiers, and certainly never had the gut to be makes us any less manly that
you all.
Being a soldier was what you chose to be and some of us chose be what we came
to be.
I wish you all the best in your endeavors.

Ousman Jallow Bojang.

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